Vote tallies from Kibaki’s homeland in central Kenya were delayed. Independent observers from the European Union and elsewhere began to report serious irregularities in the Kibaki strongholds, where opposition party representatives were denied access to polling sites.
而那正是初期的计票结果所透露的信息。当票数统计从遍布全国的投票站传到内罗毕时，Odinga以数十万票的优势领先。可麻烦也随之出现。来自Kibaki肯尼亚中部故乡的计票结果的汇总却延迟了。欧盟和其他地方的独立观察家们开始报告Kibaki大本营出现的严重不规范情况。当地的反对党代表被禁止进入投票地点。