Supreme Court beats retreat on poll petitions

THE Supreme Court has succumbed to pressure and quashed a contentious clause in the draft presidential election rules which would have allowed petitions to start this week. Judiciary sources said the court may have given in to protests by the Law Society of Kenya members who protested that pre-election petitions contained in the first draft were unconstitutional. The court is said to have quashed the clause on petitions arising from the presidential nominations but retained the pre-poll petitions arising from the first round of elections...