Cord is proposing radical electoral changes to seal loopholes for rigging the presidential election, especially at the national tallying centre. “We have seen how the tallying centre has been manipulated in the last two elections,” a source familiar with Cord's legal strategy told the Star. The opposition also wants returning officers in all constituencies to independently publish results of the presidential vote, without referral to the IEBC national tallying centre. During the presidential petition, Cord lawyers argued Uhuru’s votes were deliberately inflated while Raila's were systematically reduced in a trend designed to The biggest change would require final results to be announced and published at the constituency level, not first relayed to the Nairobi tallying centre where results could be 'cooked'.

Source: The Star July 07, 2016 00:56 UTC