Babu Owino’s rival for the Embakasi East seat Francis Mureithi has caused anxiety after asking his supporters to remain calm ahead of the final verdict on vote recount that will be delivered on Friday.

According to Mureithi, everybody will be surprised to know what is in the report after the scrutiny process.

Mureithi who contested for the seat on a Jubilee ticket stated that, he had decided to hold his celebrations until the final announcement is given on Friday.

“Everybody will be surprised to know what is in the report after the scrutiny process. Final Verdict will be given on Friday March 2nd by the court. I choose to hold my celebrations until the final announcement. TUZIDI KUOMBA. Blessed day” shared Francis Mureithi.

On Monday, reports emerged showing the final numbers in vote recount where, Owino had garnered 46,817 votes against 42,501 votes garnered by his main rival Francis Mureithi.

The final vote recount tally was signed by High Court Deputy Registrars Esther Mburu and Mbayaki Wafula.

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Confusion

There was confusion last week as both Owino and his rival Mureithi declared themselves victors in the Vote recount.

On January 12 2017, the High Court ordered recount and scrutiny of all votes cast in the parliamentary race during the August 8 election in Embakasi East.

Election petition

The ruling was made in an election petition filed by Owino's opponent from the Jubilee Party, Francis Mureithi.

Mr Mureithi argued that the intimidations that Owino adduced to his supporters violated their absolute rights to vote.

The vote recount revealed slightly higher figures than those used to determine the parliamentary race during the August 8 elections.

During last year's election, Owino was declared the winner with 46,587 votes against Mureithi's 42,253.

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