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Kenya presidential election cancelled by Supreme Court | |
(35 minutes later) | |
Kenya's Supreme Court has annulled the result of the last month's presidential election. | |
Citing irregularities, Chief Justice David Maraga said a new vote should be held within 60 days. | |
The election commission had 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. | |
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The BBC's Caroline Karobia in Nairobi says Kenya has made history as the first country in Africa to annul presidential election. | |
Reading the ruling - reached by a majority of four to two among the judges - Justice Maraga said the 8 August poll had not been "conducted in accordance with the constitution". | |
After the announcement, opposition supporters were seen celebrating outside the court building, as well as in opposition strongholds. |