It all started by the Electoral Commission of Kenya crying to have the results from the delaying constituencies mainly from
Kenyans were calm waiting for results. Three days down the line, idleness griped the hard working Kenyans. Shops looted, residences burnt and a number of citizens lost lives across the nation.
On 30th December, When the ECK chairman announced the results that Mwai Kibaki had won, it took a few minutes and he was sworn in as a president of
Raila Odinga on the other hand did not miss the microphone and he announced that he will be sworn in on 31st December as a president.
WHAT IS THE ROLE OF THE INTERNATIONAL OBSERVERS
- European Union
- Commonwealth
- African
"We believe that, at this time, the ECK (Electoral Commission of Kenya), despite the best efforts of its chairman, has not succeeded in establishing the credibility of the tallying process to the satisfaction of all parties and candidates," chief EU observer Alexander Graf Lambsdorff said in a statement.
"We regret that it has not been possible to address irregularities about which both the EU EOM (EU Electoral Observation Mission) and the ECK have evidence," he added.
Graf said his mission had evidence of presidential tallies announced in polling stations on the election being inflated by the time they were released by the electoral commission in
WHY IS US AND
“We ask all candidates to accept the Commission’s final results and to urge their supporters to reject violence and respect the rule of law. Regardless of the eventual winners of this election, we call on Kenyans across the political spectrum to work together to advance democracy and national development,’’- a statement from US Embassy.
“We are disturbed at the violence surrounding the elections. The British government calls for an end to the violence, respect for the democratic process and for all
This election had an international interest than the local interest.
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