{"id":365022,"date":"2017-10-25T11:29:38","date_gmt":"2017-10-25T11:29:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=365022"},"modified":"2017-10-25T11:29:38","modified_gmt":"2017-10-25T11:29:38","slug":"kenyas-supreme-court-fails-to-hear-election-bid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/10\/kenyas-supreme-court-fails-to-hear-election-bid\/","title":{"rendered":"Kenya’s Supreme Court fails to hear election bid"},"content":{"rendered":"
Kenya’s Chief Justice has said the Supreme Court is unable to hear a petition calling for a delay in Thursday’s presidential re-run.<\/p>\n
David Maraga said not enough of the court’s seven judges were available to hear the case.<\/p>\n
The deputy chief justice was not available after her bodyguard was shot by gunmen on Tuesday.<\/p>\n
The BBC’s Alastair Leithead in Nairobi says the election is now expected to go ahead as planned.<\/p>\n
The Supreme Court annulled the original election in August, saying there had been “irregularities and illegalities”.<\/p>\n
Opposition leader Raila Odinga is boycotting the re-run, saying nothing has changed.<\/p>\n
President Uhuru Kenyatta, who is seeking a second term, has said the ballot must go ahead.<\/p>\n
Five judges are needed for a quorum but Mr Maraga said that Deputy Chief Justice Philomena Mwilu “was not in a position to come to court”. Her bodyguard is receiving treatment at a Nairobi hospital.<\/p>\n