[NASA presidential candidate Raila Odinga. He has maintained that presidential election results announced at constituency level must remain final. Courtesy: The Star]
Opposition alliance NASA presidential candidate Raila Odinga has maintained that presidential election results announced by returning officers at the constituency level must remain final.
“Returning officers at the constituency level are empowered under the law to declare presidential results. The results declared are final and not even the returning officer has powers to change them,” he noted.
Speaking on Tuesday at his Capitol Hill office, the ODM party leader noted that declaration of poll results at the constituency level will ensure transparency and credibility.
“The commission will only address petitions from those specific constituencies where presidential results have been challenged,” he said.
"In case of a problem in an constituency the returning officer there should be answerable not the Electoral Commission. IEBC has no responsibility over this," he added.
Last month, the High Court ruled that presidential results announced at the constituencies as binding.
IEBC has, however, since appealed the ruling, seeking its reversal.