March 4, 2013 2:44 p.m. ET
Millions of Kenyans voted Monday in a tense but largely peaceful contest to elect a new president and local officials who will preside over East Africa’s largest economy.
A wait of several hours greeted many of the voters who turned out at 32,000 polling stations across the country. Long lines remained at polling stations in Nairobi’s teeming Kibera district and several other densely populated corners of the country even after the official close of voting at 5 p.m. Officials said anyone in line at that hour would be allowed to vote.
An expanded roster of government posts, meant to pull some power away from Kenya’s strong presidency, and an overhauled election process caused some confusion. Many polling stations across Nairobi abandoned plans to identify voters using an electronic finger print scan, falling back on printed voter logs checked against identification cards.
“There are no outlets, and the laptop batteries only lasted two hours,” said Paul Akongo, the polling officer at a Kibera grade school where about 5,300 people were registered to vote. “If we had power we’d still be in business.”
Preliminary results were trickling in on Monday evening, and counting was expected to continue through the night.
“Overall it was peaceful and very transparent,” said Botswana’s former President Festus Mogae, who monitored polling across the country as head of the Commonwealth Observer Group. He said the vote appeared broadly free and fair. “We don’t know what will happen with the counting tonight, but so far so good.”
Polls ahead of Monday’s vote showed Prime Minister Raila Odinga essentially tied with Deputy Prime Minister Uhuru Kenyatta. If neither candidate secures 50% of the vote, a runoff is scheduled to be held in early April.
A new constitution has made it more likely that the results of Monday’s vote will be challenged at Kenya’s Supreme Court, analysts said, which could force the runoff to be pushed back to May or later. “With the new constitution, Kenyans have become very litigious so I will not be surprised if somebody files a petition” challenging the results, said Ahmed Issack Hassan, the chairman of Kenya’s election commission.
After the results were announced in the last presidential election in 2007, Mr. Odinga’s supporters attacked the Kikuyu tribesmen of President Mwai Kibaki, who won re-election then. Mr. Kenyatta was indicted by the International Criminal Court last year for allegedly stoking reprisal killings after the violence began.
Violent incidents surfaced Monday in some parts of the country. At least 10 people died when a gang attacked police officers on patrol before dawn in the port city of Mombasa, hacking at least four officers to death. Police killed at least six of the assailants as they fought them off, according to Kenya’s police inspector general, David Mwole Kimaiyo.
Police blamed the attack on a separatist movement, the Mombasa Republican Council. MRC spokesman Mohammed Rashid Mraja denied involvement in the attack and accused police of trying to tar the group’s image. “No MRC had any hand in attacking these policemen,” Mr. Mraja said. “What we have told our members is just remain at home and be calm, leave them to go on with their exercise and then after [the election] we are going back to the courts.”
Mr. Kimaiyo said officers had foiled attacks in Mombasa, Nairobi and Kenya’s rural northeast, and urged people to head to the polls undeterred. He didn’t say who had plotted those attacks.
How Monday’s election plays out will help determine whether Kenya continues its rise as a hub for commerce and investment on the continent or whether it is tarnished again by violence and tumult. More than 1,000 people were killed in clashes along tribal lines in postelection violence in 2007, and hundreds of thousands of people were displaced from their homes. Growth plummeted to 1.5% annually in 2008 from 7% the year before.
By contrast, markets welcomed Monday’s largely peaceful and orderly vote. Kenya’s currency, the shilling, traded at about 8.70 to the U.S. dollar on Monday, about 2% stronger than the value it held for much of this year. The Nairobi All Share index was also up about 13% on the year. The Nairobi Stock Exchange was closed on Monday, a holiday for the voting.
Voters said they were hopeful Monday’s results wouldn’t touch off the violence that followed elections five years ago.
“We hope the candidates will accept the verdict of the citizens,” said Mohammed China, a 33-year-old bus company owner who waited two hours to vote on Monday afternoon. “At the end of the day we all need peace so that we can live and do business here in Kenya.”
from: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324178904578339821854683366.html
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Uhuru Kenyatta was born on October 26th, 1961 according to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uhuru_Kenyatta
October 26th, 1961
10 + 26 +1+9+6+1 = 53 = his life lesson = Politics. Principles. Debates. Arguments. Fighting for the truth. Passionate about his beliefs.
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October 26th, 1961
10 + 26 = 36 = his core number = The power of incumbency. Having his work cut out for him. Herculean tasks.
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October 26th, 1961
26 +1+9+6+1 = 43 = his “secret” number = Congratulations. Celebrating. Fun times.
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Ages 27 to 54 are ruled by the day of birth.
October 26th, 1961
So the number 26 rules his ages twenty-seven to fifty-four.
26 = Popularity. In the news. Making headlines. The media.
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October 26th, 1961
October 26th
10 + 26 +2+0+1+2 = 41 = his personal year (from October 26th, 2012 to October 25th, 2013) = Things could get ugly. Being accepted or rejected by the voters.
41 year + 2 (February) = 43 = his personal month (from February 26th, 2013 to March 25th, 2013) = Congratulations. Celebrating. Fun times.
41 year + 3 (March) = 44 = his personal month (from March 26, 2013 to April 25th, 2013) = Stay tuned for updates. Here’s what’s happening. It is what it is.
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using the number/letter grid:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
A B C D E F G H I
J K L M N O P Q R
S T U V W X Y Z
Where:
A = 1 J = 1 S = 1
B = 2 K = 2 T = 2
C = 3 L = 3 U = 3
D = 4 M = 4 V = 4
E = 5 N = 5 W = 5
F = 6 O = 6 X = 6
G = 7 P = 7 Y = 7
H = 8 Q = 8 Z = 8
I = 9 R = 9
Uhuru Kenyatta
38393 25571221 51
his path of destiny = 51 = Presidency. President. Election. Voters. Ballot. Official results. Government official. Oath of office.
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