fora statement on the ongoing
iebc presidential vote tallying
1.the friends of raila (fora)
secretariat thanks kenyans for
coming out in large numbers and
conducting ourselves in a patriotic
and orderly manner during the
historic voting exercise yesterday,
march 4, 2013.
2.we want to bring to your
attention that we have our
presidential tallying centre. We are
receiving results from our agents
across the country as they are
announced at the polling centers.
The numbers we have look very
good and we urge our supporters
not to buy into the scare on tv
screens. We have not released our
in-house tallies because the captain
signed the iebc code-of-conduct
and he has urged us to be
responsible and to wait on iebc's
results. We are continuing to
monitor iebc's provisional results
and only making contact for
clarification where there are any
serious discrepancies with our in-
house tallies. We reiterate that so
far the numbers that we have are
looking very good and our
supporters should not be alarmed at
all.
3.we remind kenyans to note that
so far iebc has released only a
fraction of the total votes cast
across the country. Of importance
to note is that the percentages of
votes per county released by iebc
so far is not uniform. Different
counties have different percentages
of votes tallied so far. Statistically
therefore, the national average,
which is what tv screens are
displaying, cannot and should not
be used by our competitors or
anyone to misinform and mislead
the public that someone is
cumulatively ahead. We urge our
supporters and the public to look at
the numbers being screened on tvs
in context as well as in relation to
statistics paradoxes. As of this
morning iebc had indicated they
had provisional results from about
8000 polling centres. Across the
country we have over 31000 polling
centres.
4.we want our supporters to note
that iebc erred in beginning to
release provisional results while
voting was still going on in many
polling centres. Also the initial
provisional results that were
released to the public were those
from our competitor's strongholds.
We wish to inform the public that at
some point immediately thereafter
the iebc system went down,
affecting the streaming of live
results. In addition, our supporters
should note that just a few tallies
have been released by iebc from
our strongholds.
5.in closing, we want to say again
that our in-house tallying numbers
are looking very good and we are
poised for a big win! We ask for
calmness as iebc continues to
release the results. Always bear in
mind that the numbers coming in
are not uniform across the counties
and therefore the average
percentage cannot and should not
be used as a national average. The
results in so far are provisional. In
fullness of time, we are headed for
a big win.
For any further information please
contact the undersigned.
Signed:
George nyongesa |ceo, the friends
of raila | tel: +254 720 451 235 /
733 827 859 |email:
grnyongesa@yahoo.com
cc: Hon. Kalonzo musyoka
hon. Anyang nyong'o
hon. Franklin bett
mr. Eliud owallo