Joho ni kifaranga kamili ya kuku – Raila Odinga pic.twitter.com/g8wYTnY63T
— NTV Kenya (@ntvkenya) August 22, 2017
We never thought there would be need to fact-check politicians after the election, but it appears Kenya is on a perpetual political mode. The story has been how IEBC systems were manipulated to have Uhuru Kenyatta constantly at 54%. The same ‘algorithm’ was allegedly applied across all races, particularly the gubernatorial races in the so called swing counties.
Yesterday, Nasa leader Raila Odinga graced Mombasa Governor Hassan Joho’s inauguration, where he said that Joho is a ‘kifaranga kamili ya kuku’. This he said is because unlike other ‘computer governors’ who got 54%, Joho got 66%.
Raila went on to give examples of the counties where the governors figures were adjusted electronically to 54%. He listed Machakos, Lamu, Nairobi, Kajiado and Garissa as the counties where the governors were chosen by computers.
”When you go to Machakos, 54%. When you go to Lamu, 54%. When you go to Nairobi, 54%. When you go to Kajiado, 54%. Garissa 54%. 54 percent is ‘kifaranga ya kompyuta’,” Raila said while addressing the crowd in Kiswahili.
Watch that video above.
I set upon to find out whether this 54% talk holds water. The portal has now transmitted 100% in almost all positions, and confirming was quite easy.
So, here is the list of counties where the governor was elected with 54% of the votes. The numbers have been rounded off appropriately.
Kajiado – Joseph Ole Lenku (54%)
Kirinyaga – Anne Waiguru (54%)
Mandera – Ali Roba (54%)
There you have it. From Raila’s list, only Ole Lenku of Kajiado received 54% of the votes.
The entire election attracted 11,330 candidates across all positions. Personally I don’t see anything suspicious with 3 of them attaining 54%. Also, it is likely that the percentage marks will be biased towards 40s and 50s, considering many races were contested by candidates of almost similar strengths.
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Meanwhile, this is a list of all gubernatorial winners and the percentage they got. The 54%s are in bold.
Baringo – Stanley Kiptis (73%)
Bomet – Joyce Laboso (67%)
Bungoma – Wycliffe Wangamati (48%)
Busia – Sospeter Ojaamong (49%)
Elgeyo Marakwet – Alex Tanui (60%)
Embu – Martin Wambora (39%)
Garissa – Ali Bunow (51%)
Homa Bay – Cypian Awiti (53%)
Isiolo – Mohamed Kuti (52%)
Kajiado – Joseph Ole Lenku (54%)
Kakamega – Wycliffe Oparanya (71%)
Kericho – Paul Chepkwony (95%)
Kiambu – Ferdinand Waititu (78%)
Kilifi – Amason Kingi (67%)
Kirinyaga – Anne Waiguru (54%)
Kisii – James Ongwae (51%)
Kisumu – Anyang’ Nyong’o (63%)
Kitui – Charity Ngilu (47%)
Kwale – Salim Mvurya (65%)
Laikipia – Ndiritu Muriithi (51%)
Lamu – Fahim Twaha (47%)
Machakos – Alfred Mutua (53%)
Makueni – Kivutha Kibwana (88%)
Mandera – Ali Roba (54%)
Meru – Kiraitu Murungi (52%)
Migori – Okoth Obado (63%)
Marsabit – Mohamud Ali (51%)
Mombasa – Hassan Joho (65%)
Muranga – Mwangi wa Iria (69%)
Nairobi – Mike Sonko (53%)
Nakuru – Lee Kinyanjui (85%)
Nandi – Stephen Sang (91%)
Narok – Samuel Tunai (52%)
Nyamira – John Nyagarama (32%)
Nyandarua – Francis Kimemia (79%)
Nyeri – Wahome Gakuru (73%)
Samburu – Moses Lenolkulal (63%)
Siaya – Cornel Rasanga (52%)
Taita Taveta – Granton Samboja (36%)
Tana River – Dhadho Godhana (30%)
Tharaka Nithi – Onesmus Njuki (69%)
Trans Nzoia – Patric Khaemba (55%)
Turkana – Josephat Nanok (58%)
Uasin Gishu – Jackson Mandago (57%)
Vihiga – Wilber Ottichilo (41%)
Wajir – Mohamed Mahamud (41%)
West Pokot – John Lonyang’apuo (58%)
