Caribbean Residents Association in Uganda cutting the anniversary cake. PHOTOS | COURTESY
The Honorary Consul of Jamaica to Uganda Mr Michael Idusso has called for increased cooperation between Uganda and Jamaica in the areas of academia, sports, tourism and trade.
He was speaking over the weekend to mark Jamaica’s diamond jubilee celebrations at the Honorary Consulate of Jamaica’s residence in Uganda that was attended by members of the diplo core, government representatives and friends of Jamaica.Mr Idusso spoke about Jamaica’s emergence from a troubled legacy of slavery into a modern nation that is represented at all levels on the global stage.
The Minister of State for Tourism, Wildlife and antiquities, Mr Martin Mugarra Bahinduka congratulated Jamaica on its 60th of independence and conveyed a desire to see more trade between Jamaica and Uganda.
He indicated willingness to collaborate with Jamaica and toasted to the diamond jubilee of Jamaica’s independence. Source: Daily Monitor
At the time of going to the press, Azimio la Umoja presidential candidate Raila Odinga had 1,892,477 votes Raila was closely followed by his arch-political rival, Kenya Kwanza Alliance candidate William Ruto with 1,870,964 votes.
However, while addressing a presser on Wednesday, August 10, Wafula Chebukati divulged that the local media was lagging behind in their tallying
Azimio la Umoja One Kenya presidential candidate Raila Odinga has a slight lead in the currently tight presidential race. Azimio la Umoja One Kenya presidential candidate Raila Odinga in a past address. Photo: Raila Odinga.
At the time of going to the press, the votes tallying done by Citizen TV indicated the ODM leader had 1,892,477 votes. 326K Social media trolls have emotionally affected my daughter | Tuko Extra Raila is closely followed by his arch-political rival, Kenya Kwanza Alliance candidate William Ruto with 1,870,964 votes. Roots Party presidential candidate George Wajackoyah has 17,413 while Agano's David Mwaure has 7,666. by Jackson Otukho, Tuko.co.ke
Global social networking platform, Twitter, has introduced a new feature to flag unofficial election results shared by supporters and teams of August 9 presidential candidates.
Twitter introduced an information tab on Wednesday, August 10, after various leaders and supporters of leading presidential candidates started sharing results on the platform.
The new tab appears below the poll results shared by individuals, cautioning users that the results do not emanate from the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC).
A screenshot of Twitter's information tab below Edwin Sifuna's tweet. FILE
The results shared by the Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) Secretary General, Edwin Sifuna, were the first to be flagged by the social media giant.
"The Kenyan Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) might not have called the election results when it was tweeted," read the cautionary message.
Additionally, in the message tab, Twitter added a link that enables the users to access the tallying process by the electoral body.
The link also details how results will be announced by the IEBC chairperson, Wafula Chebukati.
"The results will be announced by the IEBC on or before August 15. According to the constitution, election results must be announced on or before seven days after the vote," read the message in part.
IEBC is yet to announce any results from the over 46,000 polling stations. However, the electoral Commission created a portal where Kenyans can access results declared at the polling station level.
Speaking to the media on Wednesday, August 10, Chebukati stated that the Commission was in process of verifying the results and will announce them per constituency.
However, he urged the media to speed up their tallying process, noting that over 97 per cent of polling centres posted the results on the IEBC portal.
"It appears the media did not prepare very well, the actual figures should be at around 97 per cent," Chebukati noted.
IEBC Chairman Wafula Chebukati at the Bomas of Kenya on Monday, August 8, 2022. By WASHINGTON MITO, KENYANS.CO.KE
The Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) chairperson says that 14 million out of the 22 million registered voters cast their votes in yesterday’s polls.
This represents 64.6 percent of the total registered voters.
However, Chebukati clarifies that the statistics do not include voters who took the exercise manually.
“So far there are 14 million votes cast yesterday, which is about 64. 6 percent. These numbers do not include voters who took part in the exercise manually after technological hitches developed in some parts of the country,” Chebukati said.
Moreover, the IEBC Chairman has revealed that one polling station and two constituencies had made errors when submitting Form 34A and Form 34B.
In Rukwaro polling center in Rongo, Migori County, the presiding officer erroneously transmitted Form 34A.
To solve the error, Chebukati says electoral officials will wait for the original copy of Form 34A, to validate and replace it.
In Uasin Gishu County, Ainabkoi and Saboti constituencies uploaded incomplete Form 34 Bs. The Form 34Bs uploaded were missing crucial signatures of key players in the vote tallying process.
As a result, Chebukati says they asked the Returning officers to make sure everyone has signed the document before re-uploading.
As of the time he addressed Kenyans at Bomas of Kenya, Chebukati said that the commission had received 97.65 percent of Form 34A from the polling station. By Winfrey Owino, The Standard
At least 18,000 observers will monitor the general election on Tuesday.
The Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission said it cleared both local and international observers.
Chairman Wafula Chebukati said close to 1,300 international observers will monitor the polls, while the rest are local.
He said there are more observers than the number of candidates participating in this year’s election.
There are 16,098 candidates in the polls with four eyeing the presidency. The rest have been cleared to vie for the 290 parliamentary slots, Senate (47), governor (47) and 1,450 member of county assembly positions.
In the 2017, there were more than 5,000 election observers and international journalists monitoring the election.
The law mandates the commission to facilitate observation, monitoring and evaluation of election.
The European Union Election Observation Mission is among the international organisations that deployed a delegation to observe the polls.
Former Tanzanian president Jakaya Kikwete will head the 52-member East African Community election observation mission to Kenya.
The observers have been taken through what will be needed of them during election day.
Some 22 million registered voters will head to the polls to elect their leaders.
Independent election observers enhance the legitimacy of the electoral processes, as well as the outcome.
Their reports provide an objective critique of an electoral process, giving recommendations on how best the commission could improve on future management of election, hence increase election integrity.
For instance, the objectives of AU-COMESA are to assess the conduct of the 2022 general election and promote democracy and democratic election in Africa, in line with their overall vision of a peaceful, prosperous and integrated Africa.
After the assessment is carried out, the group will issue its interim statement of preliminary findings on August 11.
IEBC says their guidelines bind the observers in a code of conduct that requires them to be neutral and not to interfere with the election. - CYRUS OMBATI, The Star
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