Sentences with phrase «kenyan election»

READ MORE Tear gas fired at Nairobi polling station amid Kenya election tensions As Kenya goes to the polls, voters fear post-election violence Kenya deports US expert who was supporting opposition candidate Threat of another violent Kenyan election looms A similar situation with a systems failure in the 2013 election led to Odinga's legal challenge at the time, though Kenya's Supreme Court ruled in favour of Kenyatta by validating the results.

The Kenyan election was «hacked» and the results at all levels represent a «massive and extensive fraud», the opposition leader Raila Odinga has said.

Kenyan election was «hacked» and results represent «massive fraud», says opposition leader Raila Odi...

The Managing Editor of the Insight newspaper, Kwesi Pratt Jnr, has defended former President John Dramani Mahama over attacks on the latter following the annulment of the recent Kenyan election by the Supreme Court.

The intelligence report, corroborated by numerous security sources, reveals that the The Democratic Union of Africa (DUA) an association of rightists / conservative political parties in various African countries on whose ticket Mr Mac Manu was traveling to Kenya as an observer of the elections, and the National Super Alliance (NASA) led by opposition leader Raila Odinga are doing everything possible to manipulate the Kenyan election in favour of the National Super Alliance (NASA) and its Presidential candidate Raila Odinga.

[iii] See, respectively, Menya, W., «Kofi Annan Comments Spark Kenyan Election Row», Institute for War & Peace Reporting (21/12/12).

The ongoing International Criminal Court trial into the so - called «Ocampo Six» is a reminder of how raw the violence around the 2007 Kenyan election remains.

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Proactive frameworks undoubtedly guarantee the stability of states and anchor judicious use of scarce resources as elections don't come cheap anymore considering that the 2017 Kenyan election is regarded as one of the most expensive elections in the world costing the Kenyan Government $ 499 million dollars.

This explains why paid - for ads for The Real Raila and Uhuru For Us emerged above the search results for many Kenyan election - related search terms.

All these observer missions were unanimous in their verdict concluding that the Kenyan elections were generally free and fair.

Former President John Mahama has urged the two leading presidential candidates in the Kenyan elections, Raila Odinga and Uhuru Kenyatta to accept the outcome of the elections, favourable or otherwise.

According to Kwesi Pratt, Ghanaians are only making «NPP — NDC» politics out of the Kenyan elections.

Former President John Mahama led a 15 - member delegation from the Commonwealth nations to observe Kenyan elections on August 8, 2017.

The Government of Ghana has stressed that it had no intention of interfering in the 2017 Kenyan elections via Peter Mac Manu, who was prevented from entering the east African country as a leader of a team of election observers from the Democratic Union of Africa.

Baker McKenzie secured the CSR, Diversity, Transformation and Economic Empowerment Award for its work helping ensure the rule of law is upheld during the Kenyan elections.

It's still unclear exactly what role Cambridge Analytica or Facebook played in the Kenyan elections.

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During the 2017 polls, 90 % of Kenyans had heard or seen fake news stories related to the election, with a cross-section of the population using popular apps like WhatsApp and Facebook to spread misinformation.

A Privacy International investigation in December 2017 accused Harris Media of influencing the Kenyan presidential election in favour of the incumbent, Uhuru Kenyatta, by creating online video content discrediting his challenger, opposition leader Raila Odinga.

Catherine Ogolla, CAFOD's Country Representative, based in Nairobi said: «The Kenyan people need a sustained commitment to peace, democracy and good governance which can only be achieved through peaceful and transparent elections.

Catholic international aid charity CAFOD has called for a peaceful election when Kenyans go to the polls next week.

The Christian Science Monitor: All politics is local, even the US election as seen by Kenyans Kenyans are closely watching the US presidential election, with two groups in particular rooting for each of the candidates.

Catholic international aid charity CAFOD has called for a peaceful election when Kenyans go to the polls... More

Rwanda counts votes as Kagame eyes third - term + + + Kenyans in the city flee for rural safety ahead of Tuesday's elections + + + Businesses in Burundi count losses as electricity crisis continues

That last line is key: as has been noted again and again, Democrats tend to stay home in off - year elections, while the Republican base is rarin'to vote down anyone associated with our Kenyan Socialist overlord.

Kenyan authorities last week denied Mr. Mac Manu entry into the country to lead a team of election observers from the Democratic Union of Africa (DUA) ahead of Tuesday's polls.

I also have no doubt that John Dramani Mahama's cynical advice to Mr. Odinga was informed by past decisions of the Kenyan Supreme Court where incumbents have been declared winners of the Presidential elections and his personal experience in Ghana,» Martin Amidu said.

It's only a decade ago when 1,600 Kenyans lost their lives to political violence in disputed elections.

Ahead of the 2007 and 2013 elections, many Kenyans, especially those groups that had been victims of attacks in 1992 and 1997, expected violence.

[ii] The Economist, «Still too tribal: Kenyans have the jitters as they start gearing up for next year's elections» (09/06/12).

Former President John Mahama advised Kenyan opposition leader, Raila Odinga, to go to court over the country's presidential election.

Since the Supreme Court has now prevented itself from acknowledging the question of whether Barack H. Obama is or is not an Article II «natural born citizen» based on the Kenyan / British citizenship of Barack Obama's father at the time of his birth (irrespective of whether Barack Obama is deemed a «citizen» born in Hawaii or otherwise) as a prerequisite to qualifying to serve as President of the United States under the Constitution — the Court having done so at least three times and counting, first before the Nov 4 general election and twice before the Dec 15 vote of the College of Electors — it would seem appropriate, if not necessary, for all Executive Branch departments and agencies to secure advance formal advice from the United States Department of Justice Office of Legal Counsel as to how to respond to expected inquiries from federal employees who are pledged to «support and defend the Constitution of the United States» as to whether they are governed by laws, regulations, orders and directives issued under Mr. Obama during such periods that said employees, by the weight of existing legal authority and prior to a decision by the Supreme Court, believe in good faith that Mr. Obama is not an Article II «natural born citizen».

But Okudzeto Ablakwa chose to give the impression in his feature article devoted to insulting me with reckless abandon that he respects elders, at least in the NDC, and excuses his attacks on me for exercising my right to free speech in congratulating the Kenyan Supreme Court for the Court's decision annulling the 8th August 2017 elections on the flimsy ground that I had attacked «the former President» whom I believe is supposedly dumb figuratively and therefore unable to speak for himself.

Moi was a master of exploiting fault lines in Kenyan politics, as highlighted by the strong - arm tactics of Youth For KANU ’92 in the Rift Valley, which helped him record 67 % in the province in the 1992 presidential elections.

READ ALSO: Don't shed blood because of elections — Mahama to Kenyans However, following the annulment of the presidential results by Kenya's Supreme Court in a 4 - 2 decision, and an order for a re-run in 60 days, some Ghanaians have taken to social media to troll Mahama.

Kenyan authorities say some 5,000 external observers and 200 international journalists were accredited for this year's election, up from the 2013 figure of 1,834.

But I was dissuaded from doing so when I read two other feature articles on the Modern Ghana website of that day and I realized that his insults and condemnation of my article congratulating the Kenyan Supreme Court and questioning the integrity of John Dramani Mahama to accept to be an observer in an election in which the whole world knew that the incumbent President in that election is his personal friend, had been answered by two more mature contributors.

How Kenyans are using tech to stop election fraud and violence How Kenyans are using tech to stop election fraud and violence Odinga, running as the NASA candidate, told CNN Thursday that he doesn't «trust» the paper forms from polling stations around the country that officials used to authenticate votes.

Congratulations came from Rwandan President Paul Kagame, who applauded Kenyatta on Twitter «for a successful election and the trust Kenyans have placed in you!»

Speaking to Kenyans about the need to keep the peace of the country after the polls, Mr Mahama drew on his own experience, saying losing an election «can be very disappointing» and «very frustrating» but urged the losers to be «gracious» by accepting that the people chose an alternative over them.

Former President John Mahama has told Kenyans, from personal experience, that it is not easy losing an election.

On March 30, the Kenyan Supreme Court faced its most critical challenge to date, as it delivered its verdict on the petition contesting the results of the presidential election held on 4 March.

«Let us thank God for the peace we have continued to enjoy in our country and vow to maintain it as we also pray for a peaceful election, unity and prosperity for all Kenyans.»

On 1st September 2017, Kenya's Supreme Court in a historic judgement, annulled the results of last month's presidential election and ordered a new one within 60 days as provided for in the Kenyan Constitution.

Trust between Kenyans has fallen as a result of the post-election violence of 2007 and the election controversy of 2013, but President Uhuru Kenyatta still has a real opportunity to change the way that Kenyans think about each other.

The Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission said Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta maintained his strong lead in the presidential election count with 85 per cent of polling stations reporting.

Meanwhile, the Kenyan Human Rights Commission said it had discovered some discrepancies in an initial comparison between provisional results announced by the election commission and paper forms signed at polling stations by party agents.

Especially when Ghana's ex-president is in the same country as an observer, John Boadu said the Kenyan authorities can not pick and choose which individual they will allow to observe the election.

Nairobi, Kenya (CNN) Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga said he refuses to accept the results of the presidential election, even though the results haven't been announced yet.

Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga withdrew Tuesday from a re-run of the presidential election, saying electoral officials had failed to make necessary reforms.