announce constituency totals. That no constituency totals were announced, therefore, cannot be a basis for a legal challenge to the results of the presidential election. In any event, the averment by the applicant regarding announcement of constituency totals must always be linked to a material change in the election’s outcome as to justify the relief that he seeks. He does not make this link in his founding depositions. 39. Ad Para 6.2.2 This is denied. verification was done. Election agents had access to all the source documents used to collate the presidential election results. Election agents were at liberty to raise any queries with the Electoral Commission’s officials with respect to any return. In fact, I am advised that the 8th respondent’s chief election agent was one of the election agents that did in fact raise a query with the Electoral Commission during the collation and verification process with respect to the return for Makokoba constituency as there was an unsigned V11 that had been sent to the national command centre. The query was addressed, and the relevant presiding officer sent the duly signed V11 to the national command centre. 40. Ad Para 6.2.3- 6.2.4 This is denied. 40.1. There was no server used by the Electoral Commission for transmission of election results.

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