Nairobi — Kenya’s Supreme Court on Monday upheld the re-election of President Uhuru Kenyatta in last month’s repeat presidential vote, paving the way for him to be sworn in next week. Chief Justice David Maraga said all six judges dismissed the two legal challenges to the vote. The opposition coalition, the National Super Alliance (NASA), insisted the government was illegitimate. Kenyatta’s main challenger, NASA’s Raila Odinga, said via his adviser Salim Lone that the ruling "did not come as a surprise" and said "it was a decision taken under duress". "We in NASA had repeatedly declared before this Supreme Court ruling today that we consider this government to be illegitimate and do not recognise it. This position has not been changed by the court ruling," the statement said. It referred to security concerns raised by the opposition about the judges after one of their bodyguards was shot the day before the court was to rule on a request to delay the vote. The chief justice said at t...
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