Kenyan lawyers challenged the 1988 election and the mlolongo system in court. The Law Society of Kenya raised constitutional and legal objections to the voting method. Lawyers argued that mlolongo violated the right to secret ballot and that the rigging violated constitutional electoral provisions. While the courts were constrained by political pressure and could not overturn election results, the legal challenges demonstrated that even the judiciary recognized the 1988 election was problematic. The lawyers' activism in 1988 positioned the legal profession as a source of opposition to authoritarian excess.
See Also
- 1988 Election
- Law Society Kenya
- Kenya Judiciary
- Kenya Constitutional Law
- Second Liberation Kenya
- Daniel arap Moi
Sources
- Widner, Jennifer. The Rise of a Party-State in Kenya. University of California Press, 1992.
- Hornsby, Charles. Kenya: A History Since Independence. I.B. Tauris, 2012.
- Gitonga, Ezra. "Moi's Kenya: Social Engineering in a Kleptocratic State." In Rogue States and State Sponsors of Terrorism. Edited by Robert Rotberg, 2007.