{"id":343972,"date":"2017-08-11T06:20:42","date_gmt":"2017-08-11T06:20:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=343972"},"modified":"2017-08-11T06:20:42","modified_gmt":"2017-08-11T06:20:42","slug":"kenya-election-2017-odinga-supporters-warned-over-claims","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/08\/kenya-election-2017-odinga-supporters-warned-over-claims\/","title":{"rendered":"Kenya election 2017: Odinga supporters warned over claims"},"content":{"rendered":"
Kenya’s electoral commission has warned the opposition that its claims of victory for its presidential candidate, Raila Odinga, could be deemed illegal.<\/p>\n
The opposition has published its own figures, putting Mr Odinga ahead of incumbent President Uhuru Kenyatta.<\/p>\n
This contrasts with provisional electronic results giving Mr Kenyatta a clear lead in Tuesday’s poll.<\/p>\n
Electoral commission chairman Wafula Chebukati told the BBC it was the only body legally allowed to count votes.<\/p>\n
He accused the opposition coalition of basic mathematical errors.<\/p>\n
International observers have described the election as free and fair.<\/p>\n
However, many fear a repeat of the violence after the disputed election 10 years ago when more than 1,100 Kenyans died and 600,000 were displaced.<\/p>\n
On Thursday, scores of people took to the streets of Mathare, a slum in the capital Nairobi, shouting “Uhuru must go”.<\/p>\n
Mr Chebukati said that the documents containing the real results were still being sent from constituencies to their national tallying centre.<\/p>\n
Mr Odinga has said the IT system of the electoral commission had been hacked and Kenya was witnessing the worst “voter theft” in its history.<\/p>\n
But the commission said that while there had been an attempt to hack its system, it had failed.<\/p>\n
The final outcome should be announced later on Friday<\/p>\n
African observers described Tuesday’s poll as credible, while former US Secretary of State John Kerry said its integrity remained intact.<\/p>\n
The European Union said candidates should accept losing as “natural”.<\/p>\n
Mr Kerry, who is heading the Carter Center’s observer team, urged all sides to wait for the final results, and for the loser to accept defeat.<\/p>\n
He said there were some “minor variances” but none that had so far made him doubt the poll’s integrity.<\/p>\n
The “bottom line” was that the electoral commission had in place a “transparent process of voting, counting, reporting and securing the vote”, Mr Kerry added at a press conference in Nairobi.<\/p>\n
Commonwealth observer mission head and Ghana’s ex-President John Mahama said there was no reason to doubt the commission’s ability to deliver a “credible election”.<\/p>\n
Raw polling data published on the IEBC’s website says that with almost all of results in, Mr Kenyatta – who is seeking a second term – is leading with about 54.3%, to Mr Odinga’s 44.8% share of the vote.<\/p>\n
These suggest Mr Kenyatta is heading for a first-round victory.<\/p>\n
<\/span><\/p>\n Kenya’s election in numbers:<\/p>\n