I think wise folk already knew what was happening. Media had robust tallying centers, and once Ruto hit 50%+1, they panicked. Uhuru and Azimio cabal started plans B and C right away. Bomas was the target to slow counting as much as possible as they worked on the plan after plan to sabotage the process. The good thing is Ruto, and his team had planned weeks ahead, knowing that Uhuru would try everything to sabotage Kenya Kwanza's win, or IEBC. Hence, they put contingency plans in motion. I have a cousin who is a senior in the army. She told me that the military knew the winner even when the media were tallying the results. There is a ritual that the army does when a presidential candidate hits 50%+1 that was started after the promulgation of the 2010 constitution. They did it 1 day before Chebukati announced the results!
For the last 8 years, DP has managed to hire a lot of youth in the army, GSU, police, Prisons, etc. Most of them have been helping DP with intelligence and Manpower to crush the Deep State whenever possible. About 300 were in and around Bomas as civilians but were ready to take action should the government try to interfere. Kidnapping Chebukati was one of the plans, but was thwarted by the same group by providing intelligence that made Chebukati announce the results quickly before kidnappers arrived.
I heard Chebukati turned down millions which was ratched up to almost a cool billion, but he told the cabal headed by Tuju in their faces "I took the oath of office NOT to subvert the will of the people, and on top I am a devout christian, who take no bribes"