ELECTION RESULTS NIXED BECAUSE PROBE BLOCKED

Kenya’s Supreme Court said Wednesday it nullified President Uhuru Kenyatta’s re-election largely because the electoral commission refused to allow an investigation of its computerized system that transmitted results.

The court judges said because the electoral commission refused to allow scrutiny of its computer servers it had no option but to agree with the claim by Kenya’s opposition leader Raila Odinga that the computerized data of the August presidential elections had been interfered with.

Outside the court, demonstrators protested for and against the Supreme Court’s ruling.

The court annulled Kenyatta’s re-election earlier this month saying there were irregularities and illegalities. It made the decision in response to Odinga’s petition challenging the official results that Kenyatta won with 54 per cent of the vote. The electoral commission has set Oct. 17 as the date for a fresh election.