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2022 - 8 - 15

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Kenya election result: William Ruto victory hailed amid result dispute (BBC News)

Foreign leaders congratulate the president-elect but backers of Raila Odinga question the result.

There was not the same level of mobilising ethnic vote as seen in previous elections. This was the first time Mr Ruto, 55, had run for president. We do not have the luxury to look back," he added. In Mr Ruto's home town of Eldoret in the Rift Valley, thousands of residents broke into song and dance. "To those who have done many things against us, I want to tell them there's nothing to fear. In his acceptance speech Mr Ruto called for unity, saying he wanted to be a president of all, and for the country to focus on the future.

Defeated Kenyan candidate declares presidential election results ... (The Washington Post)

NAIROBI — Kenyan presidential candidate Raila Odinga declared the results of the election “null and void” and promised to challenge them in court, ...

In Kibera, a slum in Nairobi that is considered a stronghold for Odinga, crowds that had in previous days gathered to watch live broadcasts ahead of the results had dispersed. “The announcement was disappointing; whatever Odinga says is what we will do, he is our leader. “The issue that we have is with the process,” commissioner Justus Nyang’aya said shortly before Odinga’s news conference. This is expected to be Odinga’s last attempt at the presidency. “I want to commend our supporters for remaining calm and keeping the peace and urge them to continue to do so. Minutes before the results were announced, four out of seven of Kenya’s electoral commissioners said they would not stand by them.

Kenya's Odinga rejects election results, will launch legal challenge (Reuters)

Kenya's losing presidential candidate Raila Odinga said on Tuesday his coalition totally rejects the election results that saw Deputy President William Ruto ...

Raila: Azimio coalition rejects presidential results (The East African)

William Ruto was named President-elect on August 15 after garnering 50.45 percent of the votes cast.

“The chair acted in disregard to the Constitution… Azimio rejects the presidential results announced by Mr Chebukati,” he said. Mr Odinga also urged his supporters to maintain peace and calm as the coalition pursues constitutional avenues to invalidate the pronunciations by Mr Chebukati. Speaking for the first time since the IEBC chair declared the presidential results on Monday, the Azimio la Umoja One Kenya Coalition party presidential candidate, claimed Mr Chebukati showed disregard to the Constitution by announcing results processed unilaterally.

Raila Odinga calls Kenya's election result a "parody" | Africanews (Africanews English)

Kenyan opposition figure Raila Odinga said he would challenge the results of the close presidential election with "all legal options" after Deputy President ...

Already, religious and other leaders have called for calm in a country that has already seen deadly post-election violence. "We will pursue all legal and constitutional options available to us. Kenyan opposition figure Raila Odinga said he would challenge the results of the close presidential election with "all legal options" after Deputy President William Ruto was declared the winner.****_"What we saw yesterday is a travesty and a blatant disregard of the Constitution," Raila Odinga said.

Full Speech: Raila Odinga Breaks Silence on Presidential Results (Kenyans.co.ke)

The former prime minister affirmed that they would exercise all applicable channels at their disposal to challenge the results.

- defiant16 August 2022 - 6:06 pm - determination16 August 2022 - 5:51 pm We will pursue justice for our supporters and for all Kenyans so that their choices are respected and honoured. Today, I did not want to fully address our strategies going forward but suffice it to note that we will be pursuing all constitutional and legal options available to us. I want to further commend the heroism of the four commissioners who stood up to the bullying and illegal conduct of Chebukati. It is not up to us to decide whether Mr. Chebukati has committed an offense, we leave that determination to the appropriate authorities. Four of the seven protested but Mr. Chebukati, whose mind appeared made up, did not entertain any discussion of the results, precipitating a walkout the majority of the commissioners who promptly denounced the results at a press conference. That is why I and Azimio la Umoja-One Kenya and the nation at large were shocked yesterday to learn that Chebukati alone decided to pronounce the supposed winner of the 2022 presidential elections. In addition, the Court of Appeal in the Maina Kiai case ruled and I quote again.From left; Azimio La Umoja One Kenya Coalition flagbearer Raila Odinga and his deputy Martha Karua posing for a photo in a past eventKenyans.co.ke The IEBC is a structured and democratic institution in which decisions must be taken either by consensus or by a vote of the majority. But yesterday, on August 15, our budding democracy faced a major setback. We are painfully aware of the past political biases by the IEBC that plunged this country into its darkest chapter.