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What does 'Null and Void' Election mean for Democracy in Kenya?

02/09/2017 GMT

BBC World Service - Weekend, What does 'Null and Void' Election mean for Democracy in Kenya?

What message does the Supreme Court ruling send to the Kenyan government and people?

Kenyan Chief Justice David Maraga said the election on the 8th of August had not been conducted in accordance with the constitution and was "null and void". What are the ramifications of the Supreme Court ruling and what does it mean for democracy in Kenya?

Also on the programme: the speaker of the US House of Representatives, Paul Ryan, has urged president Trump not to rescind a programme that protects young undocumented migrants, and the writer who has turned Donald Trump's tweets into Poetry.

(Image: supporters of Kenya's Opposition leader Raila Odinga celebrate. Credit: Simon Maina/AFP/Getty Images)

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