Supreme court orders for another presidential election in Kenya within 60 days

Kenya’s supreme court has declared Uhuru Kenyatta’s victory in the presidential election last month invalid and ordered a new vote to be held within 60 days.

The decision to nullify the result, a first in Kenya, sets up a new race for the presidency between Kenyatta and the veteran opposition leader Raila Odinga.

Kenyatta accepted the court decision on Friday afternoon, calling for “peace, peace, peace” in a televised address.

The six-judge bench ruled 4-2 in favour of a petition filed by Odinga, who claimed the electronic voting results were hacked and manipulated in favour of the incumbent.

Uhuru Kenyatta was declared the election winner with 54% of the vote.