Kenyan Voters Move to Supreme Court to Stop Repeat Poll

Eleventh-hour court battles may yet derail the fresh presidential election ordered by the Supreme Court nearly two months ago. A case by three civil society activists filed and expedited for hearing at the Supreme Court on Wednesday is seeking to have Thursday's election cancelled and rescheduled.

Senate Majority Leader Kipchumba Murkomen, left, and Kikuyu MP Kimani Ichung’wah address a press conference in Parliament on Tuesday.

From left: Supreme Court judges Smoking Wanjala, Philomena Mwilu, Chief Justice David Maraga, Mohammed Ibrahim and Isaac Lenaola.

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