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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …