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How Supreme Court handled question of poll servers

How the local dailies reported ahead of Supreme Court's verdict on the Presidential poll petition on September 5, 2022. [Elvis Ogina,Standard]

When opposition leader Raila Odinga challenged former President Uhuru Kenyatta's re-election in 2017, his first prayer was for an order to open and scrutinise the electoral servers.

His prayers were answered when the Supreme Court ordered a scrutiny of the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) servers used during the 2017 presidential election and a report filed which, in part, influenced the decision to nullify the presidential poll.

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