Supreme Court judges reading the whole August 8 presidential election nullification verdict, September 20, 2017. [Photo|@citizentvkenya]The Supreme Court issued a detailed judgement after it nullified August presidential election, conducted by the IEBC, after the National Super Alliance (Nasa) contested the win.The judgement was read by Chief Justice David Maraga, his Deputy Philomena Mwilu, judges Isaac Lenaola and signed by Smokin Wanjala.Below are the main points that saw the election nullified, with the judges emphasising that IEBC breached the Constitution, the Elections Act and other election laws and regulations to an extent that it became a law by itself.1. IEBC failed to counter the evidence produced by the petitioner.2. IEBC failed to inform the public the source of the results that were being displayed on TV.3. IEBC chairman Wafula Chebukati announced the final results without forms 34A, breaching the Elections Act.4. Out of 290 forms 34Bs used to declare presidential elections, 56 of them had no security features, with Maraga wondering where they (security features) disappeared to.5. IEBC's failure to open itself up for scrutiny after spending billions of shillings in taxpayers’ money for the election, was proof that the commission was hiding something.Mwilu said the court's order of scrutiny was a golden opportunity for IEBC to discredit petitioner’s claims but they disobeyed the order, leaving them with no other option.6. IEBC messed with the transmission of the presidential results, and blatantly violated the law."It is clear the discrepancies were widespread and to a great extent affected the integrity of the presidential election," said Maraga."On our part, elections are not just about numbers. They are not events, but processes," added the judges.

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