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DEMOCRACY IS NOT FOUGHT WITHIN THE CONFINES OF COURTS

The landmark ruling by the Supreme Court on Saturday the 30 th left many bewildered by the outcome which of course was a ruling that replicates the ’92, ’94 and ’97 rulings. It confirmed the fears that democracy is not fought within the corridors of the justice. Clearly in many worlds we have seen how the democratic tendencies have been squashed by the courts. Al Gore of USA, Morgan Tsvangirai of Zimbabwe and the Ugandan Democracy are just but examples. The events of the 2007/08 are still vivid in the mind of Kenyans just as those of the 94 genocide in Rwanda. Nobody wishes the swamp of bloodletting carpeting the sovereignty of this country. This coupled with harsh economic times that were achieved after the post election violence of’08 has rather sent the country into a dumb silence. it has seen many looking at the supreme court ruling as the win of kenya. The chief justice in fact tweeted that the Supreme Court is not an enemy or friend of anybody and in my own words, holds the