Odinga has not formally withdrawn from rerun, says Kenya’s electoral watchdog
Kenya’s electoral commission says a rerun of the country’s annulled presidential election will go ahead on Octobrt 26, and opposition candidate Raila Odinga has yet to formally withdraw from the race. Odinga announced on Tuesday that he was pulling out. But the Independent Electoral & Boundaries Commission said on Wednesday that he still had to file the paperwork to formalise his exit from the poll. It also said the names of independent candidates previously excluded from the rerun would now be included on ballot papers for the new vote, in line with a High Court ruling earlier on Wednesday. “The candidates for the fresh presidential election scheduled for October 26 shall include all the eight candidates who participated in the August 8 presidential election,” it said. “The commission cannot compel a candidate to participate in an election. The law allows a candidate to withdraw his/her candidature by delivering to the commission a duly filled Form 24A.” Kenya is holding fresh elec...
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