Kenyan opposition threatens to publish polling-station results
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Citizen
Kenyan opposition leaders threaten to publish results from every polling station in the 2027 presidential election if the electoral commission’s live broadcast is scrapped. Kalonzo Musyoka and Justin Muturi accuse Parliament of weakening the autonomy of the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission, according to Citizen.
Kenyan opposition leaders have announced that they will publish the results from every polling station in the 2027 general election if the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) can no longer broadcast the results live. They made the threat on Sunday during rallies in Kirinyaga and Laikipia counties, Citizen reports.
Kalonzo Musyoka, leader of the Wiper party, and Justin Muturi of the Democratic Party urged both houses of Parliament not to undermine the IEBC’s autonomy. They oppose amendments to the electoral law adopted by the National Assembly and believe they could limit the transparency of the count. Muturi also cited a High Court ruling upholding the national process for verifying and compiling the results.
Martha Karua, leader of the People’s Liberation Party, said the opposition was preparing a system to transmit signed results from polling stations and make them public. Members of the Democracy for the Citizens party, for their part, said they would announce local results before they were transmitted to the IEBC.
The debate is part of the controversy over the removal of the live broadcast of election results, decided on 23 October. A legal challenge seeks to maintain the live broadcast.
