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</tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"> <table style="background:transparent; color: inherit; width:100%;"> </table></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1247979735"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1152813436"><div style="background-color:#ddd; font-size:120%; font-weight:bold">Presidential election (annulled)</div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader"><div style="width:100%"><div style="float: left; text-align:left;padding-right:0.5em;width:20%;" class="noprint">← <a href="/wiki/2013_Kenyan_general_election" title="2013 Kenyan general election">2013</a></div><div style="float: right; text-align:right;padding-left:0.5em;width:20%;" class="noprint"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/October_2017_Kenyan_presidential_election" title="October 2017 Kenyan presidential election">October 2017</a></span> →</div></div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header"><hr />19,611,423 registered voters<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br />50% + 1 vote (nationally) and 25% in at least 24 counties votes needed to win</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Turnout</th><td class="infobox-data">79.51% (<span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span>6.40pp)</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"> <table style="background:transparent; color: inherit; width:100%;"> <tbody><tr> <td>  </td> <td class="notheme" style="text-align:center;border-bottom: 6px solid #E52C1A;"><span class="notpageimage noresize" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:2017_22_Inauguration_Ceremony_-21_(32236367533)_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/67/2017_22_Inauguration_Ceremony_-21_%2832236367533%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/116px-2017_22_Inauguration_Ceremony_-21_%2832236367533%29_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="116" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/67/2017_22_Inauguration_Ceremony_-21_%2832236367533%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/174px-2017_22_Inauguration_Ceremony_-21_%2832236367533%29_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/67/2017_22_Inauguration_Ceremony_-21_%2832236367533%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/232px-2017_22_Inauguration_Ceremony_-21_%2832236367533%29_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="923" data-file-height="1193" /></a></span> </td> <td class="notheme" style="text-align:center;border-bottom: 6px solid #F38521;"><span class="notpageimage noresize" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Accelerating_Infrastructure_Development_Raila_Amolo_Odinga_(8412050678)_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/Accelerating_Infrastructure_Development_Raila_Amolo_Odinga_%288412050678%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/110px-Accelerating_Infrastructure_Development_Raila_Amolo_Odinga_%288412050678%29_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="110" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/Accelerating_Infrastructure_Development_Raila_Amolo_Odinga_%288412050678%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/165px-Accelerating_Infrastructure_Development_Raila_Amolo_Odinga_%288412050678%29_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/Accelerating_Infrastructure_Development_Raila_Amolo_Odinga_%288412050678%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/220px-Accelerating_Infrastructure_Development_Raila_Amolo_Odinga_%288412050678%29_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2363" data-file-height="3216" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="width:75px;text-align:left">Nominee </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><b><a href="/wiki/Uhuru_Kenyatta" title="Uhuru Kenyatta">Uhuru Kenyatta</a></b> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Raila_Odinga" title="Raila Odinga">Raila Odinga</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center"> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="width:75px;text-align:left">Party </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Jubilee_Party" title="Jubilee Party">Jubilee</a> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Orange_Democratic_Movement" title="Orange Democratic Movement">ODM</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Alliance </th> <td style="text-align:center"> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/National_Super_Alliance" title="National Super Alliance">NASA</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Running mate </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><b><a href="/wiki/William_Ruto" title="William Ruto">William Ruto</a></b> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Kalonzo_Musyoka" title="Kalonzo Musyoka">Kalonzo Musyoka</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Popular vote </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><b>8,223,369</b> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">6,822,812 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Percentage </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><b>54.17%</b> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">44.94% </td></tr> </tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><hr /><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:2017_Kenyan_Presidential_Elections.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/2017_Kenyan_Presidential_Elections.svg/300px-2017_Kenyan_Presidential_Elections.svg.png" decoding="async" width="300" height="269" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/2017_Kenyan_Presidential_Elections.svg/450px-2017_Kenyan_Presidential_Elections.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/2017_Kenyan_Presidential_Elections.svg/600px-2017_Kenyan_Presidential_Elections.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="886" data-file-height="793" /></a></span><div>County-level results</div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><hr /> <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="background:transparent; color: inherit; width:100%;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="width:50%; text-align:left;"><b>President before election</b><br /> <p><a href="/wiki/Uhuru_Kenyatta" title="Uhuru Kenyatta">Uhuru Kenyatta</a><br /> <a href="/wiki/Jubilee_Party" title="Jubilee Party">Jubilee</a> </p> </td> <td style="width:50%; text-align:right;"><b>President after election</b> <br /> <p>Election results annulled <br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Uhuru Kenyatta remains president</span><br /> </p> </td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>General elections were held in <a href="/wiki/Kenya" title="Kenya">Kenya</a> on 8 August 2017 to elect the <a href="/wiki/President_of_Kenya" title="President of Kenya">President</a>, members of the <a href="/wiki/National_Assembly_(Kenya)" title="National Assembly (Kenya)">National Assembly</a> and <a href="/wiki/Senate_of_Kenya" title="Senate of Kenya">Senate</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They coincided with the 2017 Kenyan local elections which elected Governors and representatives in the devolved governments. </p><p>The published results showed that incumbent President <a href="/wiki/Uhuru_Kenyatta" title="Uhuru Kenyatta">Uhuru Kenyatta</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Jubilee_Party" title="Jubilee Party">Jubilee Party</a> had been re-elected with 54% of the vote. However, his main opponent, <a href="/wiki/Raila_Odinga" title="Raila Odinga">Raila Odinga</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Orange_Democratic_Movement" title="Orange Democratic Movement">Orange Democratic Movement</a>, refused to accept the results and contested them in the <a href="/wiki/Supreme_Court_of_Kenya" title="Supreme Court of Kenya">Supreme Court</a>. The results of the presidential election were subsequently annulled by the court and <a href="/wiki/2017_Kenyan_presidential_election" class="mw-redirect" title="2017 Kenyan presidential election">fresh presidential elections</a> was ordered to be held within 60 days.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was later announced that the elections would be held in October.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The results of the parliamentary and local elections remained valid. The Jubilee Party retained its majority in the Senate, winning 34 of the 67 seats, and remained the largest party in the National Assembly with 171 of the 341 seats. The Orange Democratic Movement won 20 seats in the Senate and 76 in the National Assembly. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Background">Background</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2017_Kenyan_general_election&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Background"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Constitution_of_Kenya" title="Constitution of Kenya">Kenyan Constitution</a> requires a general election on the second Tuesday in August in every fifth year.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> There have been public discussions to move the date from August to December with proponents pointing to the fiscal timeline (1 July – 30 June) clashing with an August date, because most ministries that support critical election processes will not have been fully funded and that a possible presidential runoff vote may interfere with the national examinations calendar of October and December.<sup id="cite_ref-DN_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DN-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Opponents of the proposed date change have argued for protecting the constitutional provision and that any change would be mired by legal challenges and might drag on to the next elections and still require a referendum to decide, putting the country's stability at risk.<sup id="cite_ref-DN_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DN-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 7 August 2017, one day before the election, <a href="/wiki/Barack_Obama" title="Barack Obama">Barack Obama</a>, who served as the 44th President of the United States from 2009 to 2017 and whose father, <a href="/wiki/Barack_Obama_Sr." title="Barack Obama Sr.">Barack Obama Sr.</a>, was Kenyan, called for calm and acceptance of the election results.<sup id="cite_ref-nytimesobamaweighsin_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nytimesobamaweighsin-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Electoral_system">Electoral system</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2017_Kenyan_general_election&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Electoral system"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/President_of_Kenya" title="President of Kenya">President of Kenya</a> is elected using a modified version of the <a href="/wiki/Two-round_system" title="Two-round system">two-round system</a>: to win in the first round, a candidate must receive over 50% of the vote and at least 25% of the vote in a minimum of 24 of the 47 counties.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The 337 members of the <a href="/wiki/National_Assembly_(Kenya)" title="National Assembly (Kenya)">National Assembly</a> are elected by two methods; 290 are elected in single-member constituencies by <a href="/wiki/First-past-the-post_voting" title="First-past-the-post voting">first-past-the-post voting</a>. The remaining 47 are reserved for women and are elected from single-member constituencies based on the <a href="/wiki/Counties_of_Kenya" title="Counties of Kenya">47 counties</a>, also using the first-past-the-post system.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The 67 members of the <a href="/wiki/Senate_(Kenya)" class="mw-redirect" title="Senate (Kenya)">Senate</a> are elected by four methods; 47 are elected in single-member constituencies based on the counties by first-past-the-post voting. Parties are then assigned a share of 16 seats for women, two for youth and two for disabled people based on their seat share.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Party_primaries">Party primaries</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2017_Kenyan_general_election&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Party primaries"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Independent_Electoral_and_Boundaries_Commission" title="Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission">Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission</a> set the duration for political parties to conduct their primaries in April 2017 following the review of Kenya's Election Laws. Parties would have 14 days between 20 April and 2 May to conduct their primaries and submit their candidates to the electoral commission.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Conduct">Conduct</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2017_Kenyan_general_election&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Conduct"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="William_Ruto_home_siege">William Ruto home siege</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2017_Kenyan_general_election&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: William Ruto home siege"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On 29 July 2017, Deputy President <a href="/wiki/William_Ruto" title="William Ruto">William Ruto</a>'s house was attacked by a local man armed with a machete.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During the siege, the deputy president and his family were not present. The assailant first injured the guard on duty, held him hostage and then killed him. The siege lasted 18 hours before special forces of the <a href="/wiki/Kenya_Police" title="Kenya Police">Kenyan Police</a> shot the attacker dead. The motives of the attacker were unknown and members of the public were unaware how a man armed with a machete held the elite police forces at bay for 18 hours.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Msando_murder">Msando murder</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2017_Kenyan_general_election&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Msando murder"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On 27 July 2017, two bodies were found on the outskirts of Nairobi. One of the dead, <a href="/wiki/Christopher_Msando" class="mw-redirect" title="Christopher Msando">Christopher Msando</a>, was the head of information, communication, and technology at the <a href="/wiki/Independent_Electoral_and_Boundaries_Commission" title="Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission">Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He played a major role in developing the new voting system for the election.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His body showed apparent marks of torture before he was murdered for unclear reasons. Alongside it was the body of a 21-year-old woman, Maryanne Ngumbu.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Federal_Bureau_of_Investigation" title="Federal Bureau of Investigation">FBI</a> and <a href="/wiki/Scotland_Yard" title="Scotland Yard">Scotland Yard</a> offered to help in the investigation.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The murder of Msando raised suspicion among the opposition that it was part of a plot by the ruling party to rig the election, as it appeared Msando was standing in the way. </p><p>Andrew Kipkoech Rono, 58, who was arrested over allegations he sent a threatening message to Msando before he was killed, appeared before High Court judge, James Wakiaga. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Results">Results</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2017_Kenyan_general_election&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Results"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="President">President</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2017_Kenyan_general_election&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: President"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Kenyatta had maintained 10+% lead over Odinga in most polls for many weeks, but the two most recent polls before the election suggested a much closer race.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The outcome was reported as a 9.5% victory for Kenyatta.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 10 August, provisional results released by the Kenyan electoral commission put Kenyatta ahead by 54.2% to Odinga's 44.92%. The head of the EU delegation <a href="/wiki/Marietje_Schaake" title="Marietje Schaake">Marietje Schaake</a> said there had been no sign of manipulation of the result at central or local level and urged all sides to accept the result.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Independent_Electoral_and_Boundaries_Commission" title="Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission">Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission</a> (IEBC) declared incumbents <a href="/wiki/Uhuru_Kenyatta" title="Uhuru Kenyatta">Uhuru Kenyatta</a> and <a href="/wiki/William_Ruto" title="William Ruto">William Ruto</a> as president-elect and deputy president-elect respectively on the evening of 11 August 2017. The National Super Alliance disputed the results. </p> <table class="wikitable sortable"><caption></caption><tbody><tr><th scope="col" colspan="2">Candidate</th><th scope="col">Running mate</th><th scope="col">Party</th><th scope="col">Votes</th><th scope="col">%</th></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#E52C1A"></td><td><a href="/wiki/Uhuru_Kenyatta" title="Uhuru Kenyatta">Uhuru Kenyatta</a></td><td><a href="/wiki/William_Ruto" title="William Ruto">William Ruto</a></td><td><a href="/wiki/Jubilee_Party" title="Jubilee Party">Jubilee Party</a></td><td style="text-align:right">8,223,369</td><td style="text-align:right">54.17</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#FFA500"></td><td><a href="/wiki/Raila_Odinga" title="Raila Odinga">Raila Odinga</a></td><td><a href="/wiki/Kalonzo_Musyoka" title="Kalonzo Musyoka">Kalonzo Musyoka</a></td><td><a href="/wiki/National_Super_Alliance" title="National Super Alliance">National Super Alliance</a></td><td style="text-align:right">6,822,812</td><td style="text-align:right">44.94</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#DCDCDC"></td><td><a href="/wiki/Joseph_Nyagah" title="Joseph Nyagah">Joseph Nyagah</a></td><td>Moses Marango</td><td>Independent</td><td style="text-align:right">38,029</td><td style="text-align:right">0.25</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#730026"></td><td><a href="/wiki/Abduba_Dida" class="mw-redirect" title="Abduba Dida">Abduba Dida</a></td><td>Titus Ngetuny</td><td><a href="/wiki/Alliance_for_Real_Change" title="Alliance for Real Change">Alliance for Real Change</a></td><td style="text-align:right">38,004</td><td style="text-align:right">0.25</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:gold"></td><td><a href="/wiki/Ekuru_Aukot" title="Ekuru Aukot">Ekuru Aukot</a></td><td>Emmanuel Nzai</td><td>Thirdway Alliance Kenya</td><td style="text-align:right">27,400</td><td style="text-align:right">0.18</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#DCDCDC"></td><td>Japheth Kaluyu</td><td>Muthiora Kariara</td><td>Independent</td><td style="text-align:right">11,774</td><td style="text-align:right">0.08</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#A70E3D"></td><td><a href="/wiki/Cyrus_Jirongo" title="Cyrus Jirongo">Cyrus Jirongo</a></td><td><a href="/wiki/Joseph_Momanyi" title="Joseph Momanyi">Joseph Momanyi</a></td><td>United Democratic Party</td><td style="text-align:right">11,282</td><td style="text-align:right">0.07</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#DCDCDC"></td><td>Michael Wainaina</td><td>Miriam Mutua</td><td>Independent</td><td style="text-align:right">8,870</td><td style="text-align:right">0.06</td></tr><tr class="sortbottom" style="font-weight:bold"><td colspan="4">Total</td><td style="text-align:right">15,181,540</td><td style="text-align:right">100.00</td></tr><tr class="sortbottom"><td colspan="6" style="color:black;background:#eaecf0"></td></tr><tr class="sortbottom" style="text-align:right"><th scope="row" colspan="4" style="text-align:left;font-weight:normal;color:inherit;background:inherit">Valid votes</th><td>15,181,540</td><td>97.36</td></tr><tr class="sortbottom" style="text-align:right"><th scope="row" colspan="4" style="text-align:left;font-weight:normal;color:inherit;background:inherit">Invalid/blank votes</th><td>411,510</td><td>2.64</td></tr><tr class="sortbottom" style="font-weight:bold;text-align:right"><th scope="row" colspan="4" style="text-align:left;background:inherit;color:inherit">Total votes</th><td>15,593,050</td><td>100.00</td></tr><tr class="sortbottom" style="text-align:right"><th scope="row" colspan="4" style="text-align:left;font-weight:normal;color:inherit;background:inherit">Registered voters/turnout</th><td>19,611,423</td><td>79.51</td></tr><tr class="sortbottom" style="text-align:right"><td colspan="6" style="text-align:left">Source: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170810013320/https://public.rts.iebc.or.ke/enr/index.html#/Kenya_Elections_Presidential/1">IEBC</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="By_county">By county</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2017_Kenyan_general_election&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: By county"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable collapsible collapsed sortable" style="text-align:right"> <tbody><tr> <th rowspan="2"># </th> <th rowspan="2">County </th> <th colspan="2">Uhuru Kenyata </th> <th colspan="2">Raila Odinga </th> <th colspan="2">Others </th> <th rowspan="2">Total </th> <th rowspan="2">Registered<br />voters </th> <th rowspan="2">Turnout </th></tr> <tr> <th>Votes </th> <th> </th> <th>Votes </th> <th> </th> <th>Votes </th> <th> </th></tr> <tr> <td>1</td> <td align="left">Mombasa</td> <td>99,508</td> <td>29.10</td> <td>238,943</td> <td>69.90</td> <td>3,575</td> <td>1.00</td> <td>342,026</td> <td>580,223</td> <td>58.95 </td></tr> <tr> <td>2</td> <td align="left">Kwale</td> <td>43,812</td> <td>23.70</td> <td>138,664</td> <td>75.00</td> <td>2,307</td> <td>1.20</td> <td>184,783</td> <td>281,041</td> <td>65.75 </td></tr> <tr> <td>3</td> <td align="left">Kilifi</td> <td>49,693</td> <td>15.20</td> <td>273,852</td> <td>83.60</td> <td>4,196</td> <td>1.30</td> <td>327,741</td> <td>508,068</td> <td>64.51 </td></tr> <tr> <td>4</td> <td align="left">Tana River</td> <td>40,317</td> <td>46.10</td> <td>45,641</td> <td>52.20</td> <td>1,490</td> <td>1.70</td> <td>87,448</td> <td>118,327</td> <td>73.90 </td></tr> <tr> <td>5</td> <td align="left">Lamu</td> <td>24,225</td> <td>48.90</td> <td>24,423</td> <td>49.30</td> <td>868</td> <td>1.80</td> <td>49,516</td> <td>69,776</td> <td>70.96 </td></tr> <tr> <td>6</td> <td align="left">Taita Taveta</td> <td>31,158</td> <td>27.70</td> <td>79,832</td> <td>70.90</td> <td>1,542</td> <td>1.40</td> <td>112,532</td> <td>155,716</td> <td>72.27 </td></tr> <tr> <td>7</td> <td align="left">Garissa</td> <td>54,825</td> <td>48.30</td> <td>54,784</td> <td>48.30</td> <td>3,905</td> <td>3.40</td> <td>113,514</td> <td>163,350</td> <td>69.49 </td></tr> <tr> <td>8</td> <td align="left">Wajir</td> <td>61,199</td> <td>51.20</td> <td>52,840</td> <td>44.20</td> <td>5,482</td> <td>4.60</td> <td>119,521</td> <td>162,902</td> <td>73.37 </td></tr> <tr> <td>9</td> <td align="left">Mandera</td> <td>113,469</td> <td>83.00</td> <td>18,122</td> <td>13.30</td> <td>5,054</td> <td>3.70</td> <td>136,645</td> <td>175,642</td> <td>77.80 </td></tr> <tr> <td>10</td> <td align="left">Marsabit</td> <td>92,681</td> <td>83.60</td> <td>16,114</td> <td>14.50</td> <td>2,026</td> <td>1.80</td> <td>110,821</td> <td>141,708</td> <td>78.20 </td></tr> <tr> <td>11</td> <td align="left">Isiolo</td> <td>26,732</td> <td>49.30</td> <td>19,029</td> <td>35.10</td> <td>8,440</td> <td>15.60</td> <td>54,201</td> <td>75,338</td> <td>71.94 </td></tr> <tr> <td>12</td> <td align="left">Meru</td> <td>483,033</td> <td>88.90</td> <td>55,951</td> <td>10.30</td> <td>4,596</td> <td>0.80</td> <td>543,580</td> <td>702,480</td> <td>77.38 </td></tr> <tr> <td>13</td> <td align="left">Tharaka–Nithi</td> <td>162,923</td> <td>93.30</td> <td>10,334</td> <td>5.90</td> <td>1,458</td> <td>0.80</td> <td>174,715</td> <td>213,154</td> <td>81.97 </td></tr> <tr> <td>14</td> <td align="left">Embu</td> <td>232,409</td> <td>92.20</td> <td>17,623</td> <td>7.00</td> <td>2,108</td> <td>0.80</td> <td>252,140</td> <td>309,468</td> <td>81.48 </td></tr> <tr> <td>15</td> <td align="left">Kitui</td> <td>64,726</td> <td>18.00</td> <td>287,198</td> <td>79.90</td> <td>7,434</td> <td>2.10</td> <td>359,358</td> <td>474,512</td> <td>75.73 </td></tr> <tr> <td>16</td> <td align="left">Machakos</td> <td>83,039</td> <td>17.60</td> <td>381,220</td> <td>80.90</td> <td>6,853</td> <td>1.50</td> <td>471,112</td> <td>620,254</td> <td>75.95 </td></tr> <tr> <td>17</td> <td align="left">Makueni</td> <td>27,424</td> <td>8.20</td> <td>301,155</td> <td>90.60</td> <td>3,903</td> <td>1.20</td> <td>332,482</td> <td>423,310</td> <td>78.54 </td></tr> <tr> <td>18</td> <td align="left">Nyandarua</td> <td>286,555</td> <td>99.00</td> <td>2,305</td> <td>0.80</td> <td>624</td> <td>0.20</td> <td>289,484</td> <td>335,634</td> <td>86.25 </td></tr> <tr> <td>19</td> <td align="left">Nyeri</td> <td>388,362</td> <td>98.40</td> <td>4,719</td> <td>1.20</td> <td>1,428</td> <td>0.40</td> <td>394,509</td> <td>456,949</td> <td>86.34 </td></tr> <tr> <td>20</td> <td align="left">Kirinyaga</td> <td>297,086</td> <td>98.60</td> <td>3,117</td> <td>1.00</td> <td>1,058</td> <td>0.40</td> <td>301,261</td> <td>349,836</td> <td>86.11 </td></tr> <tr> <td>21</td> <td align="left">Murang'a</td> <td>498,051</td> <td>97.90</td> <td>9,133</td> <td>1.80</td> <td>1,624</td> <td>0.30</td> <td>508,808</td> <td>587,126</td> <td>86.66 </td></tr> <tr> <td>22</td> <td align="left">Kiambu</td> <td>913,607</td> <td>92.70</td> <td>69,157</td> <td>7.00</td> <td>2,653</td> <td>0.30</td> <td>985,417</td> <td>1,180,920</td> <td>83.44 </td></tr> <tr> <td>23</td> <td align="left">Turkana</td> <td>59,239</td> <td>44.90</td> <td>71,326</td> <td>54.10</td> <td>1,249</td> <td>0.90</td> <td>131,814</td> <td>191,435</td> <td>68.86 </td></tr> <tr> <td>24</td> <td align="left">West Pokot</td> <td>97,677</td> <td>64.80</td> <td>51,930</td> <td>34.40</td> <td>1,174</td> <td>0.80</td> <td>150,781</td> <td>180,232</td> <td>83.66 </td></tr> <tr> <td>25</td> <td align="left">Samburu</td> <td>31,786</td> <td>49.70</td> <td>31,661</td> <td>49.50</td> <td>541</td> <td>0.80</td> <td>63,988</td> <td>82,787</td> <td>77.29 </td></tr> <tr> <td>26</td> <td align="left">Trans Nzoia</td> <td>110,338</td> <td>44.60</td> <td>134,462</td> <td>54.30</td> <td>2,840</td> <td>1.10</td> <td>247,640</td> <td>339,622</td> <td>72.92 </td></tr> <tr> <td>27</td> <td align="left">Uasin Gishu</td> <td>267,392</td> <td>78.20</td> <td>72,574</td> <td>21.20</td> <td>1,934</td> <td>0.60</td> <td>341,900</td> <td>450,055</td> <td>75.97 </td></tr> <tr> <td>28</td> <td align="left">Elgeyo Marakwet</td> <td>138,755</td> <td>94.70</td> <td>7,046</td> <td>4.80</td> <td>784</td> <td>0.50</td> <td>146,585</td> <td>180,664</td> <td>81.14 </td></tr> <tr> <td>29</td> <td align="left">Nandi</td> <td>235,739</td> <td>86.80</td> <td>34,148</td> <td>12.60</td> <td>1,686</td> <td>0.60</td> <td>271,573</td> <td>346,007</td> <td>78.49 </td></tr> <tr> <td>30</td> <td align="left">Baringo</td> <td>161,634</td> <td>84.90</td> <td>27,725</td> <td>14.60</td> <td>1,085</td> <td>0.60</td> <td>190,444</td> <td>232,258</td> <td>82.00 </td></tr> <tr> <td>31</td> <td align="left">Laikipia</td> <td>177,747</td> <td>89.10</td> <td>20,872</td> <td>10.50</td> <td>927</td> <td>0.50</td> <td>199,546</td> <td>246,487</td> <td>80.96 </td></tr> <tr> <td>32</td> <td align="left">Nakuru</td> <td>639,528</td> <td>84.80</td> <td>111,789</td> <td>14.80</td> <td>3,220</td> <td>0.40</td> <td>754,537</td> <td>949,618</td> <td>79.46 </td></tr> <tr> <td>33</td> <td align="left">Narok</td> <td>149,989</td> <td>53.10</td> <td>130,056</td> <td>46.10</td> <td>2,166</td> <td>0.80</td> <td>282,211</td> <td>341,730</td> <td>82.58 </td></tr> <tr> <td>34</td> <td align="left">Kajiado</td> <td>186,326</td> <td>57.10</td> <td>138,585</td> <td>42.50</td> <td>1,386</td> <td>0.40</td> <td>326,297</td> <td>411,193</td> <td>79.35 </td></tr> <tr> <td>35</td> <td align="left">Kericho</td> <td>281,773</td> <td>92.90</td> <td>19,562</td> <td>6.40</td> <td>2,135</td> <td>0.70</td> <td>303,470</td> <td>375,668</td> <td>80.78 </td></tr> <tr> <td>36</td> <td align="left">Bomet</td> <td>229,581</td> <td>87.00</td> <td>32,002</td> <td>12.10</td> <td>2,279</td> <td>0.90</td> <td>263,862</td> <td>322,012</td> <td>81.94 </td></tr> <tr> <td>37</td> <td align="left">Kakamega</td> <td>63,910</td> <td>11.50</td> <td>485,373</td> <td>87.40</td> <td>6,298</td> <td>1.10</td> <td>555,581</td> <td>743,736</td> <td>74.70 </td></tr> <tr> <td>38</td> <td align="left">Vihiga</td> <td>18,562</td> <td>9.10</td> <td>181,889</td> <td>89.60</td> <td>2,451</td> <td>1.20</td> <td>202,902</td> <td>272,409</td> <td>74.48 </td></tr> <tr> <td>39</td> <td align="left">Bungoma</td> <td>127,415</td> <td>30.20</td> <td>287,316</td> <td>68.10</td> <td>7,185</td> <td>1.70</td> <td>421,916</td> <td>559,850</td> <td>75.36 </td></tr> <tr> <td>40</td> <td align="left">Busia</td> <td>34,496</td> <td>12.50</td> <td>240,416</td> <td>86.80</td> <td>2,022</td> <td>0.70</td> <td>276,934</td> <td>351,048</td> <td>78.89 </td></tr> <tr> <td>41</td> <td align="left">Siaya</td> <td>2,533</td> <td>0.70</td> <td>376,647</td> <td>99.10</td> <td>840</td> <td>0.20</td> <td>380,020</td> <td>457,953</td> <td>82.98 </td></tr> <tr> <td>42</td> <td align="left">Kisumu</td> <td>7,743</td> <td>1.80</td> <td>430,229</td> <td>97.90</td> <td>1,451</td> <td>0.30</td> <td>439,423</td> <td>539,210</td> <td>81.49 </td></tr> <tr> <td>43</td> <td align="left">Homa Bay</td> <td>1,952</td> <td>0.50</td> <td>400,218</td> <td>99.40</td> <td>666</td> <td>0.20</td> <td>402,836</td> <td>476,875</td> <td>84.47 </td></tr> <tr> <td>44</td> <td align="left">Migori</td> <td>45,655</td> <td>14.20</td> <td>274,938</td> <td>85.40</td> <td>1,534</td> <td>0.50</td> <td>322,127</td> <td>388,633</td> <td>82.89 </td></tr> <tr> <td>45</td> <td align="left">Kisii</td> <td>175,415</td> <td>43.20</td> <td>224,855</td> <td>55.40</td> <td>5,602</td> <td>1.40</td> <td>405,872</td> <td>546,580</td> <td>74.26 </td></tr> <tr> <td>46</td> <td align="left">Nyamira</td> <td>106,894</td> <td>52.10</td> <td>95,470</td> <td>46.50</td> <td>2,912</td> <td>1.40</td> <td>205,276</td> <td>278,853</td> <td>73.61 </td></tr> <tr> <td>47</td> <td align="left">Nairobi City</td> <td>793,065</td> <td>48.50</td> <td>834,032</td> <td>51.00</td> <td>8,319</td> <td>0.50</td> <td>1,635,416</td> <td>2,250,853</td> <td>72.66 </td></tr> <tr> <td>48</td> <td align="left">Diaspora</td> <td>1,504</td> <td>52.90</td> <td>1,321</td> <td>46.40</td> <td>19</td> <td>0.70</td> <td>2,844</td> <td>4,393</td> <td>64.74 </td></tr> <tr> <td>49</td> <td align="left">Prisons</td> <td>1,887</td> <td>45.70</td> <td>2,214</td> <td>53.60</td> <td>30</td> <td>0.70</td> <td>4,131</td> <td>5,528</td> <td>74.73 </td></tr> <tr class="sortbottom" style="font-weight:bold"> <td colspan="2" style="text-align:left;">Total</td> <td>8,223,369</td> <td>54.17</td> <td>6,822,812</td> <td>44.94</td> <td>135,359</td> <td>0.89</td> <td>15,181,540</td> <td>19,611,423</td> <td>77.41 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Senate">Senate</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2017_Kenyan_general_election&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Senate"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Three women, <a href="/wiki/Uasin_Gishu" class="mw-redirect" title="Uasin Gishu">Uasin Gishu</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Margaret_Kamar" title="Margaret Kamar">Margaret Kamar</a>, <a href="/wiki/Susan_Kihika" title="Susan Kihika">Susan Kihika</a> of <a href="/wiki/Nakuru" title="Nakuru">Nakuru</a> and <a href="/w/index.php?title=Fatuma_Dullo&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Fatuma Dullo (page does not exist)">Fatuma Dullo</a> of <a href="/wiki/Isiolo" title="Isiolo">Isiolo</a> became the first women in Kenya's history to be elected to the Senate rather than appointed.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Kihika was also elected Senate Majority Whip on 31 August.<sup id="cite_ref-hppvqnnp_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hppvqnnp-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable sortable"><caption></caption><tbody><tr><th scope="col" colspan="2" rowspan="2">Party</th><th scope="col" rowspan="2">Votes</th><th scope="col" rowspan="2">%</th><th colspan="5" scope="col">Seats</th><th scope="col" rowspan="2">+/–</th></tr><tr><th scope="col">County</th><th scope="col">Women</th><th scope="col">Youth</th><th scope="col">Disabled</th><th scope="col">Total</th></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#E52C1A"></td><td><a href="/wiki/Jubilee_Party" title="Jubilee Party">Jubilee Party</a></td><td style="text-align:right">6,265,112</td><td style="text-align:right">41.46</td><td style="text-align:right">24</td><td style="text-align:right">8</td><td style="text-align:right">1</td><td style="text-align:right">1</td><td style="text-align:right">34</td><td style="text-align:right">–2</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#F38521"></td><td><a href="/wiki/Orange_Democratic_Movement" title="Orange Democratic Movement">Orange Democratic Movement</a></td><td style="text-align:right">3,603,167</td><td style="text-align:right">23.84</td><td style="text-align:right">13</td><td style="text-align:right">5</td><td style="text-align:right">1</td><td style="text-align:right">1</td><td style="text-align:right">20</td><td style="text-align:right">+3</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#00ADEF"></td><td><a href="/wiki/Wiper_Democratic_Movement_%E2%80%93_Kenya" title="Wiper Democratic Movement – Kenya">Wiper Democratic Movement – Kenya</a></td><td style="text-align:right">940,218</td><td style="text-align:right">6.22</td><td style="text-align:right">2</td><td style="text-align:right">1</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td><td style="text-align:right">3</td><td style="text-align:right">–2</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:brown"></td><td><a href="/wiki/Amani_National_Congress" title="Amani National Congress">Amani National Congress</a></td><td style="text-align:right">493,222</td><td style="text-align:right">3.26</td><td style="text-align:right">2</td><td style="text-align:right">1</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td><td style="text-align:right">3</td><td style="text-align:right">New</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#F50519"></td><td><a href="/wiki/Kenya_African_National_Union" title="Kenya African National Union">Kenya African National Union</a></td><td style="text-align:right">502,087</td><td style="text-align:right">3.32</td><td style="text-align:right">2</td><td style="text-align:right">1</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td><td style="text-align:right">3</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#339933"></td><td><a href="/wiki/Forum_for_the_Restoration_of_Democracy_%E2%80%93_Kenya" title="Forum for the Restoration of Democracy – Kenya">FORD–Kenya</a></td><td style="text-align:right">556,638</td><td style="text-align:right">3.68</td><td style="text-align:right">1</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td><td style="text-align:right">1</td><td style="text-align:right">–3</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#51B757"></td><td><a href="/wiki/Chama_Cha_Uzalendo" title="Chama Cha Uzalendo">Chama Cha Uzalendo</a></td><td style="text-align:right">199,031</td><td style="text-align:right">1.32</td><td style="text-align:right">1</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td><td style="text-align:right">1</td><td style="text-align:right">+1</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:DarkMagenta"></td><td><a href="/wiki/Party_of_Development_and_Reforms" class="mw-redirect" title="Party of Development and Reforms">Party of Development and Reforms</a></td><td style="text-align:right">15,547</td><td style="text-align:right">0.10</td><td style="text-align:right">1</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td><td style="text-align:right">1</td><td style="text-align:right">New</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:white"></td><td>Other parties</td><td style="text-align:right">1,188,476</td><td style="text-align:right">7.86</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td><td style="text-align:right">–</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#DCDCDC"></td><td>Independents</td><td style="text-align:right">1,347,805</td><td style="text-align:right">8.92</td><td style="text-align:right">1</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td><td style="text-align:right">1</td><td style="text-align:right">+1</td></tr><tr class="sortbottom" style="font-weight:bold"><td colspan="2">Total</td><td style="text-align:right">15,111,303</td><td style="text-align:right">100.00</td><td style="text-align:right">47</td><td style="text-align:right">16</td><td style="text-align:right">2</td><td style="text-align:right">2</td><td style="text-align:right">67</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td></tr><tr class="sortbottom"><td colspan="10" style="color:black;background:#eaecf0"></td></tr><tr class="sortbottom" style="text-align:right"><td colspan="10" style="text-align:left">Source: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://archive.ipu.org/parline-e/reports/2168_E.htm">IPU</a>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.iebc.or.ke/uploads/resources/siEABKREDq.pdf">Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="National_Assembly">National Assembly</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2017_Kenyan_general_election&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: National Assembly"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable"><caption></caption><tbody><tr><th scope="col" colspan="2" rowspan="2">Party</th><th scope="col" colspan="3">Constituency</th><th scope="col" colspan="3">County (women)</th><th colspan="5" scope="col">Seats</th></tr><tr><th scope="col" rowspan="1">Votes</th><th scope="col" rowspan="1">%</th><th scope="col" rowspan="1">Seats</th><th scope="col" rowspan="1">Votes</th><th scope="col" rowspan="1">%</th><th scope="col" rowspan="1">Seats</th><th scope="col">Appointed</th><th scope="col">Total</th><th scope="col">+/–</th></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#E52C1A"></td><td><a href="/wiki/Jubilee_Party" title="Jubilee Party">Jubilee Party</a></td><td style="text-align:right">6,029,273</td><td style="text-align:right">40.20</td><td style="text-align:right">140</td><td style="text-align:right">6,337,957</td><td style="text-align:right">41.79</td><td style="text-align:right">25</td><td style="text-align:right">6</td><td style="text-align:right">171</td><td style="text-align:right">–33</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#F38521"></td><td><a href="/wiki/Orange_Democratic_Movement" title="Orange Democratic Movement">Orange Democratic Movement</a></td><td style="text-align:right">2,884,267</td><td style="text-align:right">19.23</td><td style="text-align:right">62</td><td style="text-align:right">3,649,509</td><td style="text-align:right">24.06</td><td style="text-align:right">11</td><td style="text-align:right">3</td><td style="text-align:right">76</td><td style="text-align:right">–20</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#00ADEF"></td><td><a href="/wiki/Wiper_Democratic_Movement_%E2%80%93_Kenya" title="Wiper Democratic Movement – Kenya">Wiper Democratic Movement – Kenya</a></td><td style="text-align:right">770,875</td><td style="text-align:right">5.14</td><td style="text-align:right">19</td><td style="text-align:right">882,174</td><td style="text-align:right">5.82</td><td style="text-align:right">3</td><td style="text-align:right">1</td><td style="text-align:right">23</td><td style="text-align:right">–3</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:brown"></td><td><a href="/wiki/Amani_National_Congress" title="Amani National Congress">Amani National Congress</a></td><td style="text-align:right">569,022</td><td style="text-align:right">3.79</td><td style="text-align:right">12</td><td style="text-align:right">357,146</td><td style="text-align:right">2.36</td><td style="text-align:right">1</td><td style="text-align:right">1</td><td style="text-align:right">14</td><td style="text-align:right">New</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#339933"></td><td><a href="/wiki/Forum_for_the_Restoration_of_Democracy_%E2%80%93_Kenya" title="Forum for the Restoration of Democracy – Kenya">FORD–Kenya</a></td><td style="text-align:right">495,043</td><td style="text-align:right">3.30</td><td style="text-align:right">10</td><td style="text-align:right">458,770</td><td style="text-align:right">3.03</td><td style="text-align:right">1</td><td style="text-align:right">1</td><td style="text-align:right">12</td><td style="text-align:right">+2</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#F50519"></td><td><a href="/wiki/Kenya_African_National_Union" title="Kenya African National Union">Kenya African National Union</a></td><td style="text-align:right">366,808</td><td style="text-align:right">2.45</td><td style="text-align:right">8</td><td style="text-align:right">357,146</td><td style="text-align:right">2.36</td><td style="text-align:right">2</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td><td style="text-align:right">10</td><td style="text-align:right">+4</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#0002C5"></td><td><a href="/wiki/Economic_Freedom_Party" title="Economic Freedom Party">Economic Freedom Party</a></td><td style="text-align:right">66,711</td><td style="text-align:right">0.44</td><td style="text-align:right">4</td><td style="text-align:right">65,698</td><td style="text-align:right">0.43</td><td style="text-align:right">1</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td><td style="text-align:right">5</td><td style="text-align:right">New</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#632F91"></td><td><a href="/wiki/Maendeleo_Chap_Chap_Party" title="Maendeleo Chap Chap Party">Maendeleo Chap Chap Party</a></td><td style="text-align:right">251,876</td><td style="text-align:right">1.68</td><td style="text-align:right">3</td><td style="text-align:right">191,345</td><td style="text-align:right">1.26</td><td style="text-align:right">1</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td><td style="text-align:right">4</td><td style="text-align:right">New</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:DarkMagenta"></td><td><a href="/wiki/Party_of_Development_and_Reforms" class="mw-redirect" title="Party of Development and Reforms">Party of Development and Reforms</a></td><td style="text-align:right">67,515</td><td style="text-align:right">0.45</td><td style="text-align:right">3</td><td style="text-align:right">225,557</td><td style="text-align:right">1.49</td><td style="text-align:right">1</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td><td style="text-align:right">4</td><td style="text-align:right">New</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#ffff00"></td><td><a href="/wiki/Chama_Cha_Mashinani" title="Chama Cha Mashinani">Chama Cha Mashinani</a></td><td style="text-align:right">90,923</td><td style="text-align:right">0.61</td><td style="text-align:right">2</td><td style="text-align:right">151,062</td><td style="text-align:right">1.00</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td><td style="text-align:right">2</td><td style="text-align:right">New</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:black"></td><td><a href="/wiki/Kenya_National_Congress" title="Kenya National Congress">Kenya National Congress</a></td><td style="text-align:right">44,222</td><td style="text-align:right">0.29</td><td style="text-align:right">2</td><td style="text-align:right">8,516</td><td style="text-align:right">0.06</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td><td style="text-align:right">2</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#CC5801"></td><td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kenya_People%27s_Party&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kenya People's Party (page does not exist)">Kenya People's Party</a></td><td style="text-align:right">23,785</td><td style="text-align:right">0.16</td><td style="text-align:right">2</td><td style="text-align:right">9,019</td><td style="text-align:right">0.06</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td><td style="text-align:right">2</td><td style="text-align:right">New</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#FF6600"></td><td><a href="/wiki/Peoples_Democratic_Party_(Kenya)" title="Peoples Democratic Party (Kenya)">Peoples Democratic Party</a></td><td style="text-align:right">53,358</td><td style="text-align:right">0.36</td><td style="text-align:right">2</td><td colspan="3"></td><td style="text-align:right">0</td><td style="text-align:right">2</td><td style="text-align:right">+1</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#51B757"></td><td><a href="/wiki/Chama_Cha_Uzalendo" title="Chama Cha Uzalendo">Chama Cha Uzalendo</a></td><td style="text-align:right">30,926</td><td style="text-align:right">0.21</td><td style="text-align:right">1</td><td style="text-align:right">38,047</td><td style="text-align:right">0.25</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td><td style="text-align:right">1</td><td style="text-align:right">–1</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#254306"></td><td><a href="/wiki/Muungano_Party" title="Muungano Party">Muungano Party</a></td><td style="text-align:right">63,320</td><td style="text-align:right">0.42</td><td style="text-align:right">1</td><td colspan="3"></td><td style="text-align:right">0</td><td style="text-align:right">1</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#E23237"></td><td><a href="/w/index.php?title=New_Democrats_(Kenya)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="New Democrats (Kenya) (page does not exist)">New Democrats</a></td><td style="text-align:right">24,343</td><td style="text-align:right">0.16</td><td style="text-align:right">1</td><td style="text-align:right">22,127</td><td style="text-align:right">0.15</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td><td style="text-align:right">1</td><td style="text-align:right">+1</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#00008B"></td><td><a href="/wiki/Party_of_National_Unity_(Kenya)" title="Party of National Unity (Kenya)">Party of National Unity</a></td><td style="text-align:right">179,130</td><td style="text-align:right">1.19</td><td style="text-align:right">1</td><td style="text-align:right">67,539</td><td style="text-align:right">0.45</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td><td style="text-align:right">1</td><td style="text-align:right">New</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#336600"></td><td><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(Kenya)" title="Democratic Party (Kenya)">Democratic Party</a></td><td style="text-align:right">70,388</td><td style="text-align:right">0.47</td><td style="text-align:right">1</td><td style="text-align:right">3,057</td><td style="text-align:right">0.02</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td><td style="text-align:right">1</td><td style="text-align:right">+1</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#085E0A"></td><td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Frontier_Alliance_Party&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Frontier Alliance Party (page does not exist)">Frontier Alliance Party</a></td><td style="text-align:right">39,462</td><td style="text-align:right">0.26</td><td style="text-align:right">1</td><td style="text-align:right">35,336</td><td style="text-align:right">0.23</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td><td style="text-align:right">1</td><td style="text-align:right">New</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#2D4766"></td><td><a href="/wiki/National_Agenda_Party_(Kenya)" title="National Agenda Party (Kenya)">National Agenda Party</a></td><td style="text-align:right">17,421</td><td style="text-align:right">0.12</td><td style="text-align:right">1</td><td colspan="3"></td><td style="text-align:right">0</td><td style="text-align:right">1</td><td style="text-align:right">+1</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:white"></td><td>Other parties</td><td style="text-align:right">514,203</td><td style="text-align:right">3.43</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td><td style="text-align:right">411,720</td><td style="text-align:right">2.71</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td><td style="text-align:right">–</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#DCDCDC"></td><td>Independents</td><td style="text-align:right">2,347,061</td><td style="text-align:right">15.65</td><td style="text-align:right">13</td><td style="text-align:right">1,893,666</td><td style="text-align:right">12.49</td><td style="text-align:right">1</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td><td style="text-align:right">14</td><td style="text-align:right">+10</td></tr><tr class="sortbottom" style="font-weight:bold"><td colspan="2">Total</td><td style="text-align:right">14,999,932</td><td style="text-align:right">100.00</td><td style="text-align:right">289</td><td style="text-align:right">15,165,391</td><td style="text-align:right">100.00</td><td style="text-align:right">47</td><td style="text-align:right">12</td><td style="text-align:right">348</td><td style="text-align:right">–1</td></tr><tr class="sortbottom"><td colspan="11" style="color:black;background:#eaecf0"></td></tr><tr class="sortbottom" style="text-align:right"><th scope="row" colspan="2" style="text-align:left;font-weight:normal;color:inherit;background:inherit">Registered voters/turnout</th><td>19,611,423</td><td>–</td><td></td><td>19,611,423</td><td>–</td><td></td><td colspan="4"></td></tr><tr class="sortbottom" style="text-align:right"><td colspan="11" style="text-align:left">Source: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://archive.ipu.org/parline-e/reports/2167_E.htm">IPU</a>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.iebc.or.ke/uploads/resources/siEABKREDq.pdf">Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Governors">Governors</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2017_Kenyan_general_election&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Governors"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Three women were elected as governors for the first time for their respective counties – <a href="/wiki/Joyce_Laboso" title="Joyce Laboso">Joyce Laboso</a> of <a href="/wiki/Bomet_County" title="Bomet County">Bomet County</a>, <a href="/wiki/Charity_Ngilu" title="Charity Ngilu">Charity Ngilu</a> of <a href="/wiki/Kitui_County" title="Kitui County">Kitui County</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Anne_Waiguru" title="Anne Waiguru">Anne Waiguru</a> of <a href="/wiki/Kirinyaga_County" title="Kirinyaga County">Kirinyaga County</a>. 25 out of 47 governors lost their seats.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 29 of the 47 governors are members of the ruling Jubilee Party. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Reactions">Reactions</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2017_Kenyan_general_election&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Reactions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Domestic">Domestic</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2017_Kenyan_general_election&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Domestic"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Opposition leader <a href="/wiki/Raila_Odinga" title="Raila Odinga">Raila Odinga</a>, alleged that the results had been tampered with by hackers.<sup id="cite_ref-AlJazeeraEightNine_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AlJazeeraEightNine-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At that time, he offered no evidence to justify his claim, which the head of Kenya's electoral commission dismissed.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Following the election, there were protests in <a href="/wiki/Kisumu" title="Kisumu">Kisumu</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kibera" title="Kibera">Kibera</a> and <a href="/wiki/Mathare" title="Mathare">Mathare</a> where Odinga enjoys major political support, some of which turned violent and deadly.<sup id="cite_ref-AlJazeeraEightNine_26-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AlJazeeraEightNine-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Odinga published his own results, which put him ahead, and claimed that the commission's IT system had been hacked and that Kenya had seen the worst "voter theft" in its history.<sup id="cite_ref-bbc_28-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bbc-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The chairman of the electoral commission, Wafula Chebukati, responded that his organisation was the only body allowed to count votes and that while there had been an attempt to hack the commission, it had failed.<sup id="cite_ref-bbc_28-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bbc-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A week after the vote, Odinga announced he would challenge the results in Kenya's Supreme Court. </p><p><i><a href="/wiki/The_Economist" title="The Economist">The Economist</a></i> did its own count of a small sample of paper ballots, which tallied with the electronic results.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Kenyatta's reaction incorporated invitations of several world leaders to his inauguration, including: former US President <a href="/wiki/Barack_Obama" title="Barack Obama">Barack Obama</a>; German Chancellor <a href="/wiki/Angela_Merkel" title="Angela Merkel">Angela Merkel</a>; British Prime Minister <a href="/wiki/Theresa_May" title="Theresa May">Theresa May</a>; Italian Prime Minister <a href="/wiki/Matteo_Renzi" title="Matteo Renzi">Matteo Renzi</a>; Chinese President <a href="/wiki/Xi_Jinping" title="Xi Jinping">Xi Jinping</a>; Liberian President <a href="/wiki/Ellen_Johnson_Sirleaf" title="Ellen Johnson Sirleaf">Ellen Johnson Sirleaf</a>; Nigerian President <a href="/wiki/Muhammadu_Buhari" title="Muhammadu Buhari">Muhammadu Buhari</a>; Rwandan President <a href="/wiki/Paul_Kagame" title="Paul Kagame">Paul Kagame</a>; Ugandan President <a href="/wiki/Yoweri_Museveni" title="Yoweri Museveni">Yoweri Museveni</a>; Tanzanian President <a href="/wiki/John_Magufuli" title="John Magufuli">John Magufuli</a>; South African President <a href="/wiki/Jacob_Zuma" title="Jacob Zuma">Jacob Zuma</a>; His Royal Highness <a href="/wiki/Aga_Khan_IV" title="Aga Khan IV">Aga Khan IV</a>; and Nigerian billionaire tycoon <a href="/wiki/Aliko_Dangote" title="Aliko Dangote">Aliko Dangote</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="International">International</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2017_Kenyan_general_election&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: International"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/African_Union" title="African Union"><img alt="African Union" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Flag_of_the_African_Union.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_African_Union.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Flag_of_the_African_Union.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_African_Union.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Flag_of_the_African_Union.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_African_Union.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/African_Union" title="African Union">African Union</a>: The AU mission led by <a href="/wiki/Thabo_Mbeki" title="Thabo Mbeki">Thabo Mbeki</a> commended the Kenyan people on conducting the election in a peaceful environment. The AU acknowledged the dispute by the opposition, however, Mbeki refused to get involved in the investigation, citing the lack of mandate.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States"><img alt="United States" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Carter_Center" title="Carter Center">Carter Center</a>: The mission headed by <a href="/wiki/John_Kerry" title="John Kerry">John Kerry</a> commended the Kenyan people in conducting the election peacefully. The Carter Center also commended the role of the judiciary throughout the entire electoral process.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_32-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Kerry, who initially said he was "confident in the integrity of the Kenyan elections and praised the country's election commission for its transparency and diligence",<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> later urged that all disputes with the election be handled within the law.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Commonwealth_of_Nations" title="Commonwealth of Nations"><img alt="Commonwealth of Nations" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3f/Infobox_Commonwealth_of_Nations_flag.svg/23px-Infobox_Commonwealth_of_Nations_flag.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3f/Infobox_Commonwealth_of_Nations_flag.svg/35px-Infobox_Commonwealth_of_Nations_flag.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3f/Infobox_Commonwealth_of_Nations_flag.svg/46px-Infobox_Commonwealth_of_Nations_flag.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="180" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Commonwealth_of_Nations" title="Commonwealth of Nations">Commonwealth of Nations</a>: The Chair of the Commonwealth Observer Group, former President of Ghana <a href="/wiki/John_Dramani_Mahama" class="mw-redirect" title="John Dramani Mahama">John Mahama</a>, declared in the group's interim statement that the Kenyan elections across all six levels of government has been "credible, fair and inclusive". He appealed for continued patience as the results continue to be finalised. On allegations of fraud by the opposition leader, Mahama called for political leaders to show "restraint and magnanimity".<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/East_African_Community" title="East African Community"><img alt="East African Community" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/12/Flag_of_the_East_African_Community.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_East_African_Community.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/12/Flag_of_the_East_African_Community.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_East_African_Community.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/12/Flag_of_the_East_African_Community.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_East_African_Community.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="330" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/East_African_Community" title="East African Community">East African Community</a>: The EAC mission led by <a href="/wiki/Edward_Rugumayo" title="Edward Rugumayo">Edward Rugumayo</a> also said that the election conducted was free and fair and that the observer team was also satisfied with the <a href="/wiki/Independent_Electoral_and_Boundaries_Commission" title="Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission">Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission</a>'s response to the hacking claims.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_32-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The commission also appealed for patience towards journalists until the final results are published.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_36-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/European_Union" title="European Union"><img alt="European Union" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/Flag_of_Europe.svg/23px-Flag_of_Europe.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/Flag_of_Europe.svg/35px-Flag_of_Europe.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/Flag_of_Europe.svg/45px-Flag_of_Europe.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="810" data-file-height="540" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/European_Union" title="European Union">European Union</a>: The EU observer team deemed the election free and fair, and commended the role of the <a href="/wiki/Independent_Electoral_and_Boundaries_Commission" title="Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission">Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission</a>. It expressed concern, however, about the high number of spoilt ballots.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_36-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Aftermath">Aftermath</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2017_Kenyan_general_election&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Aftermath"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On 13 August, police said a total of 16 people have been killed in protests.<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The post-election violence ultimately resulted in the deaths of up to fifty people and over 100 injuries. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Inaugurations">Inaugurations</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2017_Kenyan_general_election&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Inaugurations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>It was announced on 13 August that the new Parliament would be sworn in on 22 August, with Kenyatta's second inauguration to follow a week later.<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, Kenyatta's inauguration was pushed back to at least 12 September after Odinga agreed to challenge the results in court.<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was later announced that the reconvening of the Kenyan parliament was delayed to no later than 7 September due to a petition which was filed by groups affiliated with the Federation of Women Lawyers in Kenya (FIDA- Kenya) over the new parliament's lack of women needed to meet the two-thirds gender rule criteria.<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Despite the FIDA- Kenya lawsuit, the IEBC announced on 22 August that it will publish the full list of elected Members of the National Assembly and Members of County Assembly later that day and that the gender-rule lawsuit will not be heard in court until 20 September;<sup id="cite_ref-fidakenya_41-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-fidakenya-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the IEBC had already published the final results and names of the 47 Governors, Woman Representatives and Senators on 14 August.<sup id="cite_ref-fidakenya_41-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-fidakenya-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Standard later reported on 22 August that the Kenyan Parliament will reconvene in the next week.<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 23 August, Kenyatta issued a decree stating that the Parliament will reconvene on 31 August when they assemble to swear in new members and elect respective Speakers and Deputy Speakers.<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 29 August, members-elect of the new Parliament officially underwent the process of registering their <a href="/wiki/Political_spectrum" title="Political spectrum">political orientation</a> and held their first unofficial meetings in Parliament before being sworn-in.<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They then met with respective party leaders on 30 August.<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/12th_Parliament_of_Kenya" title="12th Parliament of Kenya">12th Kenyan Parliament</a><sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> was then sworn in on 31 August<sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and various leaders were elected by members of the Kenyan National Assembly and Kenyan Senate to serve their respective houses as well.<sup id="cite_ref-hppvqnnp_24-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hppvqnnp-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Supreme_Court_decision">Supreme Court decision</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2017_Kenyan_general_election&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Supreme Court decision"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Raila_v_IEBC_(2017)" title="Raila v IEBC (2017)">Raila v IEBC (2017)</a></div> <p>On 28 August, the <a href="/wiki/Supreme_Court_of_Kenya" title="Supreme Court of Kenya">Kenyan Supreme Court</a> heard Odinga's arguments for the first time.<sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Permission was granted to allow two agents of both the ruling party and Odinga's NASA party to audit the IEBC results.<sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Odinga's lawyer, James Orengo, alleged afterwards that the IEBC was denying his team full access to the servers and other equipment that transmitted results from polling stations to the tallying centre despite the court allowing "read-only" access.<sup id="cite_ref-august29_50-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-august29-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Closing arguments then concluded on 29 August and it was announced that the court would make a decision regarding the results of the presidential election on 1 September.<sup id="cite_ref-august29_50-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-august29-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was later announced on 30 August that the IEBC had submitted all result forms for scrutiny in order to give the Supreme Court a clear picture on how Kenyans voted during the elections.<sup id="cite_ref-scrutiny_51-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-scrutiny-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 1 September, the Supreme Court nullified Kenyatta's election victory and ordered a new presidential election to take place within 60 days.<sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 5 September, the IEBC set the next presidential election to be held on 17 October.<sup id="cite_ref-nextelection_53-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nextelection-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Odinga announced that he would not participate in a new presidential election without "legal and constitutional guarantees" against alleged electoral fraud.<sup id="cite_ref-nextelection_53-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nextelection-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, it was later announced on 21 September that the election would be delayed until 26 October after the IEBC sought more time to reform the voting processes.<sup id="cite_ref-bbc-delays_54-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bbc-delays-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The same day, IEBC Legal Affairs officer, Praxedes Tororey, succumbed to sustained pressure from NASA and resigned from her post.<sup id="cite_ref-55" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Evidence">Evidence</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2017_Kenyan_general_election&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Evidence"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Evidence was based on examining the forms that represented the stages of vote collection (41,451 of form 34A, 291 of form 34B and one form 34C). The court requested to inspect the originals of all forms.<sup id="cite_ref-scrutiny_51-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-scrutiny-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li>Form 34A: 10,438 of the forms, out of a total of 41,451, were missing when the results were declared. Some of the forms, presented by IEBC, were carbon copies while others did not bear the IEBC stamp, and some had the IEBC stamp on a photocopy of the original.</li> <li>Form 34B: 10 of the forms were illegible, 56 of them had no watermark, 10 were not signed by the returning officer, and 66 bore no stamp. 31 of the forms had no serial number, and 32 were not signed by party agents.</li> <li>Form 34C: had no security features or serial number. "The form looked like a photocopy."</li></ul> <p>The NASA opposition claimed this jeopardised 7 million votes when the margin of the result was 1.5 million votes. </p><p>On 20 September, Justice Philomena Mwilu issued a court statement saying that the IEBC's refusal to provide access and failure to provide information on the IT system's firewall configuration left the court "no choice but to accept the petitioner's claims that the IEBC's IT system was infiltrated and compromised, and the data therein interfered with, or IEBC's officials themselves interfered with the data."<sup id="cite_ref-kenyasep20_56-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-kenyasep20-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A day before the court delivered its statement, Chief Justice David Maraga said judges on the bench had faced death threats since declaring the election results void and criticized the police for "ignoring calls to act."<sup id="cite_ref-kenyasep20_56-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-kenyasep20-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 21 September, Kenyatta decried the ruling as a "coup."<sup id="cite_ref-57" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Calls_to_prosecute_IEBC_officials">Calls to prosecute IEBC officials</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2017_Kenyan_general_election&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: Calls to prosecute IEBC officials"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On 22 September, Mathare MP Anthony Olouch, a member of NASA<sup id="cite_ref-58" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> who runs a <a href="/wiki/Law_firm" title="Law firm">firm</a> called AT Olouch and Company Advocates,<sup id="cite_ref-kenyasept22_59-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-kenyasept22-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> issued a statement to the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Keriako Tobik calling for the prosecution of the following IEBC officials: CEO <a href="/wiki/Ezra_Chiloba" title="Ezra Chiloba">Ezra Chiloba</a>, Chairman <a href="/wiki/Wafula_Chebukati" title="Wafula Chebukati">Wafula Chebukati</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Betty_Nyabuto&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Betty Nyabuto (page does not exist)">Betty Nyabuto</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Immaculate_Kassait&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Immaculate Kassait (page does not exist)">Immaculate Kassait</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=James_Muhati&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="James Muhati (page does not exist)">James Muhati</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Praxedes_Tororey&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Praxedes Tororey (page does not exist)">Praxedes Tororey</a> (who has since retired), <a href="/w/index.php?title=Moses_Kipkogei&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Moses Kipkogei (page does not exist)">Moses Kipkogei</a>, <a href="/wiki/Abdi_Guliye" class="mw-redirect" title="Abdi Guliye">Abdi Guliye</a>, <a href="/wiki/Molu_Boya" class="mw-redirect" title="Molu Boya">Molu Boya</a> and <a href="/wiki/Marjan_Hussein_Marjan" title="Marjan Hussein Marjan">Marjan Hussein Marjan</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-kenyasept22_59-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-kenyasept22-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The letter also stated, "unless investigation leading into criminal charges and prosecution is commenced within 72 hours [by] this office, our instructions are to institute private prosecutions according to Section 28 of the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions [Act]."<sup id="cite_ref-kenyasept22_59-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-kenyasept22-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Odinga_Withdrawal_from_Second_Election">Odinga Withdrawal from Second Election</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2017_Kenyan_general_election&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: Odinga Withdrawal from Second Election"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On 10 October, Odinga quit the second election, citing problems with the IEBC and withdrawals from his coalition. Odinga strongly believes he cannot go into another election with no reforms in the IEBC.<sup id="cite_ref-60" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Doubts_of_Fair_Second_Presidential_Election">Doubts of Fair Second Presidential Election</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2017_Kenyan_general_election&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: Doubts of Fair Second Presidential Election"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1251242444">.mw-parser-output .ambox{border:1px solid #a2a9b1;border-left:10px solid #36c;background-color:#fbfbfb;box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+link+.ambox{margin-top:-1px}html body.mediawiki .mw-parser-output .ambox.mbox-small-left{margin:4px 1em 4px 0;overflow:hidden;width:238px;border-collapse:collapse;font-size:88%;line-height:1.25em}.mw-parser-output .ambox-speedy{border-left:10px solid #b32424;background-color:#fee7e6}.mw-parser-output .ambox-delete{border-left:10px solid #b32424}.mw-parser-output .ambox-content{border-left:10px solid #f28500}.mw-parser-output .ambox-style{border-left:10px solid #fc3}.mw-parser-output .ambox-move{border-left:10px solid #9932cc}.mw-parser-output .ambox-protection{border-left:10px solid #a2a9b1}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-text{border:none;padding:0.25em 0.5em;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image{border:none;padding:2px 0 2px 0.5em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-imageright{border:none;padding:2px 0.5em 2px 0;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-empty-cell{border:none;padding:0;width:1px}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image-div{width:52px}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .ambox{margin:0 10%}}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .ambox{display:none!important}}</style><table class="box-Missing_information plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-content" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><div class="mbox-image-div"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Wiki_letter_w.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/6c/Wiki_letter_w.svg/44px-Wiki_letter_w.svg.png" decoding="async" width="44" height="44" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/6c/Wiki_letter_w.svg/66px-Wiki_letter_w.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/6c/Wiki_letter_w.svg/88px-Wiki_letter_w.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="44" data-file-height="44" /></a></span></div></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This article <b>is missing information</b> about whether the second round took place, who cancelled it, what the results were.<span class="hide-when-compact"> Please expand the article to include this information. Further details may exist on the <a href="/wiki/Talk:2017_Kenyan_general_election" title="Talk:2017 Kenyan general election">talk page</a>.</span> <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">February 2019</span>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>On 18 October recently resigned IEBC Commissioner, who fled to the United States,<sup id="cite_ref-61" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-61"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> issued a statement declaring that the second Kenyan Presidential election would not be a fair election.<sup id="cite_ref-62" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The same day, IEBC Chairman Wafula Chebukati expressed skepticism about a fair election as well, claiming the IEBC commissioners were partisan-minded and that he resign unless certain conditions are met to reform the IEBC.<sup id="cite_ref-63" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-64" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-64"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 20 October, the IEBC's chief executive officer Ezra Chiloba announced that he will not be monitoring the election and that starting 23 October, he will take a three-week vacation.<sup id="cite_ref-65" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-65"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>65<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Chiloba's departure has created more uncertainty over who will monitor the election.<sup id="cite_ref-66" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-66"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>66<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 24 October, the IEBC announced that it would now count back-up paper ballots and not rush to announce the official results based only on numbers sent from the polling stations like in the first Presidential election as well.<sup id="cite_ref-67" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-67"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>67<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The same day, Chebukati appointed IEBC Vice Chair Consolata N.B. Maina as the IEBC Deputy National Returning Officer.<sup id="cite_ref-68" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-68"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><b>Second Petition Filing</b> </p><p>Honorable Mwau, Njonjo Mue and Khalef Khalifa filed petitions challenging the declaration at Supreme Court on 8 November.This act triggered political deadlock and uncertainty. President Uhuru Kenyatta launched his 24- page response stating his legally elected and accuses the petitioners for being used as NASA 'agents'. He also stated his acceptance on the verdict made to repeat the elections, and further accused the opposition of frustrating IEBC'S capability of handling the elections and attaching the Jubilee administration of interference in the electoral decisions putting it as propaganda. </p><p>He further denied claims of sing state resources for campaigning and involvement of cabinet ministers in his campaign, voter influence, intimidation and corruption during the repeat polls. </p><p>NASA defended its withdrawal in the second polls through its Chief Principal Raila Odinga. NASA Co- Principal maintained that the election was a 'sham' and IEBC was at all not independent as its decisions were solemnly made by foreign organs acting as relations officers to the public and the Jubilee Administration.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (June 2020)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Kenyatta_Inauguration">Kenyatta Inauguration</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2017_Kenyan_general_election&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: Kenyatta Inauguration"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Despite challenges to his second victory, Kenyatta was officially sworn in for a second and final term on 28 November.<sup id="cite_ref-nov2017_69-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nov2017-69"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>69<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Aftermath_2">Aftermath</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2017_Kenyan_general_election&action=edit&section=24" title="Edit section: Aftermath"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 2022, the head of the 2017 Kenya <a href="/wiki/European_Union" title="European Union">European Union</a> <a href="/wiki/Election_monitoring" title="Election monitoring">Election Observation Mission</a> Hannah Roberts, explaining the situation at <a href="/wiki/University_of_Oxford" title="University of Oxford">Oxford University</a>, said: “"The court was under a lot of pressure because of the political tensions that there were between the two sides and also they had a huge amount of evidence that they had to wade through in two weeks so they had an enormous political and practical load on their shoulders. As the days were progressing we could see more of the rationale that they were following and could start to see that possibly they were going to annull this election. For us that was a very key thing that any decision by a court should be something that has a logic is a logical consequence of the legal framework in a country and the evidence of what's actually happened but still when the decision came it was a huge shock for us because it never happened before." ”<sup id="cite_ref-:2_70-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-70"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>70<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>For the court to "demonstrate its ability to operate independently by making a decision against the ruling party it was very difficult on a practical level but of course much better than going to the streets and they're being violent on the streets the other aspect that was very apparent to us was the amount of pressure that was being put on the judiciary throughout the election process in 2017 so before during and after the election when they were subject to extremely harsh criticism extensive complaints and intimidation," she said.<sup id="cite_ref-:2_70-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-70"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>70<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Ugochukwu Ezeh, researcher at Oxford University, called the ruling an "absolutely radical intervention ... but also justifiable based on a plausible reading of the applicable constitutional and statutory frameworks."<sup id="cite_ref-:2_70-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-70"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>70<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He also said that the decision did "reverberate beyond Kenya's borders" and that what he "most admired about the decision was the court's emphasis on the need to conceptualize elections as a process not just as a one day event but to assess, evaluate the quality of an electoral contest we need to look at the process leading up to our voting day."<sup id="cite_ref-:2_70-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-70"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>70<span 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