Established by the 2010 Constitution with exclusive original jurisdiction over presidential election petitions. Its 2017 annulment of a presidential election was the first such ruling in Africa.
How the court is constituted
- Tier
- supreme
- Court type
- Apex court created by the 2010 Constitution
- Jurisdiction
- National
- Seat
- Nairobi
- Established
- 2011
- Composition
- Chief Justice, Deputy Chief Justice and five judges
- Appointment
- Recommended by the Judicial Service Commission, appointed by the President, with National Assembly approval for the Chief Justice
- Languages
- English, Kiswahili
Where an appeal goes next
Final
Decisions worth knowing
- Raila Odinga v IEBC2017
A presidential election was annulled for failures in the transmission of results.
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