Nyeri MCAs, MPs to be announced at noon — returning officer

Nyeri Town constituency returning officer has confirmed that MCAs and members of the National Assembly will get their election results on Wednesday afternoon.

Speaking during an interview with Citizen TV, Peter Mauta said that the voting and tallying process were running smoothly without any incidents. 

However, Mauta said that the voter turnout was not impressive, which was slightly more than 50 per cent, but still low compared to the 2017 general election.

The returning officer said that woman representatives, senators and gubernatorial candidates are most likely to receive their results on Thursday.

The results are released in phases. Ordinarily, MPs and MCAs would be first to know their results since they are announced by the returning officer.

The Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission has raised concern over low voter turnout across the country.

Nyeri  county had 164 polling stations spread across the six constituencies.

As of 3.17am, the electoral agency had forms 34A of Kieni at 223 of 232 (96.12 per cent), Mathira 194 of 201 (96.52 per cent) and Mukurweini 117 of 117 (100 per cent).

Others received include Nyeri Town at 163 of 164 (99.39 per cent), Othaya 135 of 139 (97.12 per cent) and Tetu 112 of 112 (100 per cent).