Azimio la Umoja-One Kenya coalition candidate Raila Odinga is leading the presidential race ahead of UDA’s William Ruto.
This is according to the official results announced by the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) from 69 constituencies as at Saturday 1500hrs.
With over 26% of votes counted, Raila had 54% and Ruto had 45%. The results are being displayed on a large screen at the IEBC presidential tallying centre at the Bomas of Kenya.
Kenya took to the ballot on Tuesday, August 9, 2022 to elect new leaders both at the local and National level.
Raila and Ruto are in a tight race to succeed President Uhuru Kenyatta who has finished his two-term limit.
Kenyans have been anxiously waiting for the announcement of the official presidential results. The process has, however, been slow since all the 34A and 34B forms have been subjected to a verification process before any announcement is made.
IEBC chairman Wafula Chebukati who is also the presidential returning officer blamed party agents, who are allowed to scrutinise results forms before they are added to the final tally.
The media started tallying the provisional results after the vote on Tuesday evening which showed Raila and Ruto neck to neck in a tight race.
The tallying of the provisional results, however, stopped after the IEBC started receiving results from constituency level, with Webuye East constituency in Bungoma County having been the first one to submit the results.
The provisional results showed small margins between Raila and Ruto.
Azimio la Umoja on Saturday held an inaugural conference of inspiration, congratulations and challenge for all its elected members.
They stopped just short of saying the ‘sacred’ words reserved for the IEBC, the name of the next president of the Republic of Kenya.
The meeting at the Kenyatta International Convention Centre was chaired by running mate Martha Karua who all but said Azimio-One-Kenya had won.
She said they had “the numbers” in Parliament and cited victories in numbers of governors and other seats won by the alliance and announced by the IEBC .
Azimio has its own tallying centre, as does Ruto, UDA flagbearer and Kenya Kwanza leader.
Participants wore Azimio blue as an ecstatic crowd gathered outside KICC.
The tallying of the presidential results is ongoing at the Bomas of Kenya in Nairobi with the IEBC required to declare the winner before Tuesday, August 16, 2022.