4.6 • 3.5K Ratings
🗓️ 27 August 2022
⏱️ 10 minutes
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When the official figures were announced in Kenya?s presidential election, it looked like the total percentage share of the vote for each candidate came to more than 100%. As this should not be possible, many wondered if up to 142,000 votes might be miscounted. We explore what turns out to be a simple mathematical misunderstanding of the numbers.
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0:05.1 | My name's Will Wilkin and I Commission Music Podcast for the BBC. |
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0:42.0 | This is the more or less podcast, the show that examines the numbers in the news and in life. |
0:47.8 | I'm Charlotte McDonald. This week, we're looking at the recent elections in Kenya |
0:53.1 | and examining how a simple mathematical mistake has been used as a tool to challenge the results. |
0:59.6 | Here to help tell the story are two colleagues from the BBC in Kenya. |
1:04.0 | So I'm Beverley-Ching. Most people call me Bev. |
1:07.3 | And I'm a journalist at BBC monitoring in Nairobi, where I primarily focus on sub-Saharan Africa, politics, media and security. |
1:15.6 | My name is Peter Muay. I work with the BBC Reality Check team. |
1:23.6 | Chibukati is almost making his way to the main podium to give Kenyans the final result. |
1:31.7 | On August 15th, the chairperson of the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission of Kenya |
1:37.1 | announced the results of the much-anticipated presidential elections. |
1:41.3 | There were four candidates, but in reality, it was a contest between two men, |
1:46.1 | Raila Odinga and William Routou. In the run-up to the elections, it was well understood that |
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