•The reports were raised by the four Commissioners namely Juliana Cherera, Francis Wanderi, Justus Nyang’aya and IreneMasit a day after Chebukati announced UDA leader William Ruto as president-elect.
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Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission Wafula Chebukati has said the alleged 0.01 per cent increase in the Presidential Election results is false and misleading.
The reports were raised by the four Commissioners namely Juliana Cherera, Francis Wanderi, Justus Nyang’aya and IreneMasit a day after Chebukati announced UDA leader William Ruto as president-elect.
"Please refer to the tabulation on the IEBC website that provides a scientifically accurate analysis. We urge Kenyans to interact with these results and make an objective judgement," he said.
On Monday, the commissioners in a hastily arranged press briefing at Serena Hotel disputed the presidential elections hours before Chebukati announced the Presidential elect.
They said they cannot take ownership of the results because of the opaque nature with which it was handled.
"We have done the 2022 general election in the most efficient manner. We have ensured that all the challenges have been contained," Juliana Cherera said.
Juliana on Tuesday at Serena Hotel, said the aggregation of the results was a mathematical absurdity that defies logic.
They said that the summation of percentages of votes awarded to each of the four presidential candidates exceeded 100 per cent.
"This summation gives us a total of 100.01 per cent. This translates to approximately 142,000 votes which will make a significant difference in the final results," Cherera said.
In the results, President-elect William Ruto got 7,176,141 votes representing 50.49 per cent of the final vote while Raila Odinga got 6,942,930 translating to 48.85 per cent.
"When we demanded that we verify the results, the chairman refused and insisted on declaring and announcing the results," she added.
However, 0.01 per cent of the 14,213,027 total votes cast translates to around 1,400 votes.