EU observers to remain in Kenya until Supreme Court decides RAILA ODINGA’s petition

The Kenyan DAILY POSTNews03:34

Tuesday, the 19^th of March 2013 - News just in indicates that the European Union has decided to keep its election observers in Kenya until the Supreme Court makes its verdict on the election petition filed by CORD challenging IEBC’s decision to declare Uhuru Kenyatta the winner of the March 4^thelections.

A statement from the EU said that “Impartial and expeditious handling of election petitions was part of every democratic electoral process.”

The EU observer team lead by Alojz Peterle released its largely positive initial report on the March 4^th election two days after Kenyans woke up in large numbers to express their will.

The observer team is expected to release its final report two months after election day. The report is expected to include a thorough postmortem of the March 4^thelections as well as recommendations for the future.

More to follow.

The Kenyan DAILY POST