Kenyan presidential vote count delayed
Published: Dec. 29, 2007 at 4:11 PM
Odinga was ahead 57 percent to 39 percent in preliminary results released Friday. But Saturday, his lead was down to less than 40,000 votes, the BBC reported.
Officials with the electoral commission said final results would not be released until Sunday.
The delay helped fuel ethnic violence between the two largest tribes. Kibaki is a Kikuyu, a member of the tribe that has dominated Kenya since independence, while Odinga is from the second-largest tribe, the Luo.
Police used tear gas and fired warning shots at protesters.
Early vote tallies indicated the majority of parliamentarians lost their seats, including Vice President Moody Awor and most of Kibaki's cabinet.
The electoral commission said more than 70 percent of the 14 million Kenyans voted in the election.
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