Without providing any proof, the secretary-general of Kenya's governing party has said there was election rigging, fuelling public anxiety on Friday as media outlets significantly slowed down their unofficial tallies from Tuesday's tight vote.
Only the electoral commission is authorised to declare a winner, but the tallies done by media were seen as a bulwark against the kind of rigging allegations that have previously sparked violence.
"Agents in this exercise cannot proceed in the manner which we are proceeding, as if we are doing a forensic audit," he told a news briefing at the tallying centre.Later on Friday, Chebukati told reporters an election officer posted in Embakasi East constituency went missing on Thursday morning after stepping outside to make a phone call. His disappearance has been reported to police, he said.
Ian Dan, a parcel service attendant in the main bus park in Odinga's stronghold of Kisumu in western Kenya, said business was very slow.
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