Supreme court blames electoral commission for Kenya’s invalid vote
Nairobi — Kenya’s supreme court on Wednesday placed the blame for August’s annulled presidential vote firmly on the country’s election committee, in its full ruling detailing the judges’ decision.Deputy chief justice Philomena Mwilu described "disturbing, if not startling, revelations" about the conduct of the Independent Elections and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) and singled it out for ignoring a supreme court order to open up its computer servers after opposition allegations of hacking."Our order of scrutiny was a golden opportunity for the IEBC to place before the court evidence to debunk the petitioner’s claim," Mwilu read from the court’s detailed judgment on Wednesday."If IEBC had nothing to hide it would have readily provided access to ICT logs and servers to disprove the petitioner’s claim. But what did IEBC do with it? It contemptuously disobeyed the court orders in these very critical areas."In August, lawyers for the National Super Alliance (Nasa) coalition of opposition ...
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