Starehe Mp aspirant Boniface Mwangi concedes defeat. Kenyan musician Charles Njagua a.k.a Jaguar takes Starehe MP seat,rival Boniface Mwangi concedes defeat.
Tuesday, 8 August 2017
Starehe MP Boniface Mwangi Accepts Defeat
Starehe Mp aspirant Boniface Mwangi concedes defeat. Kenyan musician Charles Njagua a.k.a Jaguar takes Starehe MP seat,rival Boniface Mwangi concedes defeat.
Matokeo ya Awali ya Urais Nchini Kenya, 2017
Hadi kufikia wakati huu Uhuru Kenyatta anaongoza katika kura zilizokwishahesabiwa dhidi ya Raila Odinga.
Monday, 7 August 2017
NASA wants polling stations without network coverage listed
NASA's Musalia Mudavadi during a press briefing in Nairobi on Sunday, August 6, 2017. PHOTO/Njoroge Maina
The opposition National Super Alliance (NASA) now wants the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) to make public the names of the 11,155 polling stations that are not covered by 3G and 4G mobile networks.
This follows an announcement by the poll body on Saturday, August 5 that 27% of the polling stations countrywide are out of the required network coverage, directing affected presiding officers to move to areas with network to be able to electronically transmit the presidential results in the Tuesday polls.
NASA now says that it reads mischief in the announcement considering elections are in a day’s time. The opposition coalition led by its Chief Agent, Musalia Mudavadi, says that the number of polling stations is too big and could be a plot to undermine democracy and the will of the people.
Poor network coverage will not derail results transmission – IEBC
FILE PHOTO: IEBC Chairman Wafula Chebukati at a past function.
The Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) Chairperson, Wafula Chebukati, has reassured Kenyans of the commission’s commitment to deliver a free, fair and credible election in Tuesday’s General Election.
Speaking during a special prayers session at the Bomas of Kenya on Sunday, July 6, Chebukati said that lack of network coverage in some geographical regions will not derail electronic results transmission or the integrity of the coming elections.
“I know that there is information reaching Kenyans that some polling stations don’t have access to network coverage but our position is that should that happen, the presiding officer should move to a place with network coverage. However, I wish to stress that the Kenya Integrated Election Management System (KIEMS) gadgets will still retain the data in the event of a change of location and will continue transmitting even after this kind of scenario,” said Chebukati.
He urged Kenyans to embrace peace insisting that Kenyans can get in touch with the commission if they have any queries about the August 8 General Election.
“If any Kenyan has an issue regarding elections he can contact us, IEBC, through our hotline numbers 1527/1537/1538/1539,” added Chebukati.
However, he called upon Kenyans to ensure that the ballot papers they are issued with on Tuesday are stamped by IEBC at the back, advising voters to put each of their marked ballot papers in the right box for the different elective seats. Colors of the ballot boxes lids will be coinciding with those of the respective ballot papers in the different elective seats.
Also in attendance were IEBC Vice Chairperson, Consolata Nkatha Maina, and Commissioners Roselyne Akombe, Amb. Paul Kurgat and Margaret Mwachanya.
Kenya goes to the ballot on Tuesday, August 8.
Ballot 2017: We have no role in management, conduct of elections – KDF
On August 8, Kenyans go to the ballot to choose their leaders for the next 5 years from among over 15,000 candidates in various positions.
The Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) now says that it has no role to play in the management and conduct of the General Election set for tomorrow (August 8).
In an affidavit by Brigadier Fredrick Lokia, KDF says there is no directive or order that has been issued to the Defense Forces or its Units for Operations intended to disenfranchise Kenyans or a section thereof or to participate in the management of the elections.
“However, the need to protect and safeguard the maintenance of national security as defined under Article 238 (1) remains an enduring tenant that cannot under any circumstances be abdicated to the detriment of Kenyans,” says Lokia.
In his capacity as the Chief of Operations, Lokia says the Cabinet Secretaries for Interior and Co-ordination of National Government and Defense have no powers to deploy the Kenya Defense under any circumstances.
He says that the joint exercise “Dumisha Utulivu” which was conducted publicly on June 9, 2017 and June 23, 2017 was a multi-agency exercise that was intended to train and evaluate the national security that include but are not limited to external threats such as the possible of activities of Al Shabaab.
“I verily believe that multi-agency approach to national security is a constitutional imperative by virtue of Article 240(6)(a) of the Constitution,” states Lokia.
He was responding to a case in which NASA filed a suit seeking to stop the deployment of military for security operations during polls saying that it will scare away voters.
In the application, NASA claims that deployment of military in specific areas without the approval of Parliament is illegal and aimed at intimidating voters and denying them the right to vote freely.
A three-Judge bench ruled that the urgency of the case raises serious constitutional issues which ought to be determined by the court.
NASA, during the hearing of the case, said that the urgency seems to have been obliterated by the response of the KDF which has given an assurance that there is no intended immediate deployment of military during the elections.
However, the question of when the military can be deployed remain a core question. The case will be heard on the September 22.
Raila Odinga: I congratulate Uhuru Kenyatta
I congratulate @UKenyatta for a fair & wide campaign and wish him luck tomorrow. May the stronger candidate win
Rais wa Simba Aveva na Makamu wake Kaburu wafikishwa tena Mahakamani.
Kesi ya utakatishaji fedha inayowakabili Rais wa Simba na Makamu wake imeahirishwa hadi Aug 16, upelelezi haujakamilika.
