(a)
Why was the 1st respondent not able to immediately
supply the petitioners’ agents with all the Forms 34 B
upon declaration of results if as it was submitted, the
said results were based on the same, and all of which
were said to have been available?
(b)
Why was the 1st respondent not able to supply all the
Forms 34 A (said to be around 11,000) to the petitioners
as at 14th August 2017; (4) days after the declaration of
results?
(c)
Were all the scanned copies of Forms 34A electronically
transmitted
to
simultaneously
Constituency
the
with
Tallying
National
Tallying
those
transmitted
Centre
in
Centre
to
accordance
the
with
Section 39(1C) of the Elections Act? If so, why would it
have been impossible for the 1st respondent to avail
those copies to the petitioners? If not, why were they
not transmitted in the manner required by the law?
[252] We sought answers to these questions as we listened to the
submissions of counsel on the emerging conundrum. The submissions of
Mr. Nyamodi, on behalf of the 1st respondent, made disturbing if not
startling revelations. According to Counsel, the 1st respondent used Forms
34B as opposed to Forms 34A to declare the final results of the presidential
election. He emphasized that at the time the final results of the presidential
election were declared, all Forms 34B had been collated. It was Counsel’s
submission that, the declaration of Sections 39 (2) and (3) of the Elections
Act, 2011 by the Court of Appeal as being inconsistent with the
Presidential
Petition
No.
1
of
2017
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