Nairobi — Kenya’s Supreme Court on Monday upheld the re-election of President Uhuru Kenyatta in last month’s repeat presidential vote. Chief Justice David Maraga said the court dismissed two legal challenges to the vote in a unanimous decision by six judges. "As a consequence, the presidential election of October 26 is hereby upheld," he said. The petitioners had argued, among other reasons, that the outcome should be voided because the election board did not seek fresh nominations after the earlier August 8 poll was invalidated, and because the vote was not held in each of Kenya’s 291 voter constituencies.
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