The Chairman of the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission, Wafula Chebukati, made this known on Monday
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The tally, compiled by the Daily Nation media group with 200 of 292 constituencies having reported, showed Kenyatta had won 5.58 million votes, well ahead of rival, Raila Odinga, who has boycotted the process
Electoral Commission Chairman, Wafula Chebukati, announced the result after the commission painstakingly double-checked the tally by the electronic voting system with the results of the paper-based forms from all of the East African nation’s 290 constituencies
“Hacking was attempted but did not succeed,” commission chairman, Wafula Chebukati, told a news conference.
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.”