I’m no prophet of doom, but there is an ominous cloud above

All indications are that today, the national presidential election chief presiding officer will declare the winner of August 8 State House race. On Thursday, Wafula Chebukati gave County Returning Officers a deadline of noon today to present Forms 34B, which is the signed tally of data taken from Forms 34As submitted from polling stations.

There are certain predictable scenarios that would then follow and which even the most ardent of optimists acknowledge, especially with the statements both the Jubilee Party and the National Super-Alliance have made. This election is a political fraction with the same denominator and numerator as the last one in 2013– President Uhuru Kenyatta who is seeking re-election with his deputy William Ruto, and the Opposition pair of Raila Odinga and Kalonzo Musyoka.