Glaring illegalities that persuaded judges to invalidate Kenyatta’s win

Kenya’s Supreme Court in session during the 2017 presidential petition. PHOTO | AFP

A scrutiny of results that led the Supreme Court to cancel Kenya’s presidential election results has opened wide the can of worms that was the country’s August 8, 2017 polls, calling into question some 7.5 million votes.

An official 20-hour scrutiny of results from the presidential election raised red flags on documents from at least 63 constituencies; 30 of which did not have a serial number and another 33 did not have a watermark.