Kenya's Chief Justice David Maraga was widely expected to dismiss the election petition filed by opposition candidate Raila Odinga after the poll against President Uhuru Kenyatta and the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission.
Odinga filed the petition at the Supreme Court on August 18 on claims that the August 8 election had been rigged. Two weeks later the court surprised the world by invalidating the presidential election.
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