Land and Conflict Sensitive Journalism sumaries

Sub-Category : Electoral and Boundaries Reforms

Police boss warns against protests

Daily Nation pg 9
Wednesday, 06 Mar 2013

Police have warned against holding celebrations or protests when election results are officially released, saying some people with criminal intent might take advantage to commit crimes. Inspector-General of Police David Kimaiyo sa

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Many rejected votes might cause run-off

Daily Nation pg 6
Wednesday, 06 Mar 2013

The high number of spoilt votes could determine whether the presidential election would head to a run-off. The number of spoilt votes would be factored in when determining if a candidate had met the requisite half of the number of

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Yes, we have problems with vote tallying, says IEBC boss

Daily Nation pg 6
Wednesday, 06 Mar 2013

The electoral team on Tuesday admitted experiencing challenges with its electronic system for transmitting and releasing presidential results. The commission said it will start releasing official results using the manual forms sub

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Hospital’s act of kindness allows patients to cast votes

Standard Pg 36
Tuesday, 05 Mar 2013

Forty-one patients of Nanyuki District Hospital were relieved after the hospital ferried them to various polling stations within Laikipia East, Imenti North and Kieni constituencies. Nanyuki District Hospital Chief Nursing Officer

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Voting marred by chaos after machines hitch

Standard Pg 19
Tuesday, 05 Mar 2013

There were chaotic scenes in most polling stations in Isiolo County as biometric machines meant to identify eligible voters mal-functioned. In the urban polling stations in Central Isiolo, more than 75 per cent of the machines fai

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IEBC admits challenges as clerk arrested

Standard Pg 10
Tuesday, 05 Mar 2013

The Electoral Commission has admitted several challenges during voting. At the same time, a polling clerk was arrested for issuing more than one ballot paper to a voter. “The polling clerk has been arrested and investigation

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Human rights body alleges anomalies, calls for repeat polls

Standard Pg 9
Tuesday, 05 Mar 2013

The Kenya National Commission on Human Rights wants repeat elections in three constituencies, Kilifi North, Kesses, and Changamwe saying polling was chaotic in those areas. Speaking yesterday evening as voting closed, the commissi

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Voter verification slows elections

Standard Pg 7
Tuesday, 05 Mar 2013

Residents of Embakasi in Nairobi turned out to assert the power of their numbers in one of the most heavily contested elections in the area’s history. The electorate in the five constituencies curved out of the former Embaka

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