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Kenya media council: ‘No one’ asked to stop election tallies

Young children play up for the camera from the balcony of where they live in the Kibera area of Nairobi, Kenya Friday, Aug. 12, 2022. Vote-tallying in Kenya's close presidential election isn't moving fast enough, the electoral commission chair said Friday. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis) A flower seller waits for customers as he follows provisional election results on a radio, in Nairobi, Kenya, Friday, Aug. 12, 2022. Vote-tallying in Kenya's close presidential election isn't moving fast enough, the electoral commission chair said Friday, while parallel counting by local media dramatically slowed amid concerns about censorship or meddling. (AP Photo/Mosa'ab Elshamy) Party agents and election officials verify the vote-tallying at the Electoral Commission headquarters, in Nairobi, Kenya, Friday, Aug. 12, 2022. Vote-tallying in Kenya's close presidential election isn't moving fast enough, the electoral commission chair said Friday, while parallel counting by local media dramatically slowed amid concerns about censorship or meddling. (AP Photo/Mosa'ab Elshamy) A boy carries a baby on his back on a street in the Kibera area of Nairobi, Kenya Friday, Aug. 12, 2022. Vote-tallying in Kenya's close presidential election isn't moving fast enough, the electoral commission chair said Friday. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis) A choir performs hymns and prayers while agents and election officials verify the vote-tallying at the Electoral Commission headquarters, in Nairobi, Kenya, Friday, Aug. 12, 2022. Vote-tallying in Kenya's close presidential election isn't moving fast enough, the electoral commission chair said Friday, while parallel counting by local media dramatically slowed amid concerns about censorship or meddling. (AP Photo/Mosa'ab Elshamy) A woman fries fish for sale at a stall on a street in the Kibera area of Nairobi, Kenya Friday, Aug. 12, 2022. Vote-tallying in Kenya's close presidential election isn't moving fast enough, the electoral commission chair said Friday. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis) A newspaper stand shows daily publications as they follow the vote-tallying in Nairobi, Kenya, Friday, Aug. 12, 2022. Vote-tallying in Kenya's close presidential election isn't moving fast enough, the electoral commission chair said Friday, while parallel counting by local media dramatically slowed amid concerns about censorship or meddling. (AP Photo/Mosa'ab Elshamy) Men sit outside a local bar painted with a mural reading "Peace is my piece", in the Kibera area of Nairobi, Kenya Friday, Aug. 12, 2022. Vote-tallying in Kenya's close presidential election isn't moving fast enough, the electoral commission chair said Friday. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis) Party agents and election officials verify the vote-tallying at the Electoral Commission headquarters, in Nairobi, Kenya, Friday, Aug. 12, 2022. Vote-tallying in Kenya's close presidential election isn't moving fast enough, the electoral commission chair said Friday, while parallel counting by local media dramatically slowed amid concerns about censorship or meddling. (AP Photo/Mosa'ab Elshamy) A boy looks out over the Kibera area of Nairobi, Kenya, Friday, Aug. 12, 2022. Vote-tallying in Kenya's close presidential election isn't moving fast enough, the electoral commission chair said Friday. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis) A man walks past a mural denouncing corruption in Nairobi, Kenya, Friday, Aug. 12, 2022. Vote-tallying in Kenya's close presidential election isn't moving fast enough, the electoral commission chair said Friday, while parallel counting by local media dramatically slowed amid concerns about censorship or meddling. (AP Photo/Mosa'ab Elshamy) Electoral workers sit next to stacked ballot boxes after tallying finished in the Shauri Moyo area of Nairobi, Kenya Friday, Aug. 12, 2022. Kenyans are waiting for the results of a close presidential election in which the turnout was lower than usual. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis) A man reads a newspaper to follow the election vote-tallying in Nairobi, Kenya, Friday, Aug. 12, 2022. Vote-tallying in Kenya's close presidential election isn't moving fast enough, the electoral commission chair said Friday, while parallel counting by local media dramatically slowed amid concerns about censorship or meddling. (AP Photo/Mosa'ab Elshamy) Men play a board-game on a street in the Kibera area of Nairobi, Kenya Friday, Aug. 12, 2022. Vote-tallying in Kenya's close presidential election isn't moving fast enough, the electoral commission chair said Friday. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis) Party agents and election officials verify the vote-tallying at the Electoral Commission headquarters, in Nairobi, Kenya, Friday, Aug. 12, 2022. Vote-tallying in Kenya's close presidential election isn't moving fast enough, the electoral commission chair said Friday, while parallel counting by local media dramatically slowed amid concerns about censorship or meddling. (AP Photo/Mosa'ab Elshamy) Young children play up for the camera from the balcony of where they live in the Kibera area of Nairobi, Kenya Friday, Aug. 12, 2022. Vote-tallying in Kenya's close presidential election isn't moving fast enough, the electoral commission chair said Friday. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis) A flower seller waits for customers as he follows provisional election results on a radio, in Nairobi, Kenya, Friday, Aug. 12, 2022. Vote-tallying in Kenya's close presidential election isn't moving fast enough, the electoral commission chair said Friday, while parallel counting by local media dramatically slowed amid concerns about censorship or meddling. (AP Photo/Mosa'ab Elshamy) Party agents and election officials verify the vote-tallying at the Electoral Commission headquarters, in Nairobi, Kenya, Friday, Aug. 12, 2022. Vote-tallying in Kenya's close presidential election isn't moving fast enough, the electoral commission chair said Friday, while parallel counting by local media dramatically slowed amid concerns about censorship or meddling. (AP Photo/Mosa'ab Elshamy) A boy carries a baby on his back on a street in the Kibera area of Nairobi, Kenya Friday, Aug. 12, 2022. Vote-tallying in Kenya's close presidential election isn't moving fast enough, the electoral commission chair said Friday. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis) A choir performs hymns and prayers while agents and election officials verify the vote-tallying at the Electoral Commission headquarters, in Nairobi, Kenya, Friday, Aug. 12, 2022. Vote-tallying in Kenya's close presidential election isn't moving fast enough, the electoral commission chair said Friday, while parallel counting by local media dramatically slowed amid concerns about censorship or meddling. (AP Photo/Mosa'ab Elshamy) A woman fries fish for sale at a stall on a street in the Kibera area of Nairobi, Kenya Friday, Aug. 12, 2022. Vote-tallying in Kenya's close presidential election isn't moving fast enough, the electoral commission chair said Friday. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis) A newspaper stand shows daily publications as they follow the vote-tallying in Nairobi, Kenya, Friday, Aug. 12, 2022. Vote-tallying in Kenya's close presidential election isn't moving fast enough, the electoral commission chair said Friday, while parallel counting by local media dramatically slowed amid concerns about censorship or meddling. (AP Photo/Mosa'ab Elshamy) Men sit outside a local bar painted with a mural reading "Peace is my piece", in the Kibera area of Nairobi, Kenya Friday, Aug. 12, 2022. Vote-tallying in Kenya's close presidential election isn't moving fast enough, the electoral commission chair said Friday. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis) Party agents and election officials verify the vote-tallying at the Electoral Commission headquarters, in Nairobi, Kenya, Friday, Aug. 12, 2022. Vote-tallying in Kenya's close presidential election isn't moving fast enough, the electoral commission chair said Friday, while parallel counting by local media dramatically slowed amid concerns about censorship or meddling. (AP Photo/Mosa'ab Elshamy) A boy looks out over the Kibera area of Nairobi, Kenya, Friday, Aug. 12, 2022. Vote-tallying in Kenya's close presidential election isn't moving fast enough, the electoral commission chair said Friday. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis) A man walks past a mural denouncing corruption in Nairobi, Kenya, Friday, Aug. 12, 2022. Vote-tallying in Kenya's close presidential election isn't moving fast enough, the electoral commission chair said Friday, while parallel counting by local media dramatically slowed amid concerns about censorship or meddling. (AP Photo/Mosa'ab Elshamy) Electoral workers sit next to stacked ballot boxes after tallying finished in the Shauri Moyo area of Nairobi, Kenya Friday, Aug. 12, 2022. Kenyans are waiting for the results of a close presidential election in which the turnout was lower than usual. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis) A man reads a newspaper to follow the election vote-tallying in Nairobi, Kenya, Friday, Aug. 12, 2022. Vote-tallying in Kenya's close presidential election isn't moving fast enough, the electoral commission chair said Friday, while parallel counting by local media dramatically slowed amid concerns about censorship or meddling. (AP Photo/Mosa'ab Elshamy) Men play a board-game on a street in the Kibera area of Nairobi, Kenya Friday, Aug. 12, 2022. Vote-tallying in Kenya's close presidential election isn't moving fast enough, the electoral commission chair said Friday. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis) Party agents and election officials verify the vote-tallying at the Electoral Commission headquarters, in Nairobi, Kenya, Friday, Aug. 12, 2022. Vote-tallying in Kenya's close presidential election isn't moving fast enough, the electoral commission chair said Friday, while parallel counting by local media dramatically slowed amid concerns about censorship or meddling. (AP Photo/Mosa'ab Elshamy) Children gather in an open area surrounded by shacks in the Kibera area of Nairobi, Kenya Friday, Aug. 12, 2022. Vote-tallying in Kenya's close presidential election isn't moving fast enough, the electoral commission chair said Friday. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis) A woman fries fish for sale at a stall on a street in the Kibera area of Nairobi, Kenya Friday, Aug. 12, 2022. Vote-tallying in Kenya's close presidential election isn't moving fast enough, the electoral commission chair said Friday. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis) A boy carries a baby on his back on a street in the Kibera area of Nairobi, Kenya Friday, Aug. 12, 2022. Vote-tallying in Kenya's close presidential election isn't moving fast enough, the electoral commission chair said Friday. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis) Men play a board-game on a street in the Kibera area of Nairobi, Kenya Friday, Aug. 12, 2022. Vote-tallying in Kenya's close presidential election isn't moving fast enough, the electoral commission chair said Friday. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis) Young children play up for the camera from the balcony of where they live in the Kibera area of Nairobi, Kenya Friday, Aug. 12, 2022. Vote-tallying in Kenya's close presidential election isn't moving fast enough, the electoral commission chair said Friday. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis) A boy carries a baby in the Kibera area of Nairobi, Kenya Friday, Aug. 12, 2022. Vote-tallying in Kenya's close presidential election isn't moving fast enough, the electoral commission chair said Friday. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis) A man stands on train tracks alongside which are stalls selling goods and providing mobile money services, in the Kibera area of Nairobi, Kenya Friday, Aug. 12, 2022. Vote-tallying in Kenya's close presidential election isn't moving fast enough, the electoral commission chair said Friday. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis) People walk past a shop selling cooking gas cylinders in the Kibera area of Nairobi, Kenya Friday, Aug. 12, 2022. Vote-tallying in Kenya's close presidential election isn't moving fast enough, the electoral commission chair said Friday. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis) Residents gather to discuss the election in front of a mural of presidential candidate Raila Odinga, in the Kibera area of Nairobi, Kenya Friday, Aug. 12, 2022. Vote-tallying in Kenya's close presidential election isn't moving fast enough, the electoral commission chair said Friday. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis) Men sit outside a local bar painted with a mural reading "Peace is my piece", in the Kibera area of Nairobi, Kenya Friday, Aug. 12, 2022. Vote-tallying in Kenya's close presidential election isn't moving fast enough, the electoral commission chair said Friday. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis) A boy looks out over the Kibera area of Nairobi, Kenya, Friday, Aug. 12, 2022. Vote-tallying in Kenya's close presidential election isn't moving fast enough, the electoral commission chair said Friday. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis) A choir performs hymns and prayers while agents and election officials verify the vote-tallying at the Electoral Commission headquarters, in Nairobi, Kenya, Friday, Aug. 12, 2022. Vote-tallying in Kenya's close presidential election isn't moving fast enough, the electoral commission chair said Friday, while parallel counting by local media dramatically slowed amid concerns about censorship or meddling. (AP Photo/Mosa'ab Elshamy) Party agents and election officials verify the vote-tallying at the Electoral Commission headquarters, in Nairobi, Kenya, Friday, Aug. 12, 2022. Vote-tallying in Kenya's close presidential election isn't moving fast enough, the electoral commission chair said Friday, while parallel counting by local media dramatically slowed amid concerns about censorship or meddling. (AP Photo/Mosa'ab Elshamy) Electoral workers sit next to stacked ballot boxes after tallying finished in the Shauri Moyo area of Nairobi, Kenya Friday, Aug. 12, 2022. Kenyans are waiting for the results of a close presidential election in which the turnout was lower than usual. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis) Kenyan Boda Boda motor cycle riders wait near a large mural of William Ruto, a contesting bid for president, in Eldoret, Kenya, Friday, Aug.12, 2022. Kenyans are waiting for the results of a close presidential election in which the turnout was lower than usual. (AP Photo/Brian Inganga) A man walks past a mural denouncing corruption in Nairobi, Kenya, Friday, Aug. 12, 2022. Vote-tallying in Kenya's close presidential election isn't moving fast enough, the electoral commission chair said Friday, while parallel counting by local media dramatically slowed amid concerns about censorship or meddling. (AP Photo/Mosa'ab Elshamy) Electoral workers sit next to stacked ballot boxes after tallying finished in the Shauri Moyo area of Nairobi, Kenya Friday, Aug. 12, 2022. Kenyans are waiting for the results of a close presidential election in which the turnout was lower than usual. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis) A newspaper stand shows daily publications as they follow the vote-tallying in Nairobi, Kenya, Friday, Aug. 12, 2022. Vote-tallying in Kenya's close presidential election isn't moving fast enough, the electoral commission chair said Friday, while parallel counting by local media dramatically slowed amid concerns about censorship or meddling. (AP Photo/Mosa'ab Elshamy) A boy looks out over the Kibera area of Nairobi, Kenya, Friday, Aug. 12, 2022. Vote-tallying in Kenya's close presidential election isn't moving fast enough, the electoral commission chair said Friday. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis) Party agents and election officials verify the vote-tallying at the Electoral Commission headquarters, in Nairobi, Kenya, Friday, Aug. 12, 2022. Vote-tallying in Kenya's close presidential election isn't moving fast enough, the electoral commission chair said Friday, while parallel counting by local media dramatically slowed amid concerns about censorship or meddling. (AP Photo/Mosa'ab Elshamy) Party agents and election officials verify the vote-tallying at the Electoral Commission headquarters, in Nairobi, Kenya, Friday, Aug. 12, 2022. Vote-tallying in Kenya's close presidential election isn't moving fast enough, the electoral commission chair said Friday, while parallel counting by local media dramatically slowed amid concerns about censorship or meddling. (AP Photo/Mosa'ab Elshamy) A choir performs hymns and prayers while agents and election officials verify the vote-tallying at the Electoral Commission headquarters, in Nairobi, Kenya, Friday, Aug. 12, 2022. Vote-tallying in Kenya's close presidential election isn't moving fast enough, the electoral commission chair said Friday, while parallel counting by local media dramatically slowed amid concerns about censorship or meddling. (AP Photo/Mosa'ab Elshamy) A newspaper stand shows daily publications as they follow the vote-tallying in Nairobi, Kenya, Friday, Aug. 12, 2022. Vote-tallying in Kenya's close presidential election isn't moving fast enough, the electoral commission chair said Friday, while parallel counting by local media dramatically slowed amid concerns about censorship or meddling. (AP Photo/Mosa'ab Elshamy) A man reads a newspaper to follow the election vote-tallying in Nairobi, Kenya, Friday, Aug. 12, 2022. Vote-tallying in Kenya's close presidential election isn't moving fast enough, the electoral commission chair said Friday, while parallel counting by local media dramatically slowed amid concerns about censorship or meddling. (AP Photo/Mosa'ab Elshamy) People discuss the election as a man reads a newspaper in Nairobi, Kenya, Friday, Aug. 12, 2022. Vote-tallying in Kenya's close presidential election isn't moving fast enough, the electoral commission chair said Friday, while parallel counting by local media dramatically slowed amid concerns about censorship or meddling. (AP Photo/Mosa'ab Elshamy) A flower seller waits for customers as he follows provisional election results on a radio, in Nairobi, Kenya, Friday, Aug. 12, 2022. Vote-tallying in Kenya's close presidential election isn't moving fast enough, the electoral commission chair said Friday, while parallel counting by local media dramatically slowed amid concerns about censorship or meddling. (AP Photo/Mosa'ab Elshamy) Members of the media follow the vote-tallying at the Electoral Commission headquarters, in Nairobi, Kenya, Friday, Aug. 12, 2022. Vote-tallying in Kenya's close presidential election isn't moving fast enough, the electoral commission chair said Friday, while parallel counting by local media dramatically slowed amid concerns about censorship or meddling. (AP Photo/Mosa'ab Elshamy) Party agents and election officials verify the vote-tallying at the Electoral Commission headquarters, in Nairobi, Kenya, Friday, Aug. 12, 2022. Vote-tallying in Kenya's close presidential election isn't moving fast enough, the electoral commission chair said Friday, while parallel counting by local media dramatically slowed amid concerns about censorship or meddling. (AP Photo/Mosa'ab Elshamy) Electoral workers sit next to stacked ballot boxes after tallying finished in the Shauri Moyo area of Nairobi, Kenya Friday, Aug. 12, 2022. Kenyans are waiting for the results of a close presidential election in which the turnout was lower than usual. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis) Kenyan Boda Boda motor cycle riders wait near a large mural of William Ruto, a contesting bid for president, in Eldoret, Kenya, Friday, Aug.12, 2022. Kenyans are waiting for the results of a close presidential election in which the turnout was lower than usual. (AP Photo/Brian Inganga) A man walks past a mural denouncing corruption in Nairobi, Kenya, Friday, Aug. 12, 2022. Vote-tallying in Kenya's close presidential election isn't moving fast enough, the electoral commission chair said Friday, while parallel counting by local media dramatically slowed amid concerns about censorship or meddling. (AP Photo/Mosa'ab Elshamy) Electoral workers sit next to stacked ballot boxes after tallying finished in the Shauri Moyo area of Nairobi, Kenya Friday, Aug. 12, 2022. Kenyans are waiting for the results of a close presidential election in which the turnout was lower than usual. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis) A man watches electoral news on a television in an electronics repair shop in the Kibera area of Nairobi, Kenya Thursday, Aug. 11, 2022. Kenyans are waiting for the results of a close presidential election in which the turnout was lower than usual. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis) Kenyan Boda Boda motor cycle riders wait near a large mural of William Ruto, a contesting bid for president, in Eldoret, Kenya, Friday, Aug.12, 2022. Kenyans are waiting for the results of a close presidential election in which the turnout was lower than usual. (AP Photo/Brian Inganga) A woman gets her hair done in a hair salon in Kibera neighborhood, a stronghold of presidential candidate Raila Odinga, in Nairobi, Kenya, Thursday, Aug. 11, 2022. Kenyans are waiting for the results of a close presidential election in which the turnout was lower than usual. (AP Photo/Mosa'ab Elshamy) Police patrol an area ahead of the announcement of the election results in the town of Eldoret, Kenya, Thursday, Aug. 11, 2022. Kenyans are waiting for the results of a close presidential election in which the turnout was lower than usual. (AP Photo/Brian Inganga) Young children play on a street in the Kibera area of Nairobi, Kenya Thursday, Aug. 11, 2022. Kenyans are waiting for the results of a close presidential election in which the turnout was lower than usual. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis) Residents gather to discuss the election in front of a mural of presidential candidate Raila Odinga, in the Kibera area of Nairobi, Kenya Thursday, Aug. 11, 2022. Kenyans are waiting for the results of a close presidential election in which the turnout was lower than usual. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis) A food vendor serves customers as she sits in front of electoral posters in Kibera neighborhood, a stronghold for presidential candidate Raila Odinga, in Nairobi, Kenya, Thursday, Aug. 11, 2022. Kenyans are waiting for the results of a close presidential election in which the turnout was lower than usual. (AP Photo/Mosa'ab Elshamy) Independent and Electoral Boundaries (IEBC) commissioners watch electoral documents at the National Tallying Centre in Bomas of Kenya, Nairobi, Kenya, Thursday, Aug.11, 2022. Kenyans are waiting for the results of a close presidential election in which the turnout was lower than usual. (AP Photo/Sayyid Abdul Azim) Electoral workers sit next to stacked ballot boxes after they were received at a tallying center in Nairobi, Kenya, Thursday, Aug. 11, 2022. Kenyans are waiting for the results of a close presidential election in which the turnout was lower than usual. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis) A boy walks along a train track and piled trash in Kibera neighborhood, a stronghold of presidential candidate Raila Odinga, in Nairobi, Kenya, Thursday, Aug. 11, 2022. Kenyans are waiting for the results of a close presidential election in which the turnout was lower than usual. (AP Photo/Mosa'ab Elshamy) Journalists cover a press conference by the head of Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission Wafula Chebukati in Nairobi, Kenya, Thursday, Aug. 11, 2022. Kenyans are waiting for the results of a close presidential election in which the turnout was lower than usual. (AP Photo/Mosa'ab Elshamy) A man watches electoral news on a television in an electronics repair shop in the Kibera area of Nairobi, Kenya Thursday, Aug. 11, 2022. Kenyans are waiting for the results of a close presidential election in which the turnout was lower than usual. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis) Maasai wait in line to cast their votes in the general election at a polling station in Esonorua Primary School, in Kajiado County, Kenya Tuesday, Aug. 9, 2022. Polls opened Tuesday in Kenya's unusual presidential election, where a longtime opposition leader who is backed by the outgoing president faces the deputy president who styles himself as the outsider. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis) A woman gets her hair done in a hair salon in Kibera neighborhood, a stronghold of presidential candidate Raila Odinga, in Nairobi, Kenya, Thursday, Aug. 11, 2022. Kenyans are waiting for the results of a close presidential election in which the turnout was lower than usual. (AP Photo/Mosa'ab Elshamy) Maasai waiting in line to cast their votes look through an open window at electoral officials inside a polling station at Niserian Primary School, in Kajiado County, Kenya, Tuesday, Aug. 9, 2022. Polls opened Tuesday in Kenya's unusual presidential election, where a longtime opposition leader who is backed by the outgoing president faces the deputy president who styles himself as the outsider. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis) Police patrol an area ahead of the announcement of the election results in the town of Eldoret, Kenya, Thursday, Aug. 11, 2022. Kenyans are waiting for the results of a close presidential election in which the turnout was lower than usual. (AP Photo/Brian Inganga) Young children play on a street in the Kibera area of Nairobi, Kenya Thursday, Aug. 11, 2022. Kenyans are waiting for the results of a close presidential election in which the turnout was lower than usual. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis) Residents gather to discuss the election in front of a mural of presidential candidate Raila Odinga, in the Kibera area of Nairobi, Kenya Thursday, Aug. 11, 2022. Kenyans are waiting for the results of a close presidential election in which the turnout was lower than usual. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis) A food vendor serves customers as she sits in front of electoral posters in Kibera neighborhood, a stronghold for presidential candidate Raila Odinga, in Nairobi, Kenya, Thursday, Aug. 11, 2022. Kenyans are waiting for the results of a close presidential election in which the turnout was lower than usual. (AP Photo/Mosa'ab Elshamy) Independent and Electoral Boundaries (IEBC) commissioners watch electoral documents at the National Tallying Centre in Bomas of Kenya, Nairobi, Kenya, Thursday, Aug.11, 2022. Kenyans are waiting for the results of a close presidential election in which the turnout was lower than usual. (AP Photo/Sayyid Abdul Azim) Electoral workers sit next to stacked ballot boxes after they were received at a tallying center in Nairobi, Kenya, Thursday, Aug. 11, 2022. Kenyans are waiting for the results of a close presidential election in which the turnout was lower than usual. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis) A boy walks along a train track and piled trash in Kibera neighborhood, a stronghold of presidential candidate Raila Odinga, in Nairobi, Kenya, Thursday, Aug. 11, 2022. Kenyans are waiting for the results of a close presidential election in which the turnout was lower than usual. (AP Photo/Mosa'ab Elshamy) Journalists cover a press conference by the head of Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission Wafula Chebukati in Nairobi, Kenya, Thursday, Aug. 11, 2022. Kenyans are waiting for the results of a close presidential election in which the turnout was lower than usual. (AP Photo/Mosa'ab Elshamy) A man watches electoral news on a television in an electronics repair shop in the Kibera area of Nairobi, Kenya Thursday, Aug. 11, 2022. Kenyans are waiting for the results of a close presidential election in which the turnout was lower than usual. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis) Maasai wait in line to cast their votes in the general election at a polling station in Esonorua Primary School, in Kajiado County, Kenya Tuesday, Aug. 9, 2022. Polls opened Tuesday in Kenya's unusual presidential election, where a longtime opposition leader who is backed by the outgoing president faces the deputy president who styles himself as the outsider. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis) A woman gets her hair done in a hair salon in Kibera neighborhood, a stronghold of presidential candidate Raila Odinga, in Nairobi, Kenya, Thursday, Aug. 11, 2022. Kenyans are waiting for the results of a close presidential election in which the turnout was lower than usual. (AP Photo/Mosa'ab Elshamy) Maasai waiting in line to cast their votes look through an open window at electoral officials inside a polling station at Niserian Primary School, in Kajiado County, Kenya, Tuesday, Aug. 9, 2022. Polls opened Tuesday in Kenya's unusual presidential election, where a longtime opposition leader who is backed by the outgoing president faces the deputy president who styles himself as the outsider. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis) Police patrol an area ahead of the announcement of the election results in the town of Eldoret, Kenya, Thursday, Aug. 11, 2022. Kenyans are waiting for the results of a close presidential election in which the turnout was lower than usual. (AP Photo/Brian Inganga) Young children play on a street in the Kibera area of Nairobi, Kenya Thursday, Aug. 11, 2022. Kenyans are waiting for the results of a close presidential election in which the turnout was lower than usual. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis) Residents gather to discuss the election in front of a mural of presidential candidate Raila Odinga, in the Kibera area of Nairobi, Kenya Thursday, Aug. 11, 2022. Kenyans are waiting for the results of a close presidential election in which the turnout was lower than usual. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis) A food vendor serves customers as she sits in front of electoral posters in Kibera neighborhood, a stronghold for presidential candidate Raila Odinga, in Nairobi, Kenya, Thursday, Aug. 11, 2022. Kenyans are waiting for the results of a close presidential election in which the turnout was lower than usual. (AP Photo/Mosa'ab Elshamy) Independent and Electoral Boundaries (IEBC) commissioners watch electoral documents at the National Tallying Centre in Bomas of Kenya, Nairobi, Kenya, Thursday, Aug.11, 2022. Kenyans are waiting for the results of a close presidential election in which the turnout was lower than usual. (AP Photo/Sayyid Abdul Azim) Electoral workers sit next to stacked ballot boxes after they were received at a tallying center in Nairobi, Kenya, Thursday, Aug. 11, 2022. Kenyans are waiting for the results of a close presidential election in which the turnout was lower than usual. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis) A boy walks along a train track and piled trash in Kibera neighborhood, a stronghold of presidential candidate Raila Odinga, in Nairobi, Kenya, Thursday, Aug. 11, 2022. Kenyans are waiting for the results of a close presidential election in which the turnout was lower than usual. (AP Photo/Mosa'ab Elshamy) Journalists cover a press conference by the head of Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission Wafula Chebukati in Nairobi, Kenya, Thursday, Aug. 11, 2022. Kenyans are waiting for the results of a close presidential election in which the turnout was lower than usual. (AP Photo/Mosa'ab Elshamy) A man watches electoral news on a television in an electronics repair shop in the Kibera area of Nairobi, Kenya Thursday, Aug. 11, 2022. Kenyans are waiting for the results of a close presidential election in which the turnout was lower than usual. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis) Electoral Commission (IEBC) Chairman, Wafula Chebukati, left, chats with IEBC commissioners, at the National Tallying Centre in Bomas of Kenya, Nairobi, Kenya, Friday, Aug. 12, 2022. Kenyans are waiting for the results of a close presidential election in which the turnout was lower than usual. (AP Photo/Sayyid Abdul Azim) Electoral Commission (IEBC) Chairman, Wafula Chebukati, addresses media at the National Tallying Centre in Bomas of Kenya, Nairobi, Kenya, Friday, Aug. 12, 2022. Kenyans are waiting for the results of a close presidential election in which the turnout was lower than usual. (AP Photo/Sayyid Abdul Azim) Electoral Commission (IEBC) Chairman, Wafula Chebukati, right, chats with IEBC commissioners, at the National Tallying Centre in Bomas of Kenya, Nairobi, Kenya, Friday, Aug. 12, 2022. Kenyans are waiting for the results of a close presidential election in which the turnout was lower than usual. (AP Photo/Sayyid Abdul Azim)
Kenya media council: ‘No one’ asked to stop election tallies