Explainer: Supreme Court has received petitions and responses. What follows?

Supreme Court Justices led by Chief Justice Martha Koome at the Supreme court building on Wednesday, January 19, 2022, during the BBI appeal case. [Collins Kweyu, Standard]

After the August 9 general elections, dissatisfied parties had seven days to file petitions challenging the outcome. This ended on Monday, August 22.

The Supreme Court of Kenya, which is at the apex of the Judiciary and with the final authority in arbitration of disputes in the country, received nine petitions by close of the seven-day window.