Tag: Presidential Rerun
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Jonathan leads NDI Observation Mission to Liberia’s Presidential Re-run
Former President Goodluck Jonathan is due in Monrovia on Sunday as leader of the delegation of the United States National Democratic Institute (NDI) International Elections Observation Mission to Liberia’s presidential run-off polls, scheduled for December 26, (Boxing Day). The run-off election is being contested by the ruling Unity Party candidate and current Vice President, Joseph…
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Kenyan Presidential Re-run: Election turnout below 35 per cent – Commission
Results of Kenya’s presidential election re-run started to trickle in on Friday, with early estimates of the turnout at below 35 percent. With nearly all followers of opposition leader Raila Odinga heeding the veteran’s call for a boycott, Kenyatta’s victory is not in question. The first election, in August, was annulled by the courts because…
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Presidential rerun: Kenyan opposition rejects new election date, threatens boycott
Kenyan opposition leader, Raila Odinga said on Tuesday his coalition would not participate in the re-run of a presidential election proposed for Oct. 17 unless it is given “legal and constitutional” guarantees. Incumbent President Uhuru Kenyatta responded by saying there was nowhere in law that required the electoral body to consult Odinga. Odinga’s conditions for…