Kenya Elections: IEBC to announce repeat poll winner today

The electoral commission will on today Monday announce results of the October 26 fresh presidential election and also state whether it will hold the poll in 25 constituencies where it was postponed.

IEBC vice-chairperson Consolata Nkatha on Sunday evening said the commission had received results from six of the remaining seven constituencies and that by Monday morning all the results will be in.

“We have received results from six constituencies now and we will be in a position to announce the final results tomorrow morning. We will work throughout the night to ensure that verification and tallying of the received results is completed. We will also make an announcement on whether we will conduct elections in the 25 constituencies where the election was postponed or not,” Ms Nkatha said Sunday.

The counties where the commission postponed the repeat election are Kisumu, Migori, Siaya and Homa Bay.

IEBC’s communication has been sporadic but it is understood that the commissioners spent hours in a meeting with its lawyers yesterday as it considers whether to try and hold the election in the 25 constituencies.

Sunday evening, Mr Chebukati said the commission had verified results from 259 of the 265 constituencies, plus the diaspora, where the election was held.

VALID VOTES

From those, he said, 7,447,014 people voted, representing a turn-out of 43.04 percent. From the results on the screens at Bomas Sunday night, with 256 constituencies confirmed, President Kenyatta had 7,393,405 votes, representing 98.3 percent of the valid votes cast.

All the other candidates had 100,000 votes with opposition leader Raila Odinga, who withdrew from the election, at 70,425 votes.

All the results from the places where voting happened are expected to be in Nairobi Monday and the commission will then declare President Kenyatta the winner. This will also depend on whether the commission deems it possible to hold elections in the 25 constituencies.

“I want to assure you that what we are doing here, as chairman and commissioners, we are satisfied that the process is being done properly, in a free and fair environment. I expressed my concerns about the process, I had my questions and most the concerns I expressed were answered,” he said.

 

Credit: Daily Nation