Institutional safeguards still a work in progress ANALYSIS | JAMES D. LONG | Kenya has held its seventh national election since the reintroduction of multiparty competition in the early 1990s. Elections in the country are never dull affairs. They are always contested by ever-shifting and unstable political alliances that …
Read More »82% COUNTED: IEBC to announce results today
🔵 UPDATE 6.00am ➡ Ruto – 51.12% 6,081,048 votes ➡ Odinga- 48.20% 5,734,314 ➡ Wajackoyah – 0.45% 53,592 ➡ Waihiga- 0.23% 27,336 * 241 constituencies out of 291 (82.8%) (CLICK TO GO TO LIVE RESULTS) Nairobi, Kenya | THE INDEPENDENT | Kenya’s Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) has received, counted …
Read More »Ruto and Odinga hit the 5 million votes mark
🔵 Kenya election RESULTS 9.30pm ✳ Ruto – 52.54% ➡ 5,620,912 votes ✳ Odinga- 46.78% ➡ 5,004,081 ✳ Wajackoyah – 0.45% ➡ 47,675 ✳ Waihiga- 0.23% ➡ 24,790 * 211 constituencies out of 291 (72.5%) (CLICK TO GO TO LIVE RESULTS) Nairobi, Kenya | THE INDEPENDENT | Both William Ruto …
Read More »Raila out in public for the first time since Tuesday poll
Nairobi, Kenya | THE STAR KENYA | Azimio la Umoja presidential candidate Raila Odinga has stepped out for the first time since election day. Raila on Sunday attended a church service at St. Francis ACK Church in Karen. He was accompanied by Cotu boss Francis Atwoli, Kanu chairman Gideon Moi …
Read More »IEBC faces Monday deadline, Odinga holds lead
🔵 Kenya election RESULTS 2am ✳ Odinga – 50.01% ➡ 2,826,080 votes ✳ Ruto – 49.34% ➡ 2,787,871 ✳ Wajackoyah – 0.42% ➡ 23,758 ✳ Waihiga- 0.23% ➡ 12,938 * 113 constituencies out of 291 (38%) (CLICK TO GO TO LIVE RESULTS) Nairobi, Kenya | THE INDEPENDENT | Pressure is now piling …
Read More »Kenya Elections: Gain for Uganda stock market
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The lengthy vote counting process in Kenya is making the whole election period longer than it has been expected and hoped before, and this is influencing the activities in the financial markets. The business community in the region as a whole has been waiting …
Read More »KENYA: Odinga holds lead with 21% votes counted
🔵 LIVE – Kenya election RESULTS as at 4am ✳ Odinga – 57.13% ➡ 1,731,077 votes ✳ Ruto – 42.17% ➡ 1,279,733 ✳ Wajackoyah – 0.47% ➡ 14,297 ✳ Waihiga- 0.21% ➡ 6,659 * Results from 9,743 polling stations out of 46,229 (21%) Nairobi, Kenya | THE INDEPENDENT | Latest results, read out …
Read More »IEBC OFFICIAL RESULTS: Ruto 51%, Odinga 47%
📌 IEBC OFFICIAL RESULTS 8AM ✳ Ruto- 51.05% ➡ 84,812 Votes ✳ Odinga- 47.90% ➡ 79,591 ✳ Wajackoyah- 0.81 ➡ 1,345 ✳ Waihiga- 0.24% ➡ 398 (CLICK TO GO TO LIVE RESULTS) Nairobi, Kenya | THE INDEPENDENT | Kenya’s election body IEBC has finally started releasing official results from this week’s …
Read More »KENYA: Counting stalls with Odinga, Ruto stuck at 49%
📌 KENYA PROVISIONAL RESULTS at Midnight ✳ Ruto- 49.91% ➡ 6,691,923 Votes ✳ Odinga- 49.41% ➡ 6,624,238 ✳ Wajackoyah- 0.44% ➡ 59,404 ✳ Waihiga- 0.23% ➡ 31,222 (CLICK TO GO TO LIVE RESULTS) Nairobi, Kenya | THE INDEPENDENT | Provisional results from vote counting in Kenya’s general election indicate William Ruto has retaken …
Read More »KENYA ELECTIONS: Odinga and Ruto neck to neck
📌 KENYA PROVISIONAL RESULTS 4pm ✳ Odinga- 49.78% ➡ 6,348,977 Votes ✳ Ruto- 49.54% ➡ 6,317,886 Votes ✳ Wajackoyah- 0.45% ➡ 56,876 Votes ✳ Waihiga- 0.23% ➡ 29,710 Votes Nairobi, Kenya | THE INDEPENDENT, XINHUA & URN | Provisional results from vote counting in Kenya’s general election indicate Raila Odinga and Ruto may …
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