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When architects of the 2010 Constitution made it possible to petition presidential election results at the Supreme Court, then, it appeared to be a stop-gap measure in dealing with the periodic post-election violence.
Guided by the 2007 post-election violence, they provided for article 140 that mandated the top court to hear and determine any petition challenging the election of a president-elect, if questions arise on the process and results used.
Instructively, the 2007 post-election violence was made worse by the fact that there was no available legal redress mechanism for the disputed results.
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