- Title: Tensions rise after dispute over Kenya election results
- Date: 9th August 2017
- Summary: NAIROBI, KENYA (AUGUST 9, 2017) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF ADMINISTRATION POLICE FIRING TEAR GAS INTO ALLEY IN SLUM AREA OF MATHARE POLICE RUNNING BETWEEN BUILDINGS APARTMENT BLOCK WITH TEAR GAS RISING FROM BALCONY VARIOUS OF GROUP OF PEOPLE WALKING ON SIDE OF ROAD IN FEAR OF TEAR GAS VARIOUS OF PEOPLE STANDING NEAR ROCKS BLOCKING STREET VARIOUS OF ADMINISTRATION POLICE WALKING DOWN ROAD POLICE CLEARING ROAD OF ROCKS INDEPENDENT ELECTION AND BOUNDARIES COMMISSION (IEBC) CHAIRMAN, WAFULA CHEBUKATI STANDING AT PODIUM CHEBUKATI SPEAKING VARIOUS OF OBSERVERS SEATED IN HALL (SOUNDBITE) (English) INDEPENDENT ELECTION AND BOUNDARIES COMMISSION CHAIRMAN, WAFULA CHEBUKATI, SAYING: "The system, whether it is hacked or not, those are aspersions which have been cast, those are allegations as a commission we shall have our own investigative system to kick in. We shall come up with a methodology as to finding out whether or not those claims are correct and several other claims were made as well so we shall go into that and find out, whether or not those claims are true, but we have faith in the system. It is the same system we used for verification, it is the same system we used for candidate management. It is the same system we are using now for the rest of the processes." CHEBUKATI SITTING DOWN
- Embargoed: 23rd August 2017 14:28
- Keywords: Raila Odinga Uhuru Kenyatta Nairobi protesters opposition supporters tear gas IEBC comment on Kenya election
- Location: NAIROBI, KENYA
- City: NAIROBI, KENYA
- Country: Kenya
- Topics: Government/Politics,Elections/Voting
- Reuters ID: LVA0016TFPGSN
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: Kenyan police in Nairobi slum area of Mathare fired tear gas on Wednesday (August 9) to disperse stone-throwing supporters of opposition leader Raila Odinga, who claims this week's elections were rigged
Odinga, 72-year-old former political prisoner and self-described leftist, said on Wednesday the election commission's computer system was hacked and fake results posted to show President Uhuru Kenyatta with a strong lead in a case of massive fraud.
The chairman of Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission, Wafula Chebukati said Tuesday's (August 8) vote was free and fair and it was investigating whether or not its computer systems and vote-tallying database had been compromised.
Dozens of youth gathered along a main road Mathare and clashed with police who chased them back into the densely populated settlement that was a flashpoint when in 2007 around 1,200 people died in violence after a disputed election.
As of 1100 GMT, the election commission website put Kenyatta in front with 54.3 percent of votes counted to 45 percent for Odinga - a margin of nearly 1.4 million ballots with more than 95 percent of polling stations reported. - Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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