EU election observers have said the repeat presidential election was conducted better than the August 8 general election.
In a statement on Wednesday, the European Election Observer Mission lauded the media for their coverage despite security challenges and limited capacity.
“Based on the lessons learned in the August 8 election, media representatives demonstrated commitment to providing live autonomous reporting of tallying,” EOM said.
The observers said IEBC did well under the difficult circumstances, citing transparency in tallying and standardisation of results forms.
“In 17 out of the 19 constituencies observed by the EUEOM, the tallying process was positively assessed as being orderly and transparent,” the statement reads.
The mission noted improvement in electronic transmission and online publication of results, but said in some polling stations results transmission failed.
But it said IEBC officials faced challenges including physical harassment notably a returning officer in Kandara, Murang’a county.
