Kenya election: less than half of those eligible thought to have voted

Estimates that just 34.5% of registered voters turned out would undermine credibility of mandate claimed by assured winner Uhuru Kenyatta

Early estimates suggest that less than half of Kenya’s eligible voters cast their ballots in the country’s controversial presidential election on Thursday, raising fears of fresh instability and potential violence.

Votes were still being counted on Friday but the chairman of the country’s election commission, Wafula Chebukati, tweeted overnight that 6.55m ballots had been cast – just 34.5% of registered voters. In an earlier statement officials had given the figure of 48%.

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from The Guardian http://ift.tt/2llPx5M