Kenyatta, whose August 8 re-election is being challenged in the supreme court by opposition leader Raila Odinga, said citizens were angry with extravagance in the government.
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Opposition leader Raila Odinga’s National Super Alliance said in a petition filed that results from more than a third of polling stations were “fatally flawed” in some cases because of irregularities in electronic transmission of paper results forms.
Offor-Okenwa told the News Agency of Nigeria on Friday in Enugu that the match is a must win irrespective of the brotherly disposition of the two teams.
Kenyan Coast Regional Police Commander Larry Kieng confirmed the attack at Maleli on Friday, saying security officers are pursuing the attackers.
Speaking for the first time since his re-election on Friday, Kenyatta called on those not happy with the outcome of the August 8 polls to pursue constitutional means to address their grievances and urged Kenyans to resume work as they maintain peace and unity.
Traders told Reuters in Nairobi that the surge was due to the endorsements of the election by various foreign observer groups.
Laolu Akande, the acting President’s Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, said the congratulatory message was contained in a letter signed by Osinbajo and addressed to the Kenyan leader.
Provisional results show President Uhuru Kenyatta with a lead of 1.4 million votes as he vies for a second and final five-year term.
The commission had received the forms from 288 of the East African nation’s 290 constituencies by Friday afternoon, said the commission’s chief executive, Ezra Chiloba.
“Hacking was attempted but did not succeed,” commission chairman, Wafula Chebukati, told a news conference.
Marietje Schaake, the leader of the mission said that the EU mission’s final report would evaluate the conduct of the tallying process, which opposition leader, Raila Odinga, said had been compromised by hackers.
Matiang’i told a media briefing in Nairobi that as the tallying of votes continues throughout the country, Kenyans should maintain peace and rule of law.
The 2018 African Nations Championship will be hosted by Kenya from January 11 to February 2, 2018.
Separately, a Odinga supporter protesting in the Nairobi slum of Mathare was shot dead by police, witnesses told a Reuters reporter who viewed the body.
Chebukati said: “We wish to assure you all that for the polling stations that opened late, we will compensate the time by extending the voting period by the same amount of hours that were lost before opening.”
Incumbent President, Uhuru Kenyatta, is running against his arch rival and veteran opposition leader, Raila Odinga.
Police said the body of Chris Musando, deputy ICT director of Independence Electoral and Boundary Commission and that of an unidentified woman were found in Kiambu County and taken to a city morgue.
A police officer guarding the residence was wounded, KTN News reported. NTV News said gunshots could still be heard from the scene.
Odinga, who is the flagbearer for the National Super Alliance coalition, said his top priorities if elected in the August 8 general election would be to lower food prices and rent.
Kenyatta had earlier responded to a court victory for the opposition against Kenya’s Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission by cautioning against any use of the court process to delay the elections.