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Chekubati said setting of the date was in “conformity of the Supreme Court’s decision annulling the presidential election held on 8 August, 2017.”

The electoral commission had declared incumbent Kenyatta as winner of the first presidential election with 54 percent.

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But Odinga complained of widespread irregularities and Supreme Court declared the vote “invalid, null and void.”