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Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) has released the first constituency-verified presidential results.
The results for Webuye East Constituency in Bungoma County were read out on Thursday evening by IEBC Chairman Wafula Chebukati, who is the returning officer for the presidential election.
Azimio La Umoja-One Kenya coalition presidential candidate Raila Odinga got 13,720 votes in the constituency while United Democratic Alliance (UDA) flagbearer William Ruto managed 16,412 votes.
Roots Party candidate George Wajackoyah got 249 votes while his Agano Party counterpart David Mwaure received 110 votes.
This is the first of the 290 constituencies whose results the election commission is verifying in its national tallying center at Bomas of Kenya before declaring the final results.
The Chebukati-led commission is racing against time to declare the winner of Tuesday’s presidential election before the August 16th deadline.
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We get real turnout some areas will be105 % even dead voted that day.
Nonsense
This so called stone-age counting and verifying process is what the solution to STUPID POST-ELECTION Violence is. You must realize that electoral counting process has changed since 2007 to 2013 to 2017. Chebukati, being a lawyer HATES him or any of his employees standing infront of judges, some who has never even understood electoral processes in Kenya answering a bunch of questions that make him look stupid. While immediately after elections, either wewe kama mkenya utakuwa kwa street burning things, utakuwa kwako enjoying your spouse and family enjoying a piece of chicken or you'll be hiding from the thugs and looters. Chebukati amekataa hiyo upuzi ya property destruction in his name na akasema F this shit! Mtadu? It's his last term in office! He has a lucrative, mouth-watering retirement package but before he goes KENYANS WILL LEARN AND RESPECT a thing or two about the job he does. Si mtangoja tu results, nini ingine mtadu? Hehehe But it has worked. Look at how people are getting sobered up by election results- and conceding defeat left right and center. As a lawyer too he has reduced what would have been backlogs of electoral process cases in court. He has humbled waheshimiwa, coz those fast fast election transmission was key in their rigging and loot beginning. Saa hii people are being busted sneaking in unlawful ballot papers through the back door because people are LITERALLY watching the ballots. Wakenya wanachunga kura zao LITERALLY na so called waheshimiwa have been humbled to be a common mwananchi even longer. We are all waiting and watching the election transmission kama tumevumilia. I tell you it is hard for a patient person to then get in and start looting left right and center after this long wait. Waheshimiwa are also identifying those who will remain patient and loyal in the wait process to work with them. It is a sobering process. International media with their mostly stupid monotonous sentiments about violence in Kenya wameshindwa hata la kuandika. Chebukati amesema- Not on his watch. The Kenyan courts listened to Kenyans and made recommendations to IEBC which Chebukati is following to the letter. Wewe as a Kenyan ask yourself what role you played to make the courts make these decisions instead of sitting there and complaining. This a new electoral culture. It will be our very unique political culture. Oh, you wanna go back to work? Chebukati amekushikilia miguu ama mikono? Go to work. Election results will be announced hata ukiwa kazini na maisha iendelee juat like they do in civilized and industrialized societies, iko shida gani. Tulia kama mkenya, exercise patience, go back to work if you have to, manage expectations! Whichever candidate wins MAKE THEM WORK FOR YOU!! If not there is also a process of impeachment you can excercise and replace the bugger. Make leaders work for you. Make every constitutional process work for you and Kenyans will truly achieve their goals.
We have a Stone Age process of counting and verifying votes that is insanely maddening and brutally painful!!!