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Thirdway Alliance presidential candidate Dr. Ekuru Aukot was forced to wait several hours before he could vote. Aukot was stranded for hours before he could cast his ballot after River Nginyang in Turkana County flooded, making the road to the polling station impassable. The presidential candidate…

Results of the 2017 Kenya general elections have started trickling in, moments after most polling stations across the country closed. Most polling stations closed at 5pm on Tuesday, but the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) announced that everyone in the queue by 5pm would be…

NASA presidential candidate Raila Odinga has said the NASA parallel tallying center is ready to go. He described efforts to dismantle the tallying center last weekend as ‘an exercise in futility’, saying what police destroyed in a raid at Sifa Towers was just one of many backup centers that the…

NASA principal Moses Wetangula has said that the coalition will accept defeat if it concludes the process was free, fair and meets international standards. Speaking at Michele Primary School polling station in Kabuchai constituency on Tuesday after casting his vote,  Wetangula, who is seeking…

The deported director of a United States political consulting company hired by National Super Alliance (NASA) has spoken about his deportation by Kenyan authorities. John Aristotle Phillips, the executive director of Washington-based Aristotle Inc, says he was forcefully flown to the US via Germany…

First Lady Margaret Kenyatta was among voters who braved chilly weather and drizzles waiting in line for several hours for polls to open at St Mary School polling center in Lavington, Nairobi on Tuesday morning. The first lady is said to have arrived at the polling station around 5:45am and voted…

Kiambu governor William Kabogo stormed the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) offices in Kiambu on election eve alleging that the officials were colluding with Kabete MP Ferdinand Waititu to rig him out. Kabogo alleged that the electoral officials had held a meeting with the…

One person sustained serious injuries while five others were left with minor injuries after a commotion ensued at Mathare North Social Hall in Nairobi and at a stampede at Donholm Primary School. Police said the injured were rushed to hospital for treatment with queues at Mathare North Ward in…

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Kenyans started casting their votes on Tuesday in an exercise characterized by long queues. Voting started at 6am in most polling stations across the country where voters started trooping in as early as 3am. Anxious voters camped at the polling stations throughout the night ready to cast the vote…