Expect No Other Presidential Results Other Than Those On IEBC Portal- Chebukati

NAIROBI, Kenya, Aug 10- The Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) says there will be no new numbers other than those indicated on Form 34A loaded on their portal.

He said any form with a discrepancy will be amended in the presence of various presidential candidate agents.

“There will be no new numbers,” IEBC chairperson Wafula Chebukati said during a press briefing at Bomas of Kenya. “These are final results. The results at the public portal are the same results the commission will use to complete this process.”

The commission has received 97.5 percent of the 46,229 polling stations across the country’s 47 Counties.

He hailed Kenyans, “for continued patience” as the tallying of votes continue.

More than 12 million voters out of a possible 22.1 million participated in the August 9 general elections.

There were 6 elective positions, but it is that of the President that has attracted much scrutiny and interest.

By Wednesday afternoon, it was a tight race between Kenya Kwanza Presidential Candidate William Ruto and Raila Odinga of Azimio la Umoja One Kenya Alliance.

Ruto won in polling stations where President Uhuru Kenyatta and Odinga’s running mate Martha Karua voted.

IEBC is expected to wait for physical copies of Form 34-A, the results form from the polling stations, to be delivered to the National Tallying Centre for verification and computation before any results are announced.