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[kimanthi @Nzioki18Simon]

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[kimanthi @Nzioki18Simon]

@waakamau @Kenyans Yeah,,,,men!

[kimanthi @Nzioki18Simon]

An advisory opinion isn't a binding remedy in the way a judgement is.

[kimanthi @Nzioki18Simon]

Now, concerning "the supreme court's advisory jurisdiction-note that the supreme court can give advisory opinions, but article 163(6) limits these to matters "concerning county government." since county governors and assemblies are elected on the same day.

[kimanthi @Nzioki18Simon]

3. parliament attempts an emergency constitutional amendment.

[kimanthi @Nzioki18Simon]

2. The matter goes to the courts (and ultimately the supreme court) to interpret whether a nationwide health catastrophe makes it "impossible" to hold the elections and what remedy the constitution permits.

[kimanthi @Nzioki18Simon]

1. The IEBC uses it's localized power aggressively to stagger voting across affected areas while still hitting the constitutional date.

[kimanthi @Nzioki18Simon]

So, what happens if there's a state of emergency due to countrywide threat of an epidemic such as Ebola, during the general election day?

[kimanthi @Nzioki18Simon]

Under article 102, parliament can extend it's term for a maximum of 12 months, but only in a time of war, An epidemic,however severe, is not "war".

[kimanthi @Nzioki18Simon]

A president can declare a state of emergency under article 58, but that article governs detention, derogation of rights and parliamentary oversight-it contains no power to suspend or move an election.

[kimanthi @Nzioki18Simon]

Presidential election is cancelled and new one held if a presidential candidate or deputy president dies on or before the scheduled election date, with the new election held within 60days. Ebola killing a candidate would trigger this;Ebola merely making voting dangerous would not

[kimanthi @Nzioki18Simon]

Kenya's 2010 constitution was drafted with fraud, violence and the 2007-2008 crisis in mind, not a nationwide pandemic, so the Ebola disease outbreak scenario sits in a genuine constitutional blind spot.

[kimanthi @Nzioki18Simon]

-but note: the scope is constituency, county or ward. This power was designed for localized (floods in one area, violence in another), not for shutting down the whole country.

[kimanthi @Nzioki18Simon]

The IEBC may postpone an election in a constituency, county or ward where a serious breach of peace is likely or it is impossible to conduct the elections as a result of a natural disaster or other emergencies. A pandemic plausibly fits "other emergencies"

[kimanthi @Nzioki18Simon]

did you know:
that the k
Kenyan constitution doesn't have a clean mechanism for calling off a nationwide general election because of a disease outbreak?

[kimanthi @Nzioki18Simon]

...... you nuke a country that didn't nuke you, that's political suicide, so Iran took the hit, and then fired back just enough to show strength without crossing the nuclear threshold assuming they truly did have any nuclear weapons

[kimanthi @Nzioki18Simon]

Yes, Iran did fire back at israel but they did it with conventional weapons, drones, missiles,coz they don't have nukes, and they knew exactly what they were doing it seems, they knew Israel couldn't respond with nuclear weapons without losing face globally

[kimanthi @Nzioki18Simon]

Nuclear powers may push,boast or posture, but they fully go to war with each other for obvious reasons because once nukes are involved, everyone loses, that's the invisible line no one dares to cross

[kimanthi @Nzioki18Simon]

Nuclear powers don't typically get attacked, that's the unspoken rule in the global politics