More Drama in Kenya: Odinga's Surprise Bounce

[AbdiWahab252]

Odinga must not be a p.ssy again ! He can't let Beesha Luo only have 1 President in its history. If Obama can become President in a white nation, why can't Odinga become President in a country where his qabiil settle in large numbers.

His running mate, Kalonzo Musoyka has called for the tallying to stop citing irregularities in the vote count. Tension is mounting and if Kenyatta wins, there will be definitely blood.

Kenya: Election officials reject call to stop tallying votes

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Kenyan police officers stand guard at the entrance to a Nairobi polling station where election commissioners were at work. (Simon Maina / AFP/Getty Images / March 7, 2013)
By Emily Alpert
March 7, 2013, 1:46 p.m.
A political coalition in Kenya called Thursday for a halt to tallying votes in the country's presidential race, alleging that the process “lacks integrity” and should be restarted.

The running mate of Prime Minister Raila Odinga, who has been trailing in the Kenyan presidential polls, said their coalition had evidence of “doctored” results. In some areas, the number of votes exceeded the number of registered voters, Stephen K. Musyoka said.

Kenya's election commission rejected the accusation and continued its count, telling reporters that “rigorous verification” was in place to prevent tampering.

As the votes continued to be tallied, Deputy Prime Minister Uhuru Kenyatta held the lead, according to provisional results posted on the election commission website. But when the latest results were added late Thursday, Kenyatta had slipped below half of the vote, the Associated Press reported –- a result that would force him to compete with Odinga in a runoff election.

Election disputes are being eyed closely in Kenya in light of the deadly violence that erupted after polling results were announced six years ago. The bloodshed that year cost as many as 1,500 lives.

The legacy of that violence shadows the campaign: Kenyatta and his running mate face charges of crimes against humanity at the International Criminal Court, accused of inciting killings during those clashes -- accusations they deny. On Thursday, their trial was postponed to July.

Mindful of the fears swirling around the new election, Musyoka urged Kenyans to remain calm, even as he challenged the process. “This is not a call to mass action,” he said.

Backers of Kenyatta have raised complaints of their own about the tallying, arguing that high numbers of rejected ballots were unfairly inflating the number of votes needed for a candidate to win outright. A candidate must get more than half of the vote to avoid a runoff, and there are eight candidates competing.

Kenyans went to the polls Monday, but results have been slow in coming because a computer system collapsed, forcing election officials to rely on manual counting instead.

The delay has left Kenyans anxiously awaiting the results. Politicians from the parties backing both of the leading candidates were ejected from the national tallying center Thursday after they began shouting at election commissioners, the Standard newspaper reported from Nairobi.

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Kenyan election results 'doctored', say Raila Odinga supporters
Prime minister Raila Odinga's coalition launches complaint as rival Uhuru Kenyatta takes lead
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The Guardian, Thursday 7 March 2013 15.40 EST

Supporters of Kenyan presidential candidate Raila Odinga await the election results in Nairobi's Kibera slum. Photograph: Dai Kurokawa/EPA
The political coalition led by Kenya's prime minister, Raila Odinga, said on Thursday that the vote-tallying process now under way to determine the winner of the country's presidential election "lacks integrity" and should be stopped, and alleged that some vote results had been doctored.

The statement by the prime minister's coalition said the counting process should be restarted using polling station documents. The election commission chairman said there was no way to doctor the results and that final presidential results would be announced late on Thursday or on Friday.

Deputy prime minister Uhuru Kenyatta had a substantial lead over Odinga by Thursday evening. Kenyatta had more than 3.1m votes while Odinga had almost 2.6m, although fewer than half of the polling stations had been tabulated.

On Monday, Kenya held its first national election since its 2007 vote sparked attacks that killed more than 1,000 people. Minor protests have cropped up since the vote, but there has been no serious rioting or ethnic violence this time.However, as time passes without a final result, tensions are rising, sparking fears that potential protests could erupt.

Odinga's party said it continued to call for "calm, tolerance and peace," but its call for a halt to the vote count and allegations of vote rigging could agitate its supporters. Vice president Kalonzo Musyoka, Odinga's running mate, said the announcement "is not a call to mass action".

Odinga's supporters felt they had been cheated out of an election win over President Mwai Kibaki in 2007. Those supporters took to the streets, kicking off two months of clashes that, in addition to the ethnic violence, resulted in more than 400 deaths caused by police who were fighting protesters. A 2008 government report said the results were so tainted it was impossible to say who actually won.

One of the candidates must capture half the votes in order to win. Otherwise there is a runoff. Kenyatta and his running mate William Ruto face charges at the international criminal court for their alleged involvement directing postelection violence five years ago. The court announced on Thursday that the start of Kenyatta's trial would be delayed from April until July.

Musyoka told a news conference: "We have evidence that the results we are receiving have actually been doctored." He then listed several voting districts where he said the total votes cast exceeded the number of registered voters.

The election commission chairman, Isaak Hassan, said he had not seen any case where the total valid votes exceedsedthe number of registered voters.

[AbdiWahab252]

MORE DRAMA:

Raila's vote margin shoots up in late counting. Kenyatta has met the 50% required to win the race ! GUUL GUUL !

[Cumar-Labasuul]

don't tell me Raila's gonna get played a second time he needs to man up

"fool me once shame on you, fool me twice....."

[AbdiWahab252]

Cumar Labasuul,

Esp. if the election board certifies that Kenyatta has gone over the 50% required to become President !

[Cumar-Labasuul]

in that case abdi, let's bring out our PANGAS

[Based]

in that case abdi, let's bring out our PANGAS





and/or

Fixed

[AbdiWahab252]

Cumar,

Raila will win or die trying !

[Cumar-Labasuul]

based, the smiley doesn't fit in that situation, I put there because to show remorse after the actions

abdiwahab, why do our kenyatta neighbours prefer the machete to the Assaught rifle?

[AbdiWahab252]

Cumar,

Bi.tches use assault rifles, real men get close n personal

[AbdiWahab252]

KTN RESULTS

KENYATTA 3,361,129 ODINGA 3,002,531

[Based]

based, the smiley doesn't fit in that situation, I put there because to show remorse after the actions

nvm, misread your post

[guhad122]

Abdi,
The Beesha Barakeysan ee Absame doesn't care who wins!!! The long foot is planted in both parties....

Horta, can they tell who is who? Can Kikuyu tell Jalwa, Luo and so on.

Walee baangadu waa scary...

[GeoSeven]

Remember in 2007 when these guys went at it. I cant get this picture out of my mind. This guy is probably waiting around for shit to pop with that same machete on his lap Scaaaary!!

[Based]

This is the picture I'll always remember the election violence by: