IEBC Put Kenya to Shame – Raila Says

Azimio la Umoja One Kenya Alliance presidential candidate Raila Odinga has said the conduct of IEBC commissioners put the nation to shame.

After meeting with the clerics on Saturday, Raila said it was shameful that the seven commissioners could not reach an agreement yet they were working together.

“If those who were given the mandate to conduct election in our country can do such shameful acts, it shows our democracy is still far, and at this time people wouldn’t be celebrating on a winner,” Raila said. 

“If the seven IEBC commissioners did not give a statement as one body, then that was a bad show in eyes of other countries.”

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The former prime minister said his team was seeking legal redress so as to ensure peace prevails.

“We want peace in our country and that is why we went the legal way so that we can take the evidence that we have that the elections were not transparent and fair,” said the ODM party leader.

On Monday, four commissioners led by vice chair Juliana Cherera said they could not take ownership of the presidential results because of the opaque nature they had been handled. 

“Some things need to be put out there as you can see the four of us are here and not at Bomas where the results are going to be announced because of the opaque nature of how this phase has been handled,” Cherera said.

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“We therefore cannot take ownership of this result that is going to be announced,” she added.

But the electoral agency chair Wafula Chebukati went ahead to declare William Ruto as the president-elect after garnering 7,176,141 votes representing 50.49 per cent of the total vote.

Raila got 6,942,930, which was 48.85 per cent of the total vote.

According to Raila, the results were null and void.

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“The figures announced by Mr. Chebukati are null and void and must be crushed by a court of law,” Raila said at a news conference held at the KICC.

“I want to commend our supporters for remaining calm and keeping the peace and urge them to continue to do so. Let no one take the law into their own hands.”

His legal team is looking into seven critical defenses in an effort to reverse Ruto’s victory.