The announcement of the Kenyan presidential election results on Monday descended into chaotic scenes after the deputy chairperson of the election commission and three other commissioners disowned the presidential election results.
“We are not able to take ownership of the results that will be announced,’’ Juliana Cherera, the deputy chairperson of the electoral commission told a media briefing at a different venue from where the announcement was made.
Diplomats and international election observers were whisked out of the tallying hall where the chairman of the electoral commission was preparing to announce the presidential results.
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Meanwhile, Deputy President, William Ruto was declared winner of the presidential election after polling 50.49 percent of the votes to defeat his closest rival and leader of the opposition party, Raila Odinga, with a very slim margin.
Quest Times understands that Kenya has a history of post-poll violence; and slow progress by the electoral commission in tallying Tuesday’s vote has fed fears that the election will be disputed, leading to bloody scenes like those that followed presidential polls in 2007 and 2017.
(NAN)