Questions as result streaming gets slow
Kenyans online have started questioning the slow transmission of presidential results by the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC).
The public portal on which the results were being displayed started slowing down from about 9pm.
Initially polling stations were increasing by the hour but from 9pm the display slowed down.
By 9:50pm, presidential results showed Uhuru Kenyatta leading by 1,665,740 while Raila Odinga came second with 1,319,200 votes.
Kenyans online questioned the slow transmission of results:
The Television is getting ? hot and can’t see any progress of incoming results iebc are you there with us #PresidentialResultsKe
— anthony kiungu (@kiungu_anthony) August 8, 2017
IEBC why do you want to create unnecessary tension amongst Kenyans?
— Austin Otieno (@juniabayano) August 8, 2017
We need to talk about ELECTIONS people. ….why is the iebc taking so long to release results
— ?? Ngûgî ?? (@Mndegwa_P) August 8, 2017
@IEBCKenya the voting process has bn superb.The streaming of results is however worrying.We don’t want to start speculating #ElectionKE2017
— God’s Masterpiece (@tichafrank) August 8, 2017
Hey @IEBCKenya Its a deliberate delay right there. results are not live. Are you stuck? What’s happening behind there? #PresidentialResutsKe
— #8 (@Petr_AMS) August 8, 2017