President Uhuru Kenyatta’s Jubilee Party and the IEBC will be absorbing body shocks. That is the political import from the Court of Appeal ruling on the announcement of presidential election results. SUPREME COURTIEBC chairman Wafula Chebukati heatedly contested the suit, declaring as a disaster the High Court ruling he felt undermined the workings of the electoral body. His argument was that instead of one returning officer responsible for declaring the winner of the presidential election, the country was now saddled with 290 returning officers each declaring results. The High Court and the Court of Appeal disagreeing leaves the IEBC with one more avenue of appeal, the Supreme Court, but meanwhile what might continue to catch attention is the furious political infighting.

Source: Daily Nation June 23, 2017 20:26 UTC