The Supreme Court of Kenya Monday dismissed a challenge to the victory of Kenya’s president-elect William Ruto. The ruling puts an end to a tough electioneering period and paves the way for the president-elect’s swearing-in next week. Following the declaration of the presidential results by the electoral commission on August 15, the court received a [...]

Aynsley Genga is a JURIST Staff Correspondent in Kenya. She reports from Nairobi.   Friday was the final hearing day for the presidential election petition before the Supreme Court of Kenya. The Supreme Court’s agenda for the day was listening to the answers given by both the respondents and petitioners to outstanding questions judges had asked [...]

Aynsley Genga is a JURIST Staff Correspondent in Kenya. She reports from Nairobi.   Earlier this week Kenya’s Supreme Court issued an order for the recounting of voting in 15 constituencies during Kenya’s recent general elections following a request made by the Azimio party. Once the recount was completed, the Registrar of the Supreme Court submitted [...]

Aynsley Genga is a JURIST Staff Correspondent in Kenya. She reports from Nairobi.   This has been a very hectic week for Kenya. Mombasa and Kakamega had their gubernatorial elections on Monday, while Rongai, West Pokot South and Kacheliba had their Member of Parliament (MP) elections the very same day. The Azimio La Umoja party won [...]

Aynsley Genga is a JURIST Staff Correspondent in Kenya. She reports from Nairobi.  Kenyan elections are like a movie – a really good movie, in fact.  We have the theatrics and the suspense element and our elections have enough plot twists to leave the whole world at the edge of their seats as they wait [...]

Aynsley Genga is a JURIST Staff Correspondent in Kenya. She reports from Nairobi.  Kenyan elections have been some of the most drama-filled moments in my country, and unfortunately some of the saddest. I honestly do not think we’ve had a general election where no one has died. Monday night Daniel Musyoka, the missing Embakasi East [...]

Aynsley Genga is a JURIST Staff Correspondent in Kenya. She reports from Nairobi.  Today is a sad day for Kenya. Today Chebukati, chairman of the IEBC, this country’s electoral commission, basically made a mockery of the Kenyan electoral process. He has done it so shamelessly, so much so that many have been left wondering where [...]

Aynsley Genga is a JURIST Staff Correspondent in Kenya. She reports from Nairobi.  It has been five days since we in Kenya had our elections on August 9th. Five days, and still we do not know who our president is. As the wait continues, so does the pressure. Kenya is in a state of limbo [...]

Aynsley Genga is a JURIST Staff Correspondent in Kenya.  On Tuesday, Kenyans went to the polls in general elections and are now waiting for the tallied results. A lot has happened during this period. In fact, too much has happened that has just left the majority of the populace feeling either tense or exasperated. Tension [...]

Aynsley Genga is a JURIST Staff Correspondent in Kenya.  Kenya is now a day away from its general elections, and political rallies are over. Saturday was actually the last day for any campaigns or rallies to be conducted. In the lead-up to the weekend political parties were therefore busy making sure they had perfect venues [...]