Kenya’s opposition leader Raila Odinga has just announced that he’s not “ready” to take part in a planned re-run of the country’s presidential election.
Mr Odinga said he wanted “legal and constitutional guarantees” in place before agreeing to take part.
He also called for changes to the country’s electoral commission, which was blamed by the Supreme Court for irregularities which lead to the August election being annulled.
Kenya’s presidential election will be re-run on 17 October after the original result was annulled, the chair of Kenya’s electoral body has announced.
Wafula Chebukati also confirmed that only President Uhuru Kenyatta and opposition leader Raila Odinga would be on the new ballot.
Mr Kenyatta had been declared the winner of last month’s vote.
But Mr Odinga complained of widespread irregularities and the Supreme Court declared the first poll void.
The decision is the first time in African history that a supreme court has upheld an opposition challenge in a presidential election and ordered a re-run.
In a ruling on Friday, Chief Justice David Maraga said the 8 August election, in which Mr Kenyatta won 54% of the vote, had not been conducted in accordance with the constitution, declaring it “invalid, null and void”.
They said that some members of the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) had committed “irregularities and illegalities” in the transmission of results.
The court ordered a new poll to be held within 60 days.
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