The head of Kenya's government-created media council says local media outlets haven't been asked to stop their counting of presidential election results ...
Official results will be announced within a week of the vote, but impatience among some Kenyans is growing. On Thursday, however, he stressed that only the electoral commission can declare a winner. No outright winner means a runoff election within 30 days.
Kenya's electoral officials on Friday blamed the delay in announcing the result of the country's presidential election on candidates' agents for slowing ...
The delay has fueled disinformation among Kenyans who are anxious to know who their next president is. The commission has latched onto legislation However, with more than 13 million out of some 14 million votes tallied, the broadcasters have stopped updating the tally as of Thursday night.
Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) officials discuss near unopened ballot boxes at a tallying centre at the St Georges Secondary School ...
The delay is not a problem," he told AFP. If we do that, we will not be able to finish this exercise," he warned. That was bringing emotions up and down," he said. This exercise needs to be concluded as soon as possible," Chebukati said. "Please don't interrogate the... "The agents in this exercise cannot proceed in the manner in which we are proceeding as if we are doing a forensic audit.
Political parties blamed for the delay, as national broadcasters abruptly stop sharing provisional outcomes.
But turnout was lower than in previous elections and some Kenyans said they were keen to move on from the vote and resume normal life. “By not showing the results, it calms the people. “I don’t care [for] the ongoing counting for the presidential [election], it makes people anxious,” said Peter Kamau, a 42-year-old taxi drive. The IEBC, in an effort to be transparent, has uploaded forms to its website showing the results from each polling station, enabling Kenyan TV channels to work out their tallies. “We have observed that we are not moving as fast as we should. “We would rather it takes time but it is clear.
Nearly three days after polls closed, the outcome of the presidential election still not known.
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