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President Kenyatta won with 8.2 million votes compared to 6.8 million votes for his closest rival Raila Odinga of the National Super Alliance (Nasa).

Mr Kenyatta, riding on a well-oiled campaign machinery, prevailed despite persistent dissatisfaction with the economy and a hard-fought challenge by Mr Odinga.

Mr Odinga was at Bomas prior to the announcement where he held a meeting with Mr Chebukati’s team and spelled out his demands before the poll results are made public.

Jubilee and Mr Kenyatta’s supporters celebrate at KICC before the announcement on August 11, 2017. PHOTO | NGANGA MBUGUA | NATION MEDIA GROUP

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President Kenyatta won with 8.2 million votes compared to 6.8 million votes for his closest rival Raila Odinga of the National Super Alliance (Nasa).

Mr Kenyatta, riding on a well-oiled campaign machinery, prevailed despite persistent dissatisfaction with the economy and a hard-fought challenge by Mr Odinga.

Mr Odinga was at Bomas prior to the announcement where he held a meeting with Mr Chebukati’s team and spelled out his demands before the poll results are made public.

Jubilee and Mr Kenyatta’s supporters celebrate at KICC before the announcement on August 11, 2017. PHOTO | NGANGA MBUGUA | NATION MEDIA GROUP

They made good their threat moments later and, accompanied by Mr Odinga, stormed out of Bomas and left the venue.

Mr Orengo said lodging a petition at the Supreme Court, the top court in the land, would not be an option for Nasa should IEBC announce the results against their wishes.

Direct negotiations with IEBC and peaceful protests, he said, were the only ways to resolve the standoff that persisted for the better part of Friday, delaying the much-awaited announcement to the chagrin of expectant Kenyans.

“Court is not an alternative… we have been there before,” he said.

HACKING

The announcement started off with the national anthem and a minute of silence in honour of slain IEBC ICT Manager Chris Msando and a poll official in Nyanza.

Mr Msando was murdered days to August 8 General Election, casting a long shadow on the the East African nation’s second General Election under the Constitution promulgated in 2010.

There was an awkward moment at Bomas after Mr Chebukati almost announced the results before they could be signed, a grave illegality.

It took more than 10 minutes for all presidential agents to ink the documents before he resumed his speech.

47 COUNTIES

He read the results from for all counties— starting with County 001, Mombasa, to County 048, Diaspora— outlining the performance of all the the eight candidates who ran for State House.

The other candidates in Kenya’s high-stakes poll were Joseph Nyagah, Mohamed Dida, Ekuru Aukot, Japheth Kavinga, Shakhalaga Khwa Jirongo and Michael Wainaina.

Mr Nyaga and Mr Dida came a distant third and fourth with less than 0.3 per cent of valid votes.

The rest of the candidates managed less than 0.2 per cent.

VOTING

Mr Kenyatta’s supporters were enthusiastic before, during and after the announcement after provisional results put him in the lead.

They occasionally clapped as Mr Chebukati made his remarks at Bomas as other sang and danced at Kenyatta International Convention Centre where Mr Kenyatta made his victory speech moments after being declared winner.

Voting went off smoothly on Tuesday, despite widespread fears of violence.

OBSERVERS

Many commentators, however, have returned a verdict that the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission conducted a largely credible election.

The opposition has raised several challenges on the result – including claims that the IEBC tally system was hacked and that in some places election materials were mishandled leading to suspicions on the veracity of the results.

Mr Chebukati responded to the Nasa claims with a rebuttal that they had investigated the reports and remain confident that the results they have released reflect the true wish of Kenyans as expressed in ballots across the country.

Reported by Beatrice Kangai, John Ngirachu, Ibrahim Oruko and Harry Misiko.

Source:nation.co.ke