No, neither The Standard Media Group nor Royal Media Services issued a statement on the results of Kenya’s presidential election in 2022. - iVerify Kenya

No, neither The Standard Media Group nor Royal Media Services issued a statement on the results of Kenya’s presidential election in 2022.

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On August 13, 2022, the Standard Media Group issued a statement on their official Twitter account indicating that tallying is still ongoing and that the results they publish cannot be considered final.

The Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) had yet to release its final results because some form 34Bs had yet to arrive at the National Tallying Centre for processing.

The Commission’s Chair Wafula Chebukati, is the only person with the authority to verify the results and declare the winning presidential candidate.

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Verified Aug, 23 2022

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Statement on the 2022 Kenya presidential election from both Standard Group and Royal Media Services

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The iVerify Network of Fact-Checking Desks has fact-checked this content and established that it is False.

To arrive to this conclusion, the iVerify Network of Fact-Checking Desks has conducted the following process. We discovered that the document lacked the official organisation’s stamps, letterheads and watermarks to validate the document, which is an important process when it comes to copyright protection.

We also discovered a statement shared by The Standard Digital on its official Twitter account on August 13, 2022 stating that tallying was still ongoing and that the results displayed on their portal were not be considered as final.

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