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    BBC News Africa‏Verified account @BBCAfrica 1 Sep 2017

    Kenya's Supreme Court has said a new presidential election must be heldpic.twitter.com/s6wnnBAgTR

    6:03 AM - 1 Sep 2017
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    • TheGoodStuff InfoSec PLOW Monox 🌍world of...🌆🌐 Liam Luddite 🇬🇧🇪🇺 #FBPE ❤️NHS #PeoplesVote Godland Mushi Makoyeesther ⁎˳✧ᵃᵈʳⁱᵃⁿ :⁽
    148 replies 1,422 retweets 1,601 likes
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      2. Elijah Waweru‏ @wkuelly 1 Sep 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        America must be envying us. #SupremeCourtDecides

        7 replies 6 retweets 59 likes
      3. Lahari Dunn‏ @harilaisfunny 1 Sep 2017
        Replying to @wkuelly @BBCAfrica

        Yep. We truly are.

        1 reply 1 retweet 16 likes
      4. catherine phelan‏ @CWPhelan 1 Sep 2017
        Replying to @harilaisfunny @wkuelly @BBCAfrica

        And we are proud of you!

        0 replies 0 retweets 8 likes
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      1. Betemariam Hailu‏ @betehailu 1 Sep 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        Unbelievable!! In Kenya they have a court, in Ethiopia there is nothing for the opposition but the bushes n mountains.

        0 replies 13 retweets 23 likes
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      2. Dr Maureen Mwanawasa‏Verified account @mwanawasaM 1 Sep 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        Upholding the governance institutions whether Odinga looses in the second round it will be a win for bringing sanity to elections #Zambia

        5 replies 14 retweets 45 likes
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      2. Dr Maureen Mwanawasa‏Verified account @mwanawasaM 1 Sep 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        A wake up call for election observers #Zambia

        5 replies 4 retweets 38 likes
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      2. E.J Alozie-Nwagboso (Ebube Agu)‏ @Enwagboso 1 Sep 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        Listened to @UKenyatta 's message to Kenyans while driving to work. His primary message is that of "Peace". Good man.

        3 replies 2 retweets 10 likes
      3. End of conversation
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      2. Edebe Aku‏ @a_edebe 1 Sep 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica @BBCWorld

        Kenya judges have done away with colonialism as they do not put on wigs.

        2 replies 1 retweet 16 likes
      3. #RDC  🇨🇩‏ @muktech 1 Sep 2017
        Replying to @a_edebe @BBCAfrica @BBCWorld

        I have always wonderes what was the point cor those ugly wigs

        3 replies 0 retweets 3 likes
      4. Edebe Aku‏ @a_edebe 1 Sep 2017
        Replying to @muktech @BBCAfrica @BBCWorld

        Nigerian judges and lawyers still put on white wigs like drag queens. Wig wearing is symbol of membership of ancient wig party of Britain.

        3 replies 3 retweets 7 likes
      5. Joe Akwa‏ @akwa_joe 2 Sep 2017
        Replying to @a_edebe @muktech and

        Makes them look like clowns - etc rid of it. It does not make them any more lawerly.

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      6. Edebe Aku‏ @a_edebe 3 Sep 2017
        Replying to @akwa_joe @muktech and

        A Supreme court judge in Nigeria was told by his wife that he looks like a male prostitute whenever he don the white wig.

        0 replies 0 retweets 1 like
      7. End of conversation
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      2. elizabethmuwombi‏ @elizabethmuwomb 1 Sep 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        We celebrate with our brothers and sisters in Kenya here in Uganda! Historic Indeed

        1 reply 2 retweets 39 likes
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      2. Dr. John Njenga Ole Karugia‏ @johnnjenga 1 Sep 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        Kenya's constitution and elections regulations are not just sentences on a piece of paper. They count for something. An example for Africa.

        1 reply 8 retweets 37 likes
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      1. ogbeyalu okoye‏ @bodyglamz 1 Sep 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        A total triumph over Africa's corrupt justice system!!! Africans should look up to Kenyans!!

        0 replies 6 retweets 15 likes
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