Media Council Intervenes As Provisional Results Evoke Emotions

Both UDA and Azimio secretariats have dug into each other over their popularity across Kenya triggering the advisory by the media council

Media Council of Kenya is in talks with media houses to harmonize presidential tally reporting .this follows a display of contradicting results by NTV and Citizen as at 7:30 pm. 

The media regulator says it’s in talks with editors and media owners to find an immediate solution to the reportage which is causing anxiety among Kenyans.

The results being displayed by media houses are extracted from the IEBC website and portal based on submitted presidential rallies.

However, media houses have exercised discretion on which regions to report first leading to discrepancy ie Nyanza and Ukambani regions support Raila while Mt Kenya and Rift Valley support William Ruto

MCK has no way of harmonizing the tally by media houses unless presidential returning officer Wafula Chebukati starts issuing hourly cumulative tally of presidential results.

Both UDA and Azimio secretariats have dug into each other over their popularity across Kenya triggering the advisory by the media council