Kenya’s political standards present a new problem for EAC federation

Supreme Court of Kenya judges during the hearing of presidential petition at Supreme Court.

Supreme Court of Kenya judges during the hearing of presidential petition at Milimani Coutrs on September 2, 2022. PHOTO | NMG
 

Kenya's fascinating election — and burgeoning democracy — continued to play out in the week. The dispute over the August 9 election went to the Supreme Court, and some strange "unAfrican" orders were made.

Among them, the judges ordered the Independent Electoral and Boundaries and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) to give the petitioners access, under supervision, to all the electoral body's servers, so they could dig around for evidence of election rigging.