Where this photo comes from, ReutersVotes were counted for each of the more than 46,000 polling stations and the results were sentto the national collation centreKenyans still never knew who their next president would be more than 45 hours after voting ended.Head of Kenya's Election body Wafula Chebukati has urged people to be patient and not panic as media releases results.Each media organization does its own calculations based on the manual entry of data from more than 46,000 polling stations.But only the electoral commission can declare the winner.The media tally says the two leading candidates - Raila Odinga and William Ruto - are neck and neck."Let nobody panic about the differences that media show us. The results are from the same public portal; the approach [of each broadcaster] is different," Mr Chebukati said.He says that at the end of the collation, the results may be "similar".Teams of storytellers working for different organizations are doing the difficult work of uploading the figures received from each of the polling stations one-by-one.Each media house does different speed and chooses the polling stations in different order.When it comes to the electoral commission, on top of compiling the results, officials need to verify each one - another time consuming task.Where this photo comes from, EPAThe head of the electoral commission, Wafula Chebukati, urged people to be patientOfficials are currently comparing the results received by the commission in the form of photographs from the polling stations with the actual results sheet, which is being handed over to the collation center for the capital, Nairobi.This is to ensure that the two results match and a key reason why things take so long.Counting for some polling stations is delayed and travel to Nairobi, especially by agents from far-flung areas, could be due to other reasons slowing things down.There is anxiety in the country as past elections have led to violence or the whole process could be cancelled.Sake of the 2007 vote, at least 1,200 people died and 600,000 fled their homes based on allegations of election fraud.For 2017, major problems emerged that led the Supreme Court to nullify the results and order a re-run of the presidential election.Officials are under pressure to do things well this time.Nothing usually happens in the country during elections, activities across the country have slowed down and schools remain closed at least until next week Monday.For Nairobi’s central business district, the usually busy streets are empty.Allegations of election rigging are an old matter for the country.It followed for politics even before the introduction of multiparty elections in the 1990s, but the push for free and fair elections never failed.After the violence of the 2007 election, political parties and activists argued for the use of technology instead of physical registers, which could be easily manipulated, to verify voters.This year’s election was the third time technology would be used but it still never delivered an election that was never challenged in court.Early reports, however, suggest that the electoral commission may finally achieve this goal with this election.With the speed of the ongoing counting, local media are likely to conclude their own collation of results before the end of Thursday.If a clear leader emerges for the race, celebrations could begin.However, only the electoral commission can declare a winner after comparing and verifying the results.The electoral commission has seven days after election day to declare the results.To win the presidential race in the first round, a candidate needs:Otherwise, voting will go into a second round which by law must happen by 8 September.Learn more about Kenya's presidential candidatesChoose a candidate to view their bio© 2022 BBC.External site does not concern BBC.The way we are taking to external link.