Political parties blamed for the delay, as national broadcasters abruptly stop sharing provisional outcomes
The head of Kenya’s election commission has admitted the tallying of results from the country’s presidential poll was moving too slowly, blaming political parties for the delay, as national broadcasters abruptly stopped sharing provisional outcomes.
, citing irregularities and mismanagement by the independent electoral and boundaries commission , the election watchdog is under pressure to deliver a clean vote and release the results by 16 August. “We have observed that we are not moving as fast as we should. This exercise needs to be concluded as soon as possible,” Chebukati said on Friday. “The agents in this exercise cannot proceed in the manner in which we are proceeding as if we are doing a forensic audit.
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