Supreme Court validates poll rerun

The Kenyan Supreme Court today (Monday) unanimously upheld Uhuru Kenyatta’s re-election in a repeat poll, clearing the way for his swearing-in next week. A report on the eNCA site notes that the court dismissed two petitions to overturn the 26 October election rerun, thus validating President Kenyatta's poll victory. Opposition leader Raila Odinga won an unprecedented court victory overturning the result of the original August poll after claims hackers broke into the electoral commission database and manipulated the results. Former lawmaker and businessman John Harun Mwau submitted one petition challenging the vote, while another was filed jointly by Njonjo Mue, a human rights and judicial expert, and Khelef Khalifa, director of Muslims for Human Rights.