odm lost

Ford people’s candidate Manson Nyamweya Oyongo was last night in the lead in the South Mugirango by-elections as shown by provisional results relayed via a new electronic transmission system.

By 10pm Nyamweya had garnered 11,000 votes, followed by PDP’s Omingo Magara with 6,000 while ODM’s Ibrahim Ochoi managed 5,000.

This is the first time the Interim Independent Electoral Commission (IIEC) was relaying election results live electronically.

ODM MPs led by Lands minister James Orengo caused a stir in the counting hall when they rejected the provisional results displayed by the IIEC.

They said the IIEC was sending wrong signals because the media was relying on the provisional results and that was likely to mislead the public.

The Minister asked the returning officer Mr Bonventure Obongoya to post actual results

and not provisional ones.

Fisheries minister Paul Otuoma also denounced the results displayed by IIEC saying they were misleading.

Following the protests that threatened to disrupt the counting, the IIEC was forced to withdraw the e-tallying system and resorted to manual counting.

The e- system on test run by IIEC comes in the wake of the launch of nationwide fibre optics network.

IIEC may adopt the system if it proves effective, according to the Chief executive officer

James Oswago, who spoke to the Standard in an interview.