The Supreme Court finally proclaimed a resounding and unanimous approval for the conduct and management of the March 4 general elections by the IEBC on Friday. By declining to grant any of the prayers – especially those of the First Petitioner, the Court shouted out its confidence in the IEBC. For those of us interested in the jurisprudential value of the decision, we await to scrutinize the ratio decidendi of the decision. A few things are of importance and certainly need to be mentioned here; The case was meant to give direction not only for the petitioners and the country on what constitutes a free and fair election, but further, considering the attention the case had grabbed in the region and the continent (Ghana & Malawi etc.), this case would potentially create jurisprudence of a high enough quality to change the conduct and management of elections on a continent constantly struggling and grappling with election disputes. ...
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