Nairobi,ย Kenya:ย There was drama at the National Tallying Centre atBomasย ofย Kenyaย as members of CORD andย Jubileeย threatened to take over the podium the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (ย IEBC) commissioners were using to announce theย presidentialย results.
Trouble started when some politicians started shouting at theย IEBCcommissioners as they announcedย resultsย from various constituencies on the grounds that some of theย resultsย being announced had not been verified.
The unfolding drama forcedย IEBCย officials to order that members of both coalitions leave the auditorium.
It was after the move by theย IEBCย to throw them out that the two camps regrouped outside theBomasย ofย Kenyaย Cafeteria where they initially agreed to storm into the auditorium but on walking in, they found commissioners relaying some of theย resultsย with tight security around the podium.
Sections of politicians argued that theย resultsย being announced had not been verified by agents at the national tallying centre.
Theย IEBCย officials however met representatives of both camps in what was an apparent attempt by the electoral body to understand what the grievances of the politicians were.
By the time of going to press, it was agreed that two representatives representing eachย presidentialcandidate be allowed into the tallying room.
Speaking to The Standard, former Sumba MP elect John Mbadi said the leaders were disgruntled because besideย IEBCย allegedly not allowing agents into the tallying room, agents were receiving forms of theย presidentialย resultsย after announcement of theย results.
โThis is a national tallying centre like the one at the county and constituency level.ย You must allow in agents now we do not know what is going in there becauseย IEBCย has chased out all agents. As we speak, no coalition is represented in that room,โ he said
โGiving us forms after announcing theย resultsย will not help because there is no law that allows retraction ofย resultsย once announced,โ he added.
Some of the leaders involved in this protests included Johnstone Muthama, James Orengo, William Kabogo, Dalmas Otieno , John Mbadi and Tirus Ngahu among others.