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Opinion: Intimidating Judiciary, IEBC over appeal bad for opposition

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Last month, the High Court sitting in Nairobi ruled in a case filed by  Maina Kiai that presidential elections results announced from constituencies are final. Mr Kiai's petition sought to have three sections of the Elections Act that gave IEBC power to make amends to election results coming in from constituencies declared null and void.

The High Court's ruling did not, however, sit well with the electoral commission, for it filed an appeal against it.

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