CJ selects team to hear poll petitions

A team of 39 judges and 59 magistrates have been picked to hear more than 180 election petitions filed countrywide. They have six months to conclude the hearings. The judges will handle the 115 election petitions filed before the high court while the magistrates will hear 68 petitions challenging county assembly elections. There will be only 14 judges to attend to all other cases in court and the judiciary has warned that this will disrupt normal business...