Azimio Claims Gov’t Harassing IEBC Staff, Demands Audit of Election Results

Azimio la Umoja One Kenya Alliance coalition party insists its leader Raila Odinga won the August 9 elections.

Addressing reporters at the Stephen Kalonzo Musyoka (SKM) Command Centre on Thursday, the principals claimed they did not have the “valid” results when they challenged President William Ruto’s win at the Supreme Court.

Led by Wiper leader Kalonzo Musyoka, the opposition maintained that Raila garnered 8.1 million votes while Dr Ruto got 5.9 million votes.

But according to the final tally as announced by the IEBC on August 15, 2022, Dr Ruto won with 7.18 million of the votes (50.49 per cent) against Raila’s 6.94 million votes (48.85 per cent).

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“The data that we shared with Kenyans in regard to election outcome was not available to us when we filed the presidential petition in August last year,” Kalonzo said.

“We’re now waiting for Raila Odinga to return from South Africa so that we chart the way forward. Kenyans will surely be informed about the next course of action.”

The former vice president was flanked by Narc Kenya party leader Martha Karua, former Kakamega Governor Wycliffe Oparanya, Jubilee Party Secretary-General Jeremiah Kioni and Prof Makau Mutua.

The team warned that more shocking details on how the elections were rigged will soon be revealed.

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“Expect more bombshells when Raila returns,” he continued.

Kalonzo also claimed that the Ruto administration is currently harassing IEBC staff to reveal the identity of the whistleblower.

But they (Azimio) have the unidentified persons “under round the clock protection”.

Kioni who made the damning allegations on Wednesday said votes were manipulated in Mt Kenya in favour of President Ruto.

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“It’s unbelievable what we are told about Raila’s votes in Mt. Kenya. For instance, in Kiambu County, we understand that Raila got 434,501 votes while Ruto got 371,377 votes. In Kirinyaga County, Raila got 186,831 votes while Ruto got 72,399 votes,” said Kioni.

“They denied us access to the real data when we needed it. We are now demanding forensic audit into the results,” added the former Ndaragwa MP.