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The Independent electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) has called off the repeat presidential election earlier scheduled for Saturday to a later date. The IEBC on Thursday re-scheduled the election in Kisumu, Homa Bay, Saiya and Migori counties to Saturday for security concerns. Nyanza leaders…

The high court on Friday threw out a case by Starehe MP Charles 'Jaguar' Njagua to block the re-scheduled repeat election in four counties in Nyanza. Justice John Mativo declined to issue orders blocking the poll,even after certifying two cases against the re-scheduled poll as urgent, and asked…

Activist Okiya Omtatah has filed a petition at the Supreme Court seeking for the nullification of the repeat presidential election held on Thursday. Okiya argues that the poll should be annulled on grounds that the withdrawal of National Super Alliance (Nasa) presidential candidate Raila Odinga and…

National Super Alliance (NASA) leader Raila Odinga says that a presidential election will be held within the next 90 days. The former Prime Minister further rubbished the decision by Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) to postpone the repeat election in four counties in Nyanza to…

Taita-Taveta Governor Granton Samboja defied calls by National Super Alliance (NASA) leaders to boycott Thursday's repeat presidential election. Samboja, who was elected on Kalonzo Musyoka's Wiper Democratic Party, cast his ballot on Thursday at Mwakishimba Primary School in Taita Taveta.…

A section of Church and political leaders drawn from Nyanza have opposed plans by the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) to conduct the repeat presidential election in the region on October 28th (Saturday). On Thursday, the electoral commission postponed the poll in four…

The United Kingdom has warned tourists against traveling to the western region of Kenya due to the charged political environment witnessed in the region in the wake of controversial repeat presidential election. Citing protests and violence witnessed in the area in recent times, the UK said there…

The Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) now says that it estimates the total voter turnout for October 26th repeat presidential election at around 6.5 million voters. IEBC chairman Wafula Chebukati said latest figures calculated from 267 out of 291 constituencies pointed out that…

Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Ezra Chiloba has dismissed allegations by opposition National Super Alliance (NASA) that he is being involved in a rigging scheme to inflate President Uhuru's votes in the repeat presidential election held on…

A live press briefing called by Elgeyo Marakwet Senator Kipchumba Murkomen at Panafric Hotel in Nairobi was on Thursday evening halted after Mathare Member of Parliament Anthony Oluoch attacked the senator. A few minutes into the media briefing, the seemingly furious ODM MP arrived and took away…