Kenya: Why General Election Must Be Held This Year

opinion

Last week's ruling by the Constitutional Court that the next general election should be held by 15 March 2013 unless the Coalition Government is dissolved has elicited intense debate across the country.

Opinion remains divided on whether the court's interpretation is in keeping with the letter and spirit of the Constitution. I am one of those who disagree with the ruling in as far as it says that elections should be stretched up to 2013.

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