The Compendium of 2022 Election Petitions examines the extent of public trust in these systems to adjudicate electoral disputes, emphasizing their vital role in the democratic process.
This compendium serves as an important educational tool for all stakeholders involved in election management. It compiles decisions from the magistracy to the Supreme Court, offering readers the advantage of understanding the written law and how various players within the Election Dispute Resolution system have interpreted and applied it.
This publication is an attempt to eliminate uncertainty in the management of elections in Kenya and to serve as a reference tool for best practices in election management across the region. I therefore wish to thank the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark, through Uraia Trust, for the technical and financial support provided in the development of this publication.
Further, ICJ Kenya wishes to express gratitude to the Judiciary Committee on Elections(JCE) led by Hon. Justice Mohamed Ibrahim for sharing court decisions which made it easier to track the electoral jurisprudence emanating from the courts. We are also grateful to the Kenya Judiciary Academy (KJA) led by Hon. Justice (Dr) Smokin Wanjala for providing a forum for engaging stakeholders and for the Academy’s support and commitment to developing electoral law jurisprudence in Kenya and beyond.
Our heartfelt gratitude goes to Lucianna Thuo, the author and compiler of the Compendium of 2022 Elections and her indefatigable team of researchers. The dedication to compiling a book of this magnitude is evident and will serve as a guiding tool to Judges and Jurists in the continent for years to come and will leave an indelible mark on legal scholarship.