DEMOCRATS across Africa cheered on September 1st when Kenya's Supreme Court annulled the presidential election that had taken place a few weeks earlier. The court held that the electoral commission had botched the count and that the poll should be held again. No rigging had been proved after the incumbent, Uhuru Kenyatta, won by a handy margin over the main opposition leader, Raila Odinga. But the court argued rightly that elections are not just about numbers. "You only get points for the answers if you show your working," said Philo-mena Mwilu, the deputy chief justice. It was a landmark in a region where judges are often cowed.
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