Over the past year, IRI has acted in a transparent and independent manner, issuing three statements detailing its concerns in regard to a December 27, 2007, IRI exit poll conducted in Kenya.  IRI also repeated our policy on those three occasions – that the Institute does not release polls we believe are flawed; IRI only releases polls when there is confidence in the integrity and standards of the data.

The concerns IRI had about the poll were well founded as the initial results were flawed and incorrect. The audited and re-entered data showed different results for both candidates and a six-point win for Odinga, a difference from the initial raw data that was outside the poll’s 1.3 percent margin of error.  Any accusation that IRI withheld the results at the behest of the U.S. Embassy is a fabrication.

Letter from Prime Minister Odinga:

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