Police use teargas to disperse protesters in Nairobi CBD. [Photo/Bernard Momanyi]
IEBC can’t hold free elections4:16pm: Raila says IEBC cannot conduct free and fair elections, as long as those officers who bungled the elections are still in office.
Reason for anti-IEBCdemos4:15pm: The BASA presidential candidate says the reason for holding anti-IEBC demos is to force CEO Isaac Chiloba and the 10 other commission officials to leave office by “public pressure”. Safaricom employees 4:15pm: “Safaricom allowed this illegality to go on and did not care to report." -- Raila
Election Day4:17pm: Raila “On the Election Day, the stolen KIEMS kits were allowed to continue operating on the Safaricom network, even though the company management knew those kits were not under the control of IEBC.”
Transmitted results never came back4:14pm: Raila: “Results which came from the polling stations, were transmitted through IEBC network to a server hosted in France, but never came back to a server hosted at Bomas of Kenya."
Role of tech firms in elections4:14pm: Raila: “One thing Jubilee and IEBC refused to disclose, and address, even as their claim to be making changes to the election system, is the role of telecommunications firms, particularly Safaricom Kenya played — in collaboration with Safran Morpho in manipulating the August elections in favour of Jubilee and Uhuru Kenyatta.”
‘Tragedy we face today’4:12pm: Raila: “The tragedy we face today, and which we must confront, is not that elections were stolen. It’s that the IEBC, Jubilee and a number of local and international actors are determined to repeat that fraud. They want us to participate in it.”
Worse crimes4:11pm: Raila: “Few crimes are worse than the theft of a people’s right to elect a leader who will address their challenges and fulfil their hopes.”
Raila speaks4:10pm: Raila is holding a press conference, accusing Safaricom of colluding with IEBC and Safran Morpho to manipulate elections.
2:17pm: Nasa leaders expected to march towards IEBC offices in Nairobi this afternoon. The leaders want Chiloba and other election officials to resign for allegedly bungling August elections.
Safaricom implicated
1:55pm: Raila accuses Safaricom of working with the government to rig fresh elections.
Ballot papers
1:47pm: "We will not allow Al Ghurair to print ballot papers for the fresh election," - Raila.
Election results
1:33pm: Raila claims that results from polling stations through KIEMS kits were transmitted to IEBC servers in France. The opposition leader says the real results were never sent back to the country.
Raila speaks
1:30pm: Nasa leader Raila Odinga during a press address at Capitol Hill in Nairobi says the government is trying to interfere with the will of the people.
Raila says Jubilee is determined to ensure President Uhuru Kenyatta retains power through illegal means.
Chiloba speaks
1:25pm: IEBC CEO Ezra Chiloba captured watching Nasa supporters demonstrate against him outside IEBC headquarters in Nairobi.
Chiloba says he has not thought about resigning.
No-go zone!
1:20pm: Anniversary Towers cordoned off by anti-riot police officers who are using teargas to disperse irate Nasa demonstrators.
Running battles
1:13pm: One Nasa supporter has been seriously injured at University Way in Nairobi as protesters engage police in running battles. The injured has been rushed to hospital.
1:01pm: One person has been arrested by the police near IEBC headquarters.
Free to protest
1:00pm: Senior police offices allow protesters to move near IEBC offices, but not to throw stones or destroy property
12:55pm: Nasa leaders are yet to arrive at the Anniversary Towers for the anti-IEBC protests. Police still using teargas to disperse protesters.
Protesters dispersed
12:41pm: Police are using teargas to disperse Nasa and Jubilee supporters who were demonstrating outside the Anniversary Towers.
Release Babu Owino
12:34pm: Nasa supporters chanting slogans asking the police to release Babu Owino.
Jubilee demonstrations
12:32pm: Jubilee supporters are demonstrating against the anti-IEBC demos by Nasa near Anniversary Towers.
12:15pm: Nasa supporters in Kondele, Kisumu County are marching to IEBC offices, demanding resignation of Chiloba.
Babu Owino charged
11:55am: Embakasi East MP Paul Ongili has been charged with two counts of subversion and uttering abusive words against President Uhuru Kenyatta.
He was arrested on Monday.
24-hour ultimatum
11:50am: Mbadi gives the government 24 hours to reinstate Raila, Kalonzo security, failure to which they will call for mass action.
Security withdrawn
11:42am: Mbadi claims Raila's security and that of Kalonzo have been withdrawn. He adds that the government is trying to interfere with their right to picket. The MP claims the state is using Kuria to mobilise Mungiki to cause chaos.
Nasa press address
11:40am: ODM chairman John Mbadi claims Gatundu South MP Moses Kuria is planning chaos by mobilising a group of youth to fight Nasa supporters during anti-IEBC demonstrations.
Mbadi claims Nairobi police boss Japheth Koome is well aware of the alleged plan by the Jubilee Party.
"We will exercise our rights without fear of intimidation," - Mbadi.
11:38am: Pockets of demonstrations at Anniversary Towers. Opposition supporters are chanting "Chiloba must go! Chiloba must go!" slogans.
11:35am: Nasa supporters marching towards IEBC headquarters in Nairobi.
[Photo/Robert Alai]
11:20am: Police officers having breakfast outside the Anniversary Towers ahead of anti-IEBC demonstrations.
11:11am: Nasa co-principal Kalonzo Musyoka claims his security detail and that of Raila Odinga has been withdrawn.
10:50am: There is heavy security at the Anniversary Towers in Nairobi where Nasa leaders and supporters are expected to hold peaceful demonstrations.
[Photo/Cyprian Nyakundi]
10:45am: Kisumu residents have taken anti-IEBC protests to the streets ahead of the main demonstrations in Nairobi.
The youth have lit bonfires, barricaded roads and are chanting anti-Chiloba slogans.
The National Super Alliance (Nasa) is today expected to hold peaceful demonstrations against the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC).
Nasa leaders on Monday confirmed that the march to Anniversary Towers in Nairobi (IEBC headquarters) will aim at forcing some of the polls body officials to resign for allegedly bungling August 8 elections.
Key among officials targeted is CEO Ezra Chiloba, who the Raila Odinga led camp is accusing of working with Jubilee Party too ensure President Uhuru Kenyatta wins the fresh poll ordered by the Supreme Court.
The court on September 1 nullified Mr Kenyatta's victory. The court said the IEBC did conduct the election as the constitution demands.
Nasa has maintained it will not participate in an election presided over by "tainted officials".