Big development in the Kenyan elections. Contacting party agents to get original forms 34A from disputed polling stations, the BBC did not find a single discrepancy
In other words there is “no evidence of interference”
The BBC managed to get copies of the forms given to party agents for 21 polling stations, including in some case from Azimio agents
They find these all match the official results. This means the forms were not tampered with through some kind of hacking
“They were the same”
This perhaps tells us why so many kg the accusations brought by the Azimio side have not been backed up by the hard evidence of the agent’s forms.
These copies seem to have been available to Azimio, but could not be submitted as they would have contradicted the petition.
There are of course eight other serious issues before the Supreme Court so on its own this is not fatal to Odinga’s chances, but it does suggest that a major complaint raised in the Azimio petition cannot be supported by the evidence.
The SC gives its verdict Monday.
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