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Kenya: Contentious Amendments to Election Laws Come Into Effect
Capital FM, 3 November 2017
The contentious Election Laws (Amendment) Act has effectively become law after having been gazetted. Read more »
Kenyan Govt Gazettes Controversial Election Laws
The Act has been published in a special issue of the Kenya Gazette and has the date of assent indicated as October 28, two days after the repeat presidential election. Among the significant provisions of the bill is a clause that would make it difficult for the Supreme Court to annul the election of the president based on minor inconsistencies.
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Kenya: Govt Gazettes Controversial Election Laws
Nation, 2 November 2017
The controversial Bill on election laws is now law despite the assurance by President Uhuru Kenyatta on Monday that he had not assented to it. Read more »
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Kenya: Groups in Court to Block Enactment of Amended Election Laws
Nation, 2 November 2017
Two lobby groups have moved to court seeking to suspend the implementation of the amendments made to the election laws. Read more »
InFocus
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One of the amendments introduced in the controversial Bill states that the financial penalties on election officials who fail to do their job will also be doubled from about ... Read more »
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Legislators have also reiterated that their leader, Raila Odinga, will not take part in the planned October 26 presidential election. The changes to election laws target the ... Read more »
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The Jubilee party wants to give more recognition to the manual tallying and transmission of the results than the electronic system. It is also understood that a bill proposed by ... Read more »
