His closest rival Raila Odinga dismisses these as fake and illegal and claims things are developing the same way at the 2013 poll he maintains was stolen from him.

Provisional results, taken from text messages sent to the electoral commission by returning officers,  give President Uhuru Kenyatta a shade over 55% of votes counted.

Raila Odinga trails with 44% support from the 80% of votes tallied.

Odinga claims the election’s being rigged in the tallying of votes, adding that this is why the electoral official in charge of this process was murdered last week.

The willingness of the losers in this election to accept the outcome will determine whether this country will avoid the deadly violence that followed the poll a decade ago.

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