NAIROBI, Kenya Kenya held a rerun of its presidential election on Thursday, and Uhuru Kenyatta, the incumbent, will undoubtedly get the most votes. Under the circumstances, though, that hardly is a crowning achievement.read more
Thursdays vote was supposed to be a corrective for the election held in August, which was invalidated by the Supreme Court after the opposition leader Raila Odinga called it fraudulent and questioned its constitutionality. But earlier this month, citing the failure to fix the systematic flaws he had denounced, Mr. Odinga announced that he was withdrawing from the latest race and called on his supporters to boycott the voting on Thursday. (His name was nonetheless kept on the ballot.)
According to preliminary counts, voter turnout was incredibly low across the country. The national election commission initially estimated the overall participation rate at about 48 percent, compared with 79 percent in August. But the commissions chairman has since tweeted statistics suggesting the figure may be closer to 34 percent. Some 13 percent of polling stations didnt even communicate with the national election center.
In some constituencies where Mr. Odinga and the opposition coalition were favored, election monitors from civil-society groups reported turnout under one percent. In the Bangladesh slum of the coastal city of Mombasa, an opposition stronghold, the polling station was smeared with excrement, and residents blocked access even as the police tried furiously to gain entry. The election commission postponed voting until Saturday in four of the countrys 47 counties because ballots couldnt be brought to the stations or officials stayed away, fearing for their safety.
As of Friday morning, at least four people were reported to have been killed, and several dozen injured, in clashes involving protesters or the police.
NAIROBI, Kenya Kenya held a rerun of its presidential election on Thursday, and Uhuru Kenyatta, the incumbent, will undoubtedly get the most votes. Under the circumstances, though, that hardly is a crowning achievement.
Thursdays vote was supposed to be a corrective for the election held in August, which was invalidated by the Supreme Court after the opposition leader Raila Odinga called it fraudulent and questioned its constitutionality. But earlier this month, citing the failure to fix the systematic flaws he had denounced, Mr. Odinga announced that he was withdrawing from the latest race and called on his supporters to boycott the voting on Thursday. (His name was nonetheless kept on the ballot.)
[/url]This the 3rd now from Tumaini Pri, Garissa Township(Duale's) on the carbon copy total cast- 18, portal-218(jst added a 2) #NowWeKnow 🐥🐥🐥 pic.twitter.com/BEladAwjru
— Kenya West (@KinyanBoy) October 27, 2017
[/url]Still in Garissa Township(Duale's)Kefri Center P.S, Galbet ward,Carbon copy is 10 total votes cast,portal- 310(fixed a 3 there) #NowWeKnow 🐥 pic.twitter.com/ily0f84tPH
— Kenya West (@KinyanBoy) October 27, 2017
[/url]In Garissa Township(Duale's) the carbon copy has 140 total vote a cast but on the portal its 440. #NowWeKnow why tallying taking extra long pic.twitter.com/px0gBEy1Xx
— Kenya West (@KinyanBoy) October 27, 2017
QuoteNAIROBI, Kenya Kenya held a rerun of its presidential election on Thursday, and Uhuru Kenyatta, the incumbent, will undoubtedly get the most votes. Under the circumstances, though, that hardly is a crowning achievement.read more
Thursdays vote was supposed to be a corrective for the election held in August, which was invalidated by the Supreme Court after the opposition leader Raila Odinga called it fraudulent and questioned its constitutionality. But earlier this month, citing the failure to fix the systematic flaws he had denounced, Mr. Odinga announced that he was withdrawing from the latest race and called on his supporters to boycott the voting on Thursday. (His name was nonetheless kept on the ballot.)
According to preliminary counts, voter turnout was incredibly low across the country. The national election commission initially estimated the overall participation rate at about 48 percent, compared with 79 percent in August. But the commissions chairman has since tweeted statistics suggesting the figure may be closer to 34 percent. Some 13 percent of polling stations didnt even communicate with the national election center.
In some constituencies where Mr. Odinga and the opposition coalition were favored, election monitors from civil-society groups reported turnout under one percent. In the Bangladesh slum of the coastal city of Mombasa, an opposition stronghold, the polling station was smeared with excrement, and residents blocked access even as the police tried furiously to gain entry. The election commission postponed voting until Saturday in four of the countrys 47 counties because ballots couldnt be brought to the stations or officials stayed away, fearing for their safety.
As of Friday morning, at least four people were reported to have been killed, and several dozen injured, in clashes involving protesters or the police.
NAIROBI, Kenya Kenya held a rerun of its presidential election on Thursday, and Uhuru Kenyatta, the incumbent, will undoubtedly get the most votes. Under the circumstances, though, that hardly is a crowning achievement.
Thursdays vote was supposed to be a corrective for the election held in August, which was invalidated by the Supreme Court after the opposition leader Raila Odinga called it fraudulent and questioned its constitutionality. But earlier this month, citing the failure to fix the systematic flaws he had denounced, Mr. Odinga announced that he was withdrawing from the latest race and called on his supporters to boycott the voting on Thursday. (His name was nonetheless kept on the ballot.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/27/opinion/kenya-election-kenyatta.html (https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/27/opinion/kenya-election-kenyatta.html)