Supreme Court judges Archives - Jean-Jacques Cornish https://jjcornish.com/tag/supreme-court-judges/ The low down on African affairs Tue, 12 Sep 2017 22:00:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.5 https://i0.wp.com/jjcornish.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cropped-Fountain_Pen_favicon-812.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Supreme Court judges Archives - Jean-Jacques Cornish https://jjcornish.com/tag/supreme-court-judges/ 32 32 Kenyan opposition boycott’s new parliament https://jjcornish.com/2017/09/kenyan-opposition-boycotts-new-parliament/ Tue, 12 Sep 2017 22:00:00 +0000 https://jjcornish.com/2017/09/kenyan-opposition-boycotts-new-parliament/ Kenya’s opposition has boycotted the opening session of parliament after the Supreme Court cancelled the result of last month’s presidential election and ordered a fresh vote. Supreme Court judges who normally attend the opening of the legislature also stayed away. President Uhuru Kenyatta assures  every Kenyan, and the world, that every arm of government is […]

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]]> Kenya’s opposition has boycotted the opening session of parliament after the Supreme Court cancelled the result of last month’s presidential election and ordered a fresh vote.

Supreme Court judges who normally attend the opening of the legislature also stayed away.

President Uhuru Kenyatta assures  every Kenyan, and the world, that every arm of government is in place and operational.

He says there’s no void and there is no lacuna.”

Kenya’s election commission set October 17 as the date for a new presidential vote between Kenyatta and opposition leader Raila Odinga, following the Supreme Court ruling.

Kenyatta says even though he strongly disagrees with that decision, he  accepts it.

He reminds MPs that upholding the constitution does not mean always having one’s own way.

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