(iv) Substantial
Non-compliance,
Irregularities
and
Improprieties that Affected the Results
[74] The respondents submitted that the alleged inaccuracies and
inconsistencies in Forms 34A and 34B were minor, inadvertent and in their
totality did not materially affect the declared results. They thus urged the
Court to find that the petitioners have not substantiated the claim that the
said irregularities affected at least 7 million votes.
[75] The respondents’ case in this regard was supported by the 2nd
interested party, Prof. Wainaina who, through his counsel, Mr. Kinyanjui,
submitted that the alleged irregularities were not proved and did not affect
the results in any event.
(v)
Voting, Counting and Tabulation of Results
[76] It was urged by the respondents on the above issue that the results
from the polling stations and the constituency tallying centres were
counted, tabulated and accurately collated in compliance with Article 86 (b)
and (c) of the Constitution as read together with the Elections Act. The
respondents argued therefore that there were no inconsistencies in the
votes cast as captured in Form 34A and Form 34B and averred that the
results in Forms 34B included all polling stations within constituencies.
[77] The 3rd respondent, through the affidavit of Winnie Guchu also
contended that upon the conclusion of voting, the counting exercise
commenced in the presence of all agents present, observers, police officers
and all other authorized persons. She further stated that according to the
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