Kenya’s vote counting system has not been hacked amid a tense wait for results of Tuesday’s presidential election, a top poll official has said.
“Nothing like that has happened. It is misinformation,” said the electoral commission’s CEO Marjan Hussein Marjan.
Social media has been awash with allegations that fake results have been uploaded as the count is verified.
Media tallies show the two leading candidates – Raila Odinga and William Ruto – are neck and neck.
But it is only the electoral commission that can declare the winner – and it has seven days to do so.
“We anticipated that people would try to hack our systems… we assure the whole country that our systems are actually secure,” Mr Marjan told reporters on Friday afternoon.
Kenya elections: Long wait for Raila Odinga and William Ruto in poll count
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