Kenya: calls for calm as election results expected by tomorrow Tuesday
Kenya, Nairobi, August 13, 2022: The Electoral Commission hard at work at Bomas Center, tabulating the results of the August 9 general election.
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This is the last straight line in Kenya before the announcement of the presidential results expected no later than tomorrow Tuesday according to the Constitution.
Sunday evening, the electoral commission crossed the threshold of 200 constituencies (out of 292) whose results were verified and validated.
After a tense weekend, marked by tussles between supporters of the two main candidates within the national center for compiling the results, calls for calm and patience are increasing
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with our correspondent in Nairobi,
Florence Morice
Riot police, special forces… security around the results compilation center has been further reinforced since Sunday.
Access has been increasingly controlled since, on the night of Saturday to Sunday, supporters of the two main candidates
almost came to blows amid mutual accusations of attempted fraud
.
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In this context of tensions, 14 NGOs, associations and unions have united to appeal for calm and patience, while the Electoral Commission completes its work.
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We call on all political candidates and their supporters to allow this process to take place constitutionally until its completion,
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Mwaura Kabata, member of the Kenyan Lawyers Association.
All aggrieved parties will then have the right to go to court and seek legal redress
.”
Because each of the two coalitions which dispute this election repeat with its partisans that the victory is acquired.
Dangerous speeches, alert warns Khalid Hussein of the NGO HAKI AFRICA.
“
The attitude of politicians disappoints us.
Bombing the torso does nothing to improve the situation.
We therefore call on Kenyans not to be swayed by these persuasive rhetoric.
Whatever the outcome, let's be ready to accept it and move on.
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HAKI Africa alongside 14 of the largest associations, trade unions, health workers, professionals, lawyers and human rights defenders issue #KenyaDecides2022 statement, to address the current situation in relation to the general elections.
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— HAKI Africa (@HakiAfrica) August 14, 2022
Transparency International also calls for restraint on social networks, where partial and partisan estimates and more generally disinformation continue to abound and sow confusion.
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