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"It is seen as a step forward for Africa,” stated senior counsel Pheroze Nowrojee referring to the landmark judgment by the six- member bench of the Supreme Court of Kenya that declared — with four in favor and two against — the election of the President of Kenya Uhuru Kenyatta as "invalid” and called for fresh elections by October 31. The judgment of September 1, 2017 was hailed for being the first in Africa when a presidential election result has been overturned. Kenyatta, 55, had been declared reelected three weeks prior on August 8 with 54 percent of the votes.......



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Compare Kenya to Islamic Iran where in the province of Yazd according to news report a Zarthosti was democratically elected by popular vote in a province where nearly 99% of the population are muslims to the town Municipal council only to be struck down for the sole reason that the individual was a non muslim and a Zarthosti.
- Shapour B Badri
- 19-Oct-2017