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Opposition Leader: Election Results and Supreme Court

opposition leader: The opposition leader, who boycotted the Oct. 26 vote, hinted that his supporters could appeal to the nation's highest court to nullify a presidential election for the second time since August, according to The Chronicle Herald. We shall see to it that we conduct a free, fair and credible presidential election as ordered by the Supreme Court, Odinga said. Odinga's first public comments since election results were announced Monday suggested that Kenya's political and ethnic tensions are likely to fester. It's in our best interests that we do so sooner rather than later. Odinga, whose petition alleging vote-rigging led to the court's ruling, boycotted Thursday's vote because he said electoral reforms had not been made. The court invalidated the Aug. 8 election in which Kenyatta was declared the winner after finding what it called irregularities and illegalities. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.