Presidential results

2022 - 8 - 10

Presidential

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Dealers move luxury vehicles ahead of presidential results (Business Daily)

Luxury second-hand car resellers have joined other open market traders who are moving their property to more secure locations.

Tony Njoroge, a car sales executive on Kiambu Road said the business is slow. We just look forward to a better working environment from the new president,” said Mr Njoroge. Traders who spoke to the Business Daily said though they do not expect violence to erupt after the final announcement, they were shielding their businesses as a precaution.

In Kenya, pending election results keep the nation in suspense (Aljazeera.com)

Adhiambo, a voter registered in Eldoret, a stronghold of its most famous son, Deputy President and presidential candidate William Ruto, left her town for the ...

“We elected our leaders and have no further power from there as voters. As observers, citizens and those in neighbouring countries watch for the outcome of the elections, there have been calls for peace, given Kenya’s history of disputed elections, which have sometimes resulted in violence. To win the presidency, either candidate must get more than 50 percent of the vote and at least 25 percent in at least 24 out of Kenya’s 47 counties.

Presidential Results: Tallying ongoing (The Star, Kenya)

The results are all official as declared at tallying centres by presiding officers and captured in Forms 34As. Diaspora: United Kingdom; Kenya Embassy station 1 ...

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Kenyans await news on tight presidential election amid low turnout ... (FRANCE 24)

Kenyans crowded around radios and televisions on Thursday, increasingly anxious for news of who their next president will be, two days after voting ended.

If there is no outright winner, there will be a second round of voting without the two presidential candidates currently receiving less than one percent between them. Meanwhile, media outlets are filling the information gap. The 2022 outcome is being watched carefully overseas too. We trust the IEBC." Veteran opposition leader and former political prisoner Raila Odinga, 77, is making his fifth stab at the presidency. Scrutinising newspaper headlines two streets away, Ongao Okello added: "There is so much impatience...

Kenya: IEBC Starts Relaying Verified Presidential Results From ... (AllAfrica.com)

The Independent Electoral and Boundaries (IEBC) started streaming verified presidential results late Thursday as it races against time to declare final ...

Already, the Commission has uploaded 46, 188 forms of 46, 229 forms - a 99.91 percent. The uploading of the forms 34A - results from the 46, 229 polling stations - is almost complete. As of 6.30 pm Thursday, the commission had uploaded 126 of the 290 forms of results from the Constituency level (forms 34B) on its portal reflecting a 43.30 percent.

Kenya's presidential election largely peaceful according to EU ... (Africanews English)

European Union election observers say that elections in Kenya were marked by less tension compared to previous occasions. The observers however raised ...

Furthermore, the distribution of cash by candidates to voters during the campaign is a practice that is at odds with democratic principles (ed: candidates gave cash handouts to encourage people to attend rallies)", added the EU chief electoral observer. This made a negative impact on the campaign environment and created an unlevel playing field that was disadvantaging those with less access to funds, especially women. Opening (ed: of polling stations), voting and counting took place generally in line with established procedures" (...) "Tabulation is still ongoing, as we know.