Kenya sets March 2013 election date
Nairobi, 18 Mar – (ANA) - Kenya's next presidential and parliamentary elections will be held on March 4, 2013, its electoral commission has said, a vote sure to draw international scrutiny after communal bloodshed that followed a disputed 2007 ballot.
The next election will be the first since the 2007 vote that triggered fighting in which more than 1,220 people were killed, leading to prosecutions of prominent Kenyan political figures by the International Criminal Court. It will also be the first election since the east African country adopted a new constitution.
The High Court surprised Kenyans by ruling in January that the election should be held in March 2013 and not this August as stipulated by the constitution - barring an early vote in case of a government collapse. (ANA)
FA/ANA/18 March 2012--------