Lets consider the ramifications.

We have 59 days within which to prepare and hold a fresh election following Supreme Court orders of yesterday as they nullified 8817 presidential election results.

Subsequently, as a nation we got issues!

Time is of the essence.

At this stage, we are working with very limited details as given/not given by the Supreme Court in regard to the whys, hows and the whats exactly contributed to the wanting integrity of the process that are significant enough to cause doubt to the overall integrity of the final result.

In view of the above, regardless of our individual political persuasions we have some homework to deal with.

As patriotic and responsible citizens we need to ask ourselves;

- Is it reasonable to expect an overhaul of IEBC before the election inside 59 days.

- Is calling for removal of IEBC commissioners, the CEO and other high ranking Secretariat staff justifiable at this stage!

- Did Uhuru’s utterances of yesterday - during his impromptu public rally - amount to a direct threat, to unleash political pressure on SCORK if he is re-elected!

- Will the procurement process for ballot paper result in endless contestations and acrimony!

- Are we likely to be faced with multiple law suits filed by politicians and or their cohorts, targeted at IEBC in relation to preparations for this poll – bogging the electoral body down!

- Arising from time constraints, the IEBC should start the preparations for the poll immediately, but in the absence of the detailed ruling, they are essentially groping in the dark. Once that detailed ruling is out, possibly in 20 days, the IEBC might have to re-set their preparations – a possible further loss of time!

- Since IEBC has to hire a multitude of new staff every time there is a countrywide poll, does it mean that a few mistakes by ‘some’ presiding officers (PO) - the persons handling forms 34A,- might result to nullification of Presidential elections!

- What happens if one of the major coalitions sticks to the demand that the IEBC commissioners, the CEO, the head of ICT dept etc, must be removed or otherwise not be involved in this fresh poll. Suppose those officers in return refuse to go and demand to be removed as per law established!

- Is there a chance that the outcome of the fresh election might end up being even messier in similar or even more varied ways than the nullified one!

- If that be so, what position would the Supreme Court take after someone places a petition before them seeking a nullification of the fresh poll they ordered!! Would it be tenable for them to call for a further! What an awkward position would that be for them and by extension, the Country!

- Suppose all goes as per plan, do we expect a fundamentally different result from what was declared by IEBC on 11th Aug 2017, and is SCORK reputation unwittingly predicated on that!
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And so on and so forth.

Since the November elections will not be perfect will Orengo go back to court? Yes (i suspect it will be messier). Will Uhuru again lose (i suspect yes)

Hopeless Democratic Kenyans

Now, that is ridiculous, or were all fools. If democracy can't work are there options

That the SC can annul an election without giving the reasons, or summary of the same, and yet everyone is supposed to obey the order without questions asked, shows theres something wrong in our laws. Parliament is squarely at fault here for failing to enact supportive n comprehensive legislation to guide conduct of presidential election petitions

This is the reason Jubilee is insisting on free education in secondary school. Obviously many of us fell through the cracks.

Ati what?

We are where we are.

Both Jubilee and NASA must now draw their budget to fund their campaigns for the new poll.
What outlook do we have for each!

There is expected some defections back and forth, by politicians who lost in 8817 elections. Who is likely to be the net gainer!

In mind here I have Khalwale, Musila, Munya, Isaac Rutto, Kidero, Chirau Makwere, Kabogo and the caboodle.

There is also the question of regions reviewing their positions – Ukambani, Kisii, Western etc.
I wonder if the declared results of 8817 elections as a whole (presidential, Gubernatorial, Senatorial MPs etc) might influence voters’ choices including apathy.

Hard to understand Jubilee's "SCORK-attack" strategy. What is the upside? Many downsides.
a) Strongholds' voter turnout? - Can be achieved by their other strategy - that voters wao (even if a misquotation) waliitwa vifaranga. Vifaranga strategy can achieve same effect without alienating supporters in battlegrounds. Has already been tested in Nakuru.
b) Timing - If the SCORK majority were not to show how flawed process obliterated the "lead" in their scheduled comprehensive judgment, I am sure they will now show how. With a conclusion and errors in the process, you can show anything. A better timing for the SCORK-attack strategy would be after the comprehensive ruling. In that case they would only need to dig for errors in NASA areas and then craft the propaganda that SCORK colluded with NASA to rule on process because NASA sabotaged the process.
c) They lose the usual "respect institutions" retort.

of course we are assuming and this being a forum for just discussing stuff, my take is that they know what they are doing, and I don't think the anti maranga rhetoric will stop, they are basically trying to push a narrative that maranga does not regard their vote and hoping people will come back to prove maranga wrong.

Remember they just need the same people who voted for them to come out again, and the maranga story might be used for that.

This is provided for in the in the law.
Look at Rule 23 of the Supreme Court (Presidential Petition) Rules 2017

The court in 2013 also provided the full reasoned judgement later. The summary reasons for both the outcome and dissents were given. Their order I think is simply follow the standards which are set out in the law.

I think the aim is to create a frenzy in the strongholds, raise the tension so high that the only option on the table for the loser is a concession speech for the sake of peace. Picture this Oct 31st and Baba calls pressie and says once again for the 5th time kimeibiwo.

As for SCORK they need to learn from the Us supreme court during Roosevelt era. There were 4 judges who decided to scuttle the new deal and kept declaring all legislation under the new deal unconstitutional. Roosevelt went on a campaign again the supreme court. The 4 judges were labeled "four horsemen of the apocalypse". With a clear majority in senate and congress, Roosevelt came up with the court-packing bill to appoint new judges to replace the 4 old ones. Eventually it's the supreme court that backed down. That's the reason in the US before appointment the judges are thoroughly vetted for ideological leanings.

The worst thing is even parliament is unconstitutional because of 2/3 gender rule. I don't see how judiciary wants to take on the executive and legislature. At least with the politicians we can get rid off them every five years. Our judiciary also needs to back down on the activism angle. They are over-reaching here.