Kenyas Election Rounding Error

Published: Aug. 27, 2022, 5 a.m.

When the official figures were announced in Kenya\u2019s presidential election, it looked like the total percentage share of the vote for each candidate came to more than 100%. As this should not be possible, many wondered if up to 142,000 votes might be miscounted. We explore what turns out to be a simple mathematical misunderstanding of the numbers.