It's better that way, if left alone, the Kenyan media will give different result, that may end up causing tension in the country.
In 2002 elections. Waweru Mburu of radio Citizen, announced that Uhuru had lost Gatundu parliamentary seat to the Incumbent MP, something that was clearly aimed at swaying the Presidential votes toward Mwai wa Kibaki.
Fast forward to 2017, i can see a scenario where some media houses, would have announced results, from NASA tallying center.