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Kenya high court orders vote recount in presidential election
The Supreme Court of Kenya on Monday ordered scrutiny of two documents used to tally votes in the March 4 presidential election and ordered a recount of all votes from 22 polling stations. The Coalition for Reform and Democracy (CORD) and two othe (More) |
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Kenya high court demands silence over 2013 election case
The Supreme Court of Kenya on Wednesday ordered the parties involved in the March 4 election dispute to restrain from making public statements with regard to the case. The court also warned civic groups and journalists that they could face punishm (More) |
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Kenya presidential candidate asks ICC to withdraw charges
Counsel for Kenyan politician Uhuru Kenyatta [BBC profile; JURIST news archive] on Monday asked the International Criminal Court (ICC) [official website; JURIST backgrounder] to drop the charges against his client for lack of evidence. The request (More) |
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Kenya PM Raila Odinga appeals election results
Kenyan Prime Minister Raila Odinga [official website; Al Jazeera profile] on Friday appealed the results of Kenya's 2013 election to Kenya's Supreme Court. Kenya's election commission declared Uhuru Kenyatta [BBC profile; JURIST news archive], son (More) |
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Uhuru Kenyatta declared winner of Kenya presidential election
Kenya's election commission on Saturday declared Uhuru Kenyatta [BBC profile; JURIST news archive], son of Kenya's first president Mzee Jomo Kenyatta, the winner of the nation's 2013 presidential election. Shortly after the official announcement Ke (More) |
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Kenya's Elections: Africa's Bellwether at a Crossroads
JURIST Guest Columnist M. Patrick Yingling, formerly of Kenya's Moi University School of Law, says that the fear of corruption and violence raises the stakes in Kenya's upcoming election higher than ever... (More) |
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Kenya senior judges declared unfit
Kenya dismissed four senior judges on Wednesday after an independent board found that they lacked integrity and were incompetent. The men removed from their position were Riaga Omollo, the Chief of the Court of Appeals, Samuel Bosire, Emmanuel Okuba (More) |
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Kenya swears in first Supreme Court justices
Kenyan Registrar of the High Court Gladys Boss Shollei swore in the nation's first Supreme Court justices on Friday at a ceremony in the capital city Nairobi. The ceremony was attended by President Mwai Kibaki who emphasized the importance of the (More) |
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Kenya selects 5 appointees to serve on first Supreme Court
The Judicial Service Commission (JSC) of Kenya on Wednesday selected five appointees to serve on the nation's first Supreme Court. After taking a week to interview 25 candidates, the JSC panel selected one woman and four men to present to Kenyan P (More) |
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Kenya leaders appear before ICC to deny charges of ethnic killings
Three prominent Kenyans appeared before the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague on Thursday to hear the charges against them in connection with the violence that followed the December 2007 Kenyan general elections. Facing charges incl (More) |
Women lawyers allowed to practice before US Supreme Court
On February 15, 1879, President Rutherford B. Hayes signed legislation allowing women to be admitted to practice before the United States Supreme Court. Belva Lockwood became the first woman admitted to practice under the new law on March 3, 1879.
Learn more about Belva Lockwood.
