We have completed our job," one of the clerks said, blaming the county Returning Officer for the delays. "The Returning Officer seems not to be in charge of the tallying centre. The results were released past 4pm after the agents, who began the verification exercise on Thursday night, were through. TURN OUTBut the Returning Officer, Mauta Gitonga, dismissed the claims made by his juniors, saying he was fully in charge of the exercise and the Jubilee agents had every right to assess the results. "Let the agents verify the results because that’s their job and they are free to take time doing their job," he said.

Source: Daily Nation October 27, 2017 18:33 UTC