As Kenya’s polls closed and counting began, the election board reported that Kenya’s existing president has taken an early lead. But opposition leader Raila Odinga from the National Super Alliance already dismissed the numbers as ‘fake’, and said their own tally showed that they are winning.

Kenya opposition rejects poll results showing president in lead https://t.co/wklvcdRoy6 pic.twitter.com/rKzRXvsBQS— Reuters Top News (@Reuters) August 9, 2017


With three-quarters of the vote in, Kenyatta was reported as leading on 55% compared to Odinga with 44%.

Kenyatta’s Jubilee party dismissed Odinga’s comments as ‘disingenuous’ as they believe that they had got what they wanted out of court proceedings over vote counting after the previous elections.

Tuesday’s contest between President Uhuru Kenyatta, a wealthy 55-year-old businessman, and Raila Odinga, a 72-year-old former political prisoner, was a hard-fought election that once again stoked fears of violence.