Supreme Court hearing

Kenya's Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission delivers forms 34A, 34Bs and 34C at the Supreme Court ahead of the election petition hearing ...

At least eight petitions are seeking to nullify Dr Ruto’s win, with several petitioners alleging serious violations of the electoral process. The team will also analyse the role and independence of the Judiciary in examining the electoral disputes and review the socio-political climate in the run-up to the petition. The other judges are Lillian Tibatemwa-Ekirikubinza of the Supreme Court of Uganda, Ivy Kamanga from the Malawi Supreme Court of Appeal, Moses Chinhengo from the Court of Appeal, Lesotho, and Henry Boissie Mbha, the president of the Electoral Court of South Africa.

The Supreme Court on Monday, August 29, announced the time and venue for the pre-trial conference for the presidential election petition.

- New Turn29 August 2022 - 4:50 pm - what next30 August 2022 - 7:44 am - Revealed30 August 2022 - 8:27 am - Set Back30 August 2022 - 7:59 am - Victory30 August 2022 - 9:24 am The Apex Court will then issues directions to ensure parties comply with pre-trial conferences.

Raila is the first petitioner while Martha Karua, his running mate, is the second petitioner. There will be eleven observer judges from the commonwealth ...

We are minimizing the number of the people who will be in the courtroom because of limited space,” said Amadi Some are seeking to strike out the petition, others want to be included as interested parties in the petition while others want to be included as amicus curia (friends of the court) in the case. As you can remember, the last two petitions were held at the Supreme Court chambers, but due to the limited space, we decided to shift the hearings to Milimani Law Courts,” said Ms Amadi “We have so far received nine petitions challenging the outcome of the presidential election. She said the judges are led by the retired Chief Justice of Tanzania Mohammed Othman, Justice Ivy Kamanga from the Malawi Court of Appeal and Justice Moses Chinhengo from the Lesotho Supreme Court of Appeal. All eyes will today shift to the Supreme Court as the hearing of the Presidential election petition challenging the victory of the Deputy President William Ruto begins.

Azimio presidential candidate Raila Odinga and his running mate Martha Karua presenting their documents seeking to challenge the election of William Ruto as ...

They will also analyse the role and independence of the Judiciary in examining the electoral disputes and review the socio-political climate in the run-up to the Petition. •They will also analyse the role and independence of the Judiciary in examining the electoral disputes and review the socio-political climate in the run-up to the Petition. Justice Mohammed Chande Othman.

The Supreme Court of Kenya began hearing the presidential poll petition by Raila Odinga who is challenging the result of the August 9 presidential election, ...

He accused the former prime minister of trying "to try his luck again by forcing a new candidacy through judicial means. The judges must rule on his appeal by September 5. The judiciary is experienced in settling the question, Kenyans have faith in the judiciary.

The presidential petition is filed by Azimio leader Raila Odinga, disputing the declaration of William Ruto as president-elect by IEBC chairman Wafula Chebukati ...

The presidential petition is filed by Azimio leader Raila Odinga, disputing the declaration of William Ruto as president-elect by IEBC chairman Wafula Chebukati. Each team will have about four lawyers which is still being negotiated.” They said they are confident that the seven judges in the apex court will be meticulous in processing the case and deciding on every matter before them with probity and fairness. — The Judiciary Kenya (@Kenyajudiciary) In a press briefing on Monday, Chief Registrar Amadi outlined that only four lawyers from each party will be allowed in the pre-trial and hearing of the presidential petition. Kenya’s Chief Registrar of Judiciary Anne Amadi has said the Supreme Court is ready for the task of hearing the presidential election petition.

Indications exist that snippets of the judicial process, once available in the public domain, are open to both sensationalism and disinformation.

A hasty and wholesale introduction on the other hand is likely to land the SC right in the middle of the majoritarian and toxic information swamp that prevails in the country. The judges of constitutional courts are sworn to constitutional morality and not popular morality. Judiciary must have credibility in the eyes of the public as an institution, but decisions in individual cases are not expected to be popular. This is indeed possible, but one only needs to look at Parliament for an example of the exact opposite. That will have the undesirable effect of sanitising the oral proceedings and preventing genuine courtroom engagement. Yet, with more than a decade’s experience, the increasing realisation is that lack of editorial control has in fact meant informational anarchy, with fake news and propaganda dominating YouTube and social media feeds.