They noted that the Sh3.8 billion Kenya Integrated Election Management System (KIEMS) will allow the electoral body to transmit the presidential result election results electronically. “Delay in the announcement of presidential election results is a harbinger for creating anxiety, confusion and violence in a deeply polarised political environment such as in Kenya,” read the petition in part. "Delay in announcing the provisional presidential election results winner may give room for ballot paper stuffing and filling in gaps thereby compromising the integrity of the entire process,” they said. The National Super Alliance has insisted that presidential results should be declared as received from returning officers manning constituencies while IEBC holds on to having verification done first before the chairperson declares presidential results. Last month, the High Court in Nairobi ruled that Presidential election results declared at the constituency level by returning officers will be final, a ruling that IEBC contested at the Court of Appeal.

Source: Standard Digital June 12, 2017 12:00 UTC