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REPUBLI

COFKENYA
I
NTHESUPREMECOURTOFKENYAATNAI
ROBI
(
Cor
am:Mar
aga,
CJ&P,
Mwi
l
u,DCJ&V-
P,Oj
wang,
Wanj
ala,
NjokiS.Ndung
uand
Lenaol
a,SCJJ)

ELECTI
ONPETI
TIONNO.1OF2017

BETWEEN

1.RAI
LA AMOLO ODI
NGA.
.
.1STPETI
TIONER

2.STEPHENKALONZOMUSYOKA.
.2ND PETI
TIONER

AND

1.I
NDEPENDENTELECTORALAND
BOUNDARI
ESCOMMI
SSI
ON.
. 1STRESPONDENT
.

2.CHAI
RPERSON,
INDEPENDENTELECTORAL
ANDBOUNDARI
ESCOMMI
SSI
ON.
..
.
.2ND RESPONDENT

3.H.
EUHURUMUI
GAIKENYATTA.
..
. 3RD RESPONDENT
.

DETERMI
NATI
ONOFPETI
TIONWI
THOUTREASONS
(
Pur
suantt
oRul
e23(
1)oft
heSupr
emeCour
t(Pr
esi
dent
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ect
ionRul
es)2017

[
1] Thehear
ingoft
hisPet
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ionwasconcl ,29th August2017
udedonTuesday
wel
laf
ter9.
00 p.
m. The Judges t
her
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terr
etr
eat
ed t
o del
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he

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dent
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ionPet
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ionNo.
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f
oll
owi
ngi
ssuesf
ordet
ermi
nat
ionascr
aft
edbyt
hecour
t:

(
i) Whet
hert
he 2017 Pr
esi
dent
ialEl
ect
ion was conduct
ed i
n
accor
dancewi
tht
hepr
inci
plesl
aiddowni
ntheConst
it
uti
on
andt
hel
awr
elat
ingt
oel
ect
ions.

(
ii
) Whet
hert
her
ewer
eir
regul
ari
ti
esandi
l
legal
i
tiescommi
tt
edi
n
t
heconductoft
he2017Pr
esi
dent
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ion.

(
ii
i) I
fther
ewer
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regul
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ti
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l
legal
i
ties,
whatwast
hei
r
i
mpact
,ifany
,ont
hei
ntegr
it
yoft
heel
ect
ion?

(
iv) Whatconsequent
ial
order
s,decl
arat
ionsandr
eli
efsshoul
d
t
hiscour
tgr
ant
,ifany
?

[
2] Hav
ingcar
eful
l
yconsi
der
edt
heabov
eissues,t
hef
oll
owi
ngi
sthemaj
ori
ty
deci
sionoft
hecour
twi
tht
woJudges(
J.BOj
wangandN.S.Ndung
uSCJJ)
di
ssent
ing)
:

(
i) Ast
owhet
hert
he2017Pr
esi
dent
ial
Elect
ionwasconduct
edi
n
accor
dancewi
tht
hepr
inci
plesl
aiddowni
ntheConst
it
uti
on
andt
hel
aw r
elat
ingt
oel
ect
ions,uponconsi
der
ingi
nteral
i
a
Ar
ti
cles10,38,81 and 86 oft
heConst
it
uti
onaswel
las,
Sect
ions39(
1C)
,44,44A and83oft
heEl
ect
ionsAct
,the
deci
si
on oft
he cour
tist he 1st Respondentf
hatt ail
ed,
negl
ect
edorr
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oconductt
hePr
esi
dent
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ect
ioni
na
mannerconsi
stentwi
tht
hedi
ctat
esoft
heConst
it
uti
onand
i
nteral
i
atheEl
ect
ionsAct
,Chapt
er7oft
heLawsofKeny
a.

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esi
dent
ial
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ionPet
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ionNo.
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(
ii
) As t
o whet
her t
her
e wer
eir
regul
ari
ti
es and i
l
legal
i
ties
commi
tt
edi
ntheconductoft
he2017Pr
esi
dent
ialEl
ect
ion,
t
hecour
twassat
isf
iedt he1st Respondentcommi
hatt tt
ed
i
rr
egul
ari
ti
esandi
l
legal
i
tiesi
nteral
i
a,i
nthet
ransmi
ssi
onof
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esul
ts,
par
ti
cul
arsandt
hesubst
anceofwhi
chwi
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lbegi
veni
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hedet
ail
edandr
easonedJudgmentoft
hecour
t.Thecour
t
howev
erf
oundnoev
idenceofmi
sconductont
hepar
toft
he
3rdRespondent
.

(
ii
i) Ast
owhet
hert
hei
rr
egul
ari
ti
esandi
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legal
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fect
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he
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it
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ect
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isf
iedt
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andt
her
ebyi
mpugni
ngt
hei
ntegr
it
yoft
heent
ir
ePr
esi
dent
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El
ect
ion.

[
3] Consequentupont
heabov
efi
ndi
ngs,andast
owhator
der
s,decl
arat
ions
andr
eli
efst
hiscour
tshoul
dgr
ant
,thef
oll
owi
ngar
etheor
der
soft
hecour
t
pur
suantt
oAr
ti
cle140(
2)and(
3)oft
heConst
it
uti
onandRul
e22oft
heSupr
eme
Cour
t(Pr
esi
dent
ial
Elect
ion)Rul
es:

(
i) Adecl
arat
ioni
sher
ebyi
ssuedt
hatt
hePr
esi
dent
ialEl
ect
ion
don8th August2017wasnotconduct
hel edi
naccor
dance
wi
tht
heConst
it
uti
onandt
heappl
icabl
elaw r
ender
ingt
he
decl
aredr
esul
tinval
id,
nul
landvoi
d;

(
ii
) Adecl
arat
ioni
sher
ebyi
ssuedt he3rd Respondentwas
hatt
notval
idl
ydecl
ared as t
he Pr
esi
dentel
ectand t
hatt
he

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esi
dent
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ionPet
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ionNo.
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decl
arat
ioni
sinval
id,
nul
landvoi
d;

(
ii
i) Anor
deri
sher
ebyi
ssueddi
rect
i he1st Respondentt
ngt o
or
gani
zeandconductaf
reshPr
esi
dent
ialEl
ect
ioni
nst
ri
ct
conf
ormi
tywi
tht
heConst
it
uti
onandt
heappl
icabl
eel
ect
ion
l
awswi
thi
n60daysoft
hisdet
ermi
nat
ionunderAr
ti
cle140(
3)
oft
heConst
it
uti
on.

(
iv) Regar
dingcost
s,eachpar
tyshal
lbeari
tsowncost
s.

[
4] A det
ail
edJudgmentcont
aini
ngt
her
easonsf
ort
hisdeci
sionandt
he
di
ssent
swi
l
lbei
ssuedwi
thi
n21day
soft
hisdet
ermi
nat
ioni
nconf
ormi
tywi
th
Rul
e23(
1)oft
heSupr
emeCour
t(Pr
esi
dent
ialEl
ect
ions)Rul
es,2017asi
tis
ot
her
wisei
mpossi
blewi
tht
hel
i
mit
edt
imet
hecour
thas,
todoso.

[
5] I
tissoor
der
ed.

DATEDandDELI
VEREDatNAI
ROBIt
his1stDayofSept
ember
,2017

.
.
D.K.MARAGA P.M.MWILU
CHI
EFJUSTI
CE&PRESIDENT DEPUTYCHIEFJUSTI
CE&VI
CE
OFTHESUPREMECOURT PRESI
DENTOFTHESUPREMECOURT

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dent
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ionPet
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ionNo.
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J.B.OJWANG S.C.WANJALA
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CEOFTHESUPREMECOURTJUSTI
CEOFTHESUPREMECOURT

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.

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