The church explained that conducting elections on October 28 in the affected counties would bar worshippers from voting. While we support your move to give the Kenyans who did not vote today another chance, we request you to do it on another day other Saturday,” read part of the SDA statement. During a press briefing on Thursday, IEBC chairman Wafula Chebukati had said the commission plans to conduct elections on Saturday in counties and polling station where voting failed to take place. He mentioned Migori, Siaya, Kisumu and Homa Bay counties as well as other polling stations in the country. Rowdy youth continued to hang around polling stations in an attempt to block ferrying of electoral materials and start off the exercise with the few officials present expressing fears for their lives.

Source: Standard Digital October 26, 2017 21:56 UTC