By MARTIN KINYANJUIMore by this AuthorIEBC Chairman Wafula Chebukati has said in a tweet that the latest actual figures from 267 constituencies show 6,553,858 Kenyans turned out to vote in the repeat presidential poll. Mr Chebukati also posted on his Twitter handle that a comprehensive update on the elections results would be given Friday morning as the commission continues to receive more data. Earlier in a press briefing at the Bomas of Kenya, the IEBC national tallying centre, Mr Chebukati said that 35,564 polling stations opened for voting Thursday morning, representing 87 percent of all the 40,883 polling centres in the country. OPENING MESSAGEMr Chebukati also said that 5,319 polling stations did not send an opening message, indicating that either no voting took place or they had no access to network. At the same time, Mr Chebukati said that voter turnout was estimated at 48 percent by 5pm Thursday.

Source: Daily Nation October 26, 2017 21:11 UTC