It will be a busy day for Deputy President William Ruto of Kenya Kwanza as he makes his last call to appeal voters to elect him as the fifth president ofn Kenya ...
Raila Odinga and William Ruto adopted different styles to sway the undecided and rally their base ahead of Tuesday vote.
“Odinga looks too old to lead, while Ruto doesn’t sound honest, that is where my contention is.” “We know you, Uhuru Kenyatta, you are the master of doublespeak,” he added, responding to claims that Kenya Kwanza supporters were inciting violence. “You are the master traitor in politics. Corruption is too rampant in this country,” he said. “We will get ourselves out of the trench, with God on our side under Ruto’s leadership.” “On Tuesday, we try again.”
In a packed 30,000-seat Nyayo Stadium in Nairobi, Kenyan presidential hopeful, William Ruto, has been rallying his supporters.
They told us it is about sharing positions, we told them no, it is about creating jobs for the young people of our nation." " he says. "They told us it is about changing the constitution, we told them no, it is about changing the economy.
Flanked by cheering crowds, the frontrunners in Kenya's presidential election sought to make their final push for votes Saturday under tight security, ...
Since 2002, every Kenyan presidential poll has been followed by a dispute over results. Lawyers David Mwaure and George Wajackoyah -- an eccentric former spy who wants to legalise marijuana -- are also in the fray. We don't have a job. The run-up to this year's poll has been largely calm, with the police planning to deploy 150,000 officers on election day to ensure security and the international community calling for a peaceful vote. "There's no work. Ruto has cast himself as "hustler-in-chief", taking aim at the "dynasties" running Kenya -- a reference to the Kenyatta and Odinga families, who gave the country its first president and vice-president.
But there may yet be a twist in the tale, given the significant number of undecided voters.
The Independent and Electoral Boundaries Commission (IEBC) has up to a week after voting to declare a winner, but it has tended to do so by the third day. And going by the turnout in the 2013 and 2017 elections, analysts project a candidate will need between 8.63 million and 9.6 million of the 22,120,458 registered voters to cast their ballots for him to win the race. A candidate needs to garner 50 percent plus one of the votes cast and 25 percent of votes cast in 24 out of the country’s 47 counties to be declared the winner in the first round.
DP tells supporters there were people who did not wish to see him on the ballot. He claims concern that he would do better than Uhuru did as president was ...