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Tuesday, 8 August 2017

ELECTIONS IN KENYA 2017 Presidential - latest

  • 1. UHURU KENYATTA
    JP
    3 336 790 votes (54,86%)
  • 2. RAILA ODINGA
    ODM
    2 699 908 votes (44,39%)
  • 3. JOSEPH WILLIAM NTHIGA NYAGAH
    IND
    14 860 votes (0,24%)
  • 4. JOHN EKURU LONGOGGY AUKOT
    TAK
    10 308 votes (0,17%)
  • 5. MOHAMED ABDUBA DIDA
    ARK
    9 575 votes (0,16%)
  • 6. JAPHETH KAVINGA KALUYU
    IND
    4 364 votes (0,07%)
  • 7. SHAKHALAGA KHWA JIRONGO
    UDP
    4 170 votes (0,07%)
  • 8. MICHAEL WAINAINA MWAURA
    IND
    3 198 votes (0,05%)

Bomet County latest

Bomet County:
JOYCE LABOSO-86,088
ISAAC RUTTO- 18,012

ELECTIONS IN KENYA 2017 Presidential - latest

  • 1. UHURU KENYATTA
    JP
    1 665 740 votes (55,39%)
  • 2. RAILA ODINGA
    ODM
    1 319 200 votes (43,87%)
  • 3. JOSEPH WILLIAM NTHIGA NYAGAH
    IND
    6 952 votes (0,23%)
  • 4. JOHN EKURU LONGOGGY AUKOT
    TAK
    5 099 votes (0,17%)
  • 5. MOHAMED ABDUBA DIDA
    ARK
    4 324 votes (0,14%)
  • 6. JAPHETH KAVINGA KALUYU
    IND
    2 352 votes (0,08%)
  • 7. SHAKHALAGA KHWA JIRONGO
    UDP
    2 074 votes (0,07%)
  • 8. MICHAEL WAINAINA MWAURA
    IND
    1 486 votes (0,05%)

results at a glance


  1. Kwale County, Raila leading with 7 166 votes (75,94%) against Uhuru's 2 194 votes (23,25%)
  2. Taita Taveta County, Raila leading with 5 079 votes (71,57%) against Uhuru's 1 924 votes (27,11%)
  3. Lamu County, Uhuru leading with 1 807 votes (66,46%) against Raila's 895 votes (32,92%)
  4. Tana River County, Uhuru leading with 2 760 votes (57,75%) against Raila's 1 957 votes (40,95%)
  5. Garissa County, Uhuru leading with 785 votes (51,21%) against Raila's 712 votes (46,44%)
  6. Wajir County, Uhuru leading with 372 votes (47,09%) against Raila's 336 votes (42,53%)
  7. Mandera County, Uhuru leading with 2 260 votes (84,36%) against Raila's 312 votes (11,65%)
  8. Marsabit County, Uhuru leading with 5 452 votes (86,98%)against Raila's 690 votes (11,01%)
  9. Isiolo County, Uhuru leading with 1 756 votes (46,30%) against Raila's 1 407 votes (37,09%)
  10. Meru County, Uhuru leading with 21 401 votes (88,95%) against Raila's 2 451 votes (10,19%)
  11. Tharaka Nithi County, Uhuru leading with 40 046 votes (93,95%) against Raila's 2 279 votes (5,35%)
  12. Embu County, Uhuru leading with 21 591 votes (91,79%) against Raila's 1 739 votes (7,39%)
  13. Bomet County, Uhuru leading with 81,423 votes (88.03%) against Raila's 10, 384 votes (11.19%)

ELECTIONS IN KENYA 2017 Presidential

  • 1. UHURU KENYATTA
    JP
    904 477 votes (57,54%)
  • 2. RAILA ODINGA
    ODM
    656 293 votes (41,75%)
  • 3. JOSEPH WILLIAM NTHIGA NYAGAH
    IND
    3 249 votes (0,21%)
  • 4. JOHN EKURU LONGOGGY AUKOT
    TAK
    2 569 votes (0,16%)
  • 5. MOHAMED ABDUBA DIDA
    ARK
    2 232 votes (0,14%)
  • 6. JAPHETH KAVINGA KALUYU
    IND
    1 342 votes (0,09%)
  • 7. SHAKHALAGA KHWA JIRONGO
    UDP
    1 026 votes (0,07%)
  • 8. MICHAEL WAINAINA MWAURA
    IND
    752 votes (0,05%)

Kenya election 2017: Vote counting under way

Media captionInside a Nairobi polling station with the BBC's Anne Soy
Votes are being counted in Kenya's general election after a day of long queues and little trouble.
Some polling stations remained open after the 17:00 (14:00 GMT) deadline in areas where heavy rain and other problems had hampered voting.

Kenyan Elections from a BBC correspondent perspective

Kenya holds its breath before tight poll

President Uhuru Kenyatta gestures to supporters as he leaves the last Jubilee Party campaign rally ahead of the August 8th election in Nakuru, KenyaImage copyrightREUTERS
Image captionPresident Kenyatta is hoping to be returned - but there are already fears about the election
Kenya is holding its breath as the blaring speakers of the election campaign cars finally fall silent ahead of Tuesday's vote.
Ten years ago there was terrible post-election ethnic violence in the country, which nobody here wants to see repeated.
But with opinion polls predicting a very close race between incumbent president Uhuru Kenyatta and opposition leader Raila Odinga, there are fears there could be trouble ahead.

Talk of being patriotic about my beloved country


Obama urges Kenyans to vote peacefully, wisely

BY PHILIP MOMANYI MAOSA

MONDAY AUGUST 7 2017
Former U.S. President Barack Obama visits with youth leaders at the University of Chicago to help promote community organizing on April 24, 2017 in Chicago, Illinois. He has told Kenyans to vote wisely. PHOTO | SCOTT OLSON | AFP 

How Kenya election puts strain on ethnically mixed couples


Men sit in front of a wall with a message of peace painted recently by local street artist Solomon Muyundo in Kibera, NairobiImage copyrightEPA

Ethnicity plays a big part in Kenya's elections, with many people voting along communal lines, and occasional outbreaks of political violence in which people are targeted according to their ethnic background. This can make life difficult for mixed ethnicity couples, as the BBC's Dickens Olewe in Nairobi found ahead of next week's election.
"Mommy, do you hate Raila or Uhuru?"
Naomi Wangui and Malaki Samson's young daughter shocked them recently by choosing this way to ask how they felt about the presidential candidates.

Voters turn up early to cast ballot Lead by Mrs Kenyatta


By NATION TEAM
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Hundreds of voters trooped to polling stations early on Election Day to cast their ballot.
There were long queues in polling stations in Nairobi and Naivasha by 3am Tuesday.
Voters started trooping in as early as 3am at Embakasi Social Hall in Embakasi East constituency, Nairobi County. 
The queue was about three kilometres long by 3.30am, starting from the social hall gate.
Voters were however not allowed into the social hall as voting officially starts at 6am. 

Kenyans vote in tight, tense elections

Voters queue at Ziwa La Ngombe Primary School

TUESDAY AUGUST 8 2017


Voters queue at Ziwa La Ngombe Primary School in Mombasa on August 8, 2017. PHOTO | KEVIN ODIT | NATION MEDIA GROUP 

Kenyans began voting Tuesday in general elections headlined by a too-close-to-call battle between incumbent Uhuru Kenyatta and his rival Raila Odinga, sparking fears of violence in east Africa's richest economy.
Long lines of voters snaked outside of polling stations around the country, many of them camping out from before midnight, under heavy security.