Judgement on petition shows laws and courts don’t operate in vacuum

Kethi Kilonzo

The presidential election of October 26 was conducted under many clouds: Uncertainty on the law, threat of violence, the withdrawal by the NASA presidential candidate and the boycott of the elections by NASA’s support base.

The reasons given by the Supreme Court in upholding the decision of the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) to conduct the fresh presidential elections on October 26th and declare the President and his candidate as the winners are as follows: