Raila Amolo Odinga & Stephen Kalonzo Musyoka v. Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission, Chairperson, Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission & H. E. Uhuru Muigai Kenyatta

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IN THE SUPREME COURT OF KENYA AT NAIROBI

(Coram: Maraga, CJ and P, Mwilu, DCJ and V-P, Ojwang, Wanjala, Njoki and Lenaola, SCJJ )

PRESIDENTIAL PETITION NO. 1 OF 2017

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1. RAILA AMOLO ODINGA.......................1^ST PETITIONER

2. STEPHEN KALONZO MUSYOKA............2^ND PETITIONER

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1. INDEPENDENT ELECTORAL AND

BOUNDARIES COMMISSION.............................1^ST RESPONDENT

2. CHAIRPERSON, INDEPENDENT ELECTORAL

AND BOUNDARIES COMMISSION................ 2^ND RESPONDENT

3. H. E. UHURU MUIGAI KENYATTA...........3^RD RESPONDENT

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1. DR. EKURU AUKOT....................1^ST INTERESTED PARTY

2. PROF. MICHAEL WAINAINA.......2^ND INTERESTED PARTY

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1. THE ATTORNEY GENERAL..............1^ST AMICUS CURIAE

2. THE LAW SOCIETY OF KENYA........2^ND AMICUS CURIAE

JUDGMENT

A. INTRODUCTION

[1] Kenya is a Sovereign Republic and a Constitutional democracy founded on national values and principles of governance in Article 10 of her Constitution. All sovereign power…