AKIPRESS.COM - Kenya plunged deeper into crisis on Wednesday as a shortage of judges scuppered an eleventh-hour petition to delay a presidential election and the governor of a volatile opposition region endorsed rebellion against the state, NYTimes reported.
Within minutes of Supreme Court chief justice David Magara announcing that five judges had failed to turn up, preventing a quorum, hundreds of supporters of opposition leader Raila Odinga took to the streets of Kisumu, his main stronghold.
Odinga had successfully challenged the outcome of an initial ballot in August, which he lost, in the same court.
"We were expecting Maraga to cancel (Thursday's) elections. This means the push for postponement of the election is on," said George Mbija, a motorcycle taxi driver in the western city, repeating an Odinga demand for a clear-out of election board officials.