Why it will take longer to name Uhuru Kenyatta winner in repeat poll

IEBC Commissioner Paul Kurgat (left) Chairman Wafula Chebukati (centre) and Consolata Nkatha receiving presidential result paper at Bomas (PHOTO:WILBERFORCE OKWIRI)

NAIROBI, KENYA: The prospect of declaring presidential results spilling over to next week spiraled on Saturday as the verification exercise began to take its toll on poll officials.

At Bomas National Tallying Centre, weary poll officials working in shifts went line by line the tens of Forms 34B from the constituencies against the thousands of Forms 34A entries at the polling stations.