{"id":343450,"date":"2017-08-09T12:33:45","date_gmt":"2017-08-09T12:33:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=343450"},"modified":"2017-08-09T12:33:45","modified_gmt":"2017-08-09T12:33:45","slug":"kenya-results-hacked-opposition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/08\/kenya-results-hacked-opposition\/","title":{"rendered":"Kenya results hacked – Opposition"},"content":{"rendered":"
Kenya opposition presidential candidate Raila Odinga has said the electoral commission’s IT system has been hacked to manipulate the election results.<\/p>\n
He rejected early results from Tuesday’s vote indicating a strong lead for President Uhuru Kenyatta.<\/p>\n
Kenya’s election chief Wafula Chebukati said he had confidence in the system but the claims would be investigated.<\/p>\n
Many fear a repeat of the violence after a disputed election 10 years ago and there have been calls for calm.<\/p>\n
More than 1,100 Kenyans died and 600,000 were displaced following the 2007 vote.<\/p>\n
Electoral officials say that with 91% of results in, Mr Kenyatta is leading with about 54.5%, to Mr Odinga’s 44.6%.<\/p>\n
These results mean Mr Kenyatta appears to be heading for a first-round victory.<\/p>\n
In order to avoid a run-off, a candidate needs 50% plus one of the votes cast and at least a 25% share of the vote in 24 of Kenya’s 47 counties. There were eight candidates in all, but apart from Mr Kenyatta and Mr Odinga, none polled more than 0.3% of the vote.<\/p>\n