IEBC chairperson Wafula Chebukati [PHOTO/the-star.co.ke]
The Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) has finally bowed to pressure from Kenyans and agreed to announce live constituency results as they flow in at the national tallying centre.
Speaking at the Bomas of Kenya on Friday, IEBC chair Wafula Chebukati said they had initially planned to only announce the total result because returning officers would have already announced them at the constituency level.
"We will heed to Kenyans' wish for us to announce them as they trickle in," Chebuka said as quoted by the Star.
Kenyans are set to elect a President, Governors, MPs, Senators, Woman Representatives, and members of county assemblies on August 8.
Chebukati insisted that the polling station will remain "the true locus for the free exercise of voters' will.
"Votes cast at each polling centre shall be counted, tabulated and the outcome announced without delay by the presiding officer."