Kenya's Odinga to challenge presidential poll result in court today -lawyer

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Kenya's veteran opposition leader Raila Odinga will challenge the results of this month's presidential election in the Supreme Court on Monday, his legal team said, the latest twist in a political clash that has gripped East Africa's powerhouse.

"What we did this morning is to file the online copy," lawyer Daniel Maanzo told Kenyan television channel. "After today there will be four days for the other parties to reply."Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.comLast week the election commissioner declared Deputy President William Ruto had won the election by a slim margin, but four out of seven election commissioners dissented, saying the tallying of results had not been transparent.

In 2017, the Supreme Court overturned the election result and ordered a re-run, which Odinga boycotted, saying he had no faith in the election commission. At stake is control of East Africa's wealthiest and most stable nation, home to regional headquarters for firms like General Electric, Google, and Uber. Kenya also provides peacekeepers for neighbouring Somalia and frequently hosts peace talks for other nations in the turbulent East Africa region.

The court next conducts a status conference with all parties to define the hearing schedule and ground rules.

 

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I hear lots of people saying he should accept and move on buh this can't be democracy!!!if u set standards of electoral systems,u should follow them to the latter,the nonsense of musevenitrics shouldn't be made the norm.and I applaud him for always fighting to set the record

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