Kenya's Supreme Court has annulled the result of the last month's
presidential election citing irregularities.
The judge, Chief Justice David Maraga said a new
election should be held within 60 days. The election commission had already
declared incumbent President Uhuru Kenyatta the winner of the
election by a margin of 1.4 million votes. But the opposition argued that the
commission's IT system had been hacked to manipulate the results.
With this, Kenya becomes the first country in Africa to annul a presidential
election. After the announcement, opposition supporters were seen celebrating
outside the court building, as well as in opposition strongholds.
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