Foreign Envoys Express Disappointment Over Kenya's Supreme Court Quorum Hitch
Foreign envoys have expressed concerns over the failure by the Kenyan Supreme Court to raise enough quorum to listen to a petition seeking postponement of October 26th repeat presidential election.
The hearing of the petition lodged by three voters on Tuesday failed to commence on Wednesday following the absence of five of the seven Supreme Court Judges.
Only Chief Justice David Maraga and Justice Isaac Lenaola were available, while the constitution requires that for a case to proceed at the apex court, at least five judges must be present at the bench.
In a joint statement, the Heads of Mission in Kenya said it would have been important if the case kicked off since it “raised important questions regarding the election”.
They called on Kenyans to remain calm and maintain peace during Thursday's voting. They also urged dialogue between political actors going forward.
The diplomats also condemned the shooting of a bodyguard-driver attached to Deputy Chief Justice Philomena Mwilu, which happened in Nairobi on Tuesday evening.
They also expressed their disappointment over the attacks on independent bodies and the judiciary.
“We are deeply disappointed by the continuing efforts of both parties to interfere with and undermine the independent operation of the electoral commission, the Judiciary, and other essential institutions,” they said.
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Hehehehe uhuru please deport…
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Hehehehe uhuru please deport thizz stugiees n zombies from our lovely Kenya:Why were they disappointed that quorum was not there:were they planing for elections to b stopped..Thry forget on 8th the quorum was there.Trust me If it goes to Supreme Court it will b made sure only maraga n leonala will b present coz we know there is big coup going on ivluding EU international Community west judiciary n raila
Kwani what did they want?
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Kwani what did they want?
Mkenya...You just want us to…
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Mkenya...You just want us to trust you? Kwani what do you that is so credible that we can just trust you? Trust me , a person who is truthful does not have to tell anybody to trust them!!
Where is the Chinese envoy…
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Where is the Chinese envoy among them? These are Western Envoys not Foreign Envoys looking out for their interest. They are all sidelined by Chinese companies involved in major infra structure buildout going on right now and more to come that Raila has promised them if he became prezzo... They were colonizers all these years and were around post independence how come African kept going down down down? Self interest by these Western Envoys is what we are looking at in those faces...
These are the people funding…
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These are the people funding wrong-doers and pretending to be concerned about Kenya. Keep off our business, keep your damn twisted-aid and pack and go if you are not happy. You live like kings here and we know you are worried of losing your dough... the servants, clean air, safaris and full life... pls go back to your no-life -- you only care about what you will get from us, not us. Parasites!
Given that they are…
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Given that they are Diplomats.I think that in public they probably do not want to appear like they supported the quoram hitch.However, my personal opinion is that, in private they were probably just as happy as Jubilee supporters that the quoram hitch happened.This is my own 2 cents about this topic.
WHERE IS OKUYU'S TYRANNY OF…
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WHERE IS OKUYU'S TYRANNY OF NUMBERS TODAY.
YOU HAVE BEEN EXPOSED....CHECK MATE!
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