Voting day - 6am to 5pm - turnout high

[RV Pundit]

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I had predicted 5% drop but it appears the turnout is even higher than I modelled.

[RV Pundit]

Ruto and Martha have voted at six.
Rigathi to vote.
Raila will likely vote at 10ish in Kibera.

[RV Pundit]

Apart from a few late polling stations - generally voting going on smoothly

[RV Heavy Hitter!]

Looks like the turnout is very high. I see Narok lines are insane with many okuyu voters in lines. I thought huko ni Maa and Kalenjin territory!

[RV Heavy Hitter!]

I had predicted 5% drop but it appears the turnout is even higher than I modelled.

Hey Guru, habari. What does the high turnout mean? It looks like mtajua haujui is real!

[RV Pundit]

Yes high turnout will give Ruto 2% boost. Uhuru was hoping for low turnout in Mt kenya. Let see - rigging look hard - at polling station. Maybe btw polling station and chebukati - they will try to introduce fake form results.

Hey Guru, habari. What does the high turnout mean? It looks like mtajua haujui is real!

[RV Pundit]

Muranga - report saying low turnout
https://t.co/caRepi8Hd2

[gout]

The weather is quite cold. As it gets warmer by the day and people pressure each other the turnout will be impressive.

[Njuri Ncheke]

Meru and Tharaka nithi turnout low. It appears afternoon section will be critical...

[RV Pundit]

Yes so far low turnout

[yulemsee]

The perceived low turnout could be as a result of more polling stations

[Njuri Ncheke]

The perceived low turnout could be as a result of more polling stations

Well said...lines picking up looking good

[RV Pundit]

So far Rift Valley (Kalenjin) seem to have highest turnout.
Mt kenya turnout is subdued.
Coast I hear is disaster

But so far with KIEMS kit working generally - and without Manual - the top up rigging may not happen.

So the next step is to prepare for results transmission.

I hope Uhuru isnt planning mockey games with Safaricom & Airtel.

[RV Heavy Hitter!]

Kiems kit during test trials work normal, but during elections, they tend to fail. Technology doesn't work like that; it must be human intervention at work.

[RV Heavy Hitter!]

The weather is quite cold. As it gets warmer by the day and people pressure each other the turnout will be impressive.

No low turnout. only few polling stations with low turnout. I saw Ruiru and Murang'a poling stations with snake lines. With over 46000 polling stations. 20 million can vote in a 7 hour window easily!

[RV Pundit]

So with 5hours - IEBC I hear are reporting 30% voter turn out.
Normally people turn up in the early morning - those who have other things to do in the day

Women mostly turn  up after cooking lunch - they walk as pack as least in Kalenjinland- so generally 2-3pm is where lines are the longest.

[Njuri Ncheke]

In Meru its picking up long lines forming apparently people waiting for MCA and MPs to buy them

[RV Pundit]

So far only few polling stations have been allowed to vote manual - that 200- about 100,000K votes only

IEBC approves use of manual registers for 84 polling stations in Makueni and 154 in Kakamega after failure of KIEMS kits, Vice Chair Juliana Cherera announces. pic.twitter.com/4erInASXsR

— KTN News (@KTNNewsKE) August 9, 2022

[gout]

Looks old people and manual labourers need to have their biometrics confirmed a few months before elections. The elections audit should  have picked why kits fail for older people na watu wa mjengo. It is obvious. 

[RV Pundit]

They get identified with ID - KIEMS kit has search function.
Problem is when it completely failed or messed up - like mix up - where Kakamega kit end up in Machakos.

Looks old people and manual labourers need to have their biometrics confirmed a few months before elections. The elections audit should  have picked why kits fail for older people na watu wa mjengo. It is obvious.