Kenya’s new presidential election has been delayed to 26 October, after the country’s polls commission sought more time to reform voting processes.<\/p>\n
The re-run had originally been scheduled for 17 October.<\/p>\n
The move came as President Uhuru Kenyatta accused the country’s Supreme Court, which annulled the first vote, of staging a “coup” against the people.<\/p>\n
Observers fear Kenya’s political temperature is rising, reviving fears of political violence.<\/p>\n
Around 1,200 people died in clashes after a disputed 2007 presidential vote.<\/p>\n
“A coup in Kenya has just been done by the four people in the Supreme Court,” Mr Kenyatta said during a televised meeting with supporters.<\/p>\n
The election board said last month that Mr Kenyatta had won 54% of the vote on 8 August, against opposition leader Raila Odinga’s 44%.<\/p>\n
But Mr Odinga went to court insisting he had been cheated of victory.<\/p>\n
The Supreme Court judges concluded that the poll was “neither transparent or verifiable”, and took the unprecedented step of annulling it on 1 September.<\/p>\n
The judges released their full comments on Wednesday, and\u00a0lambasted the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) for mishandling the election.<\/p>\n
In response, the polling body said it needed more days to fix the issues that got the first vote annulled – and imposed a nine-day delay.<\/p>\n
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Source: BBC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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