Cord has said the decentralisation of announcement of presidential results will seal rigging loopholes and manipulation of results. The IEBC has proposed that results declared by county returning officers should be final. Currently, results are tallied and announced at the national tallying centre by the IEBC chairman – the presidential returning officer. The IEBC has proposed that the law be amended to have the presidential election results announced at the constituency and county levels. “If this is the way to go to make presidential results more transparent and acceptable and raise confidence levels, so be it,” Hassan said.

Source: The Star August 02, 2016 23:03 UTC