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OMUNYAKONE (OMUKHOONE) WAS BOLD ENOUGH TO NULLIFY THE RE-ELECTION OF A SITTING PRESIDENT

I am very sure the title of today's post looks weird to most of the readers of this blog. But this title is driven by the recent groundbreaking phenomenon of the nullification of the reelection of President Uhuru Kenyatta on the 8th of August 2017 by the SupremeCcourt of Kenya headed by Chief Justice David Magara. Soon after the verdict was read, I went to Senior Common Room of the University of Nairobi for tea break. Senior Common Room is the canteen for lecturers at the University of Nairobi. Immediately I entered, my friend Dr. Ben Nyanchoga, a Historian lecturing in the department of History stood and shook my hand saying, "my friend I now believe you... You bakhone are brave and daring". So I wondered what had happened because I did not even know that the Supreme Court had nullified Uhuru's victory. My friend Dr. Nyanchoga went to tell as me, "Do you know that Justice Maraga is Omunyakone?" I said, "No." Dr. Nyanchoga confirmed to me tha