Raila Odinga

2022 - 8 - 15

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Odinga Rejects Kenya Election Outcome, Plans Legal Challenge (Bloomberg)

Former Kenyan Prime Minister Raila Odinga, who lost the Aug. 9 presidential elections by a tiny margin, rejected the outcome of the vote and vowed to take ...

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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.

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Raila Odinga rejects Kenya's presidential election results, heads to ... (Peoples Gazette)

The 77-year-old presidential hopeful said his Azimio La Umoja Party (One Kenya Coalition Party) will look to the Supreme Court to deliver justice.

We encourage you to join the conversation on our stories via our Facebook, Twitter and other social media pages. “We are not able to take ownership of the results that will be announced,’’ Juliana Cherera, the deputy chairperson of the electoral commission told a media briefing at a different venue from where the announcement was to be made. Mr Odinga’s rejection of the results comes as the Deputy Chairperson of the Independent Electoral and Border Commission, Juliana Cherera, and three other commissioners rejected the results Kenyan presidential election results.

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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 ...

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Kenya election 2022: Raila Odinga rejects presidential vote results (NIGERIAN TRIBUNE)

Raila Odinga has rejected the results of Kenya's presidential election saying that the figures announced on Monday were "null and void".

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Kenya Poll: Odinga Rejects Results, Vows To Pursue 'Legal Options' (CHANNELS TELEVISION)

Kenya's veteran politician Raila Odinga on Tuesday vowed to pursue “all constitutional and legal options” after rejecting the outcome of last week's ...

“I do not want to fully address our strategies going forward but… “What we saw yesterday (Monday) was a travesty and a blatant disregard of the constitution of Kenya,” the 77-year-old former prime minister said. Kenya’s veteran politician Raila Odinga on Tuesday vowed to pursue “all constitutional and legal options” after rejecting the outcome of last week’s election that handed the presidency to his rival William Ruto.

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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.

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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.

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Constitution disregarded, Odinga rejects Kenya's presidential poll ... (The Punch)

Kenya's Raila Odinga on Tuesday rejected the results of last week's presidential election that delivered victory to his rival Deputy President William Ruto.

The PUNCH reports that In January 2006, Ruto had announced his first intention ever to vie for the presidency in the 2007 Kenyan general election. This was as several commissioners of the electoral body rejected the results. However, on Monday, the head of Kenya’s election body declared Deputy President William Ruto the winner of the country’s close-fought presidential election.

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Kenya Decides: Raila Odinga vows to challenge 'flawed' election ... (Premium Times)

"We will do so because we regard the many flaws in the elections and the wrongs committed by IEBC as FATAL to the process and the outcome announced by Mr ...

I want to further commend the heroism of the FOUR commissioners – the majority of the IEBC – who stood up to the bullying and illegal conduct of Mr. Chebukati. WE are proud of them and ask them not to fear anything. The figures announced by Mr Chebukati are null and void and must be quashed by a court of law. In 2017, the Supreme Court of Kenya nullified the presidential election again because of the misconduct of the IEBC. What we saw yesterday was a travesty and a blatant disregard of the Constitution and the laws of Kenya by Mr Chebukati and a minority of IEBC Commissioners. In our view, there is neither a legally and validly declared winner nor a President-Elect. Mr Chebukati’s announcement purporting to announce a winner is a NULLITY. He acted with gross impunity and in total disregard of the Constitution and our laws. The IEBC is structured as a democratic institution in which decisions must be taken either by consensus or by a vote of the majority. The law is clear on the role of the Chairperson of the IEBC. The law does not vest in the Chairperson the powers of a dictator to rule the IEBC unilaterally. But barely two hours before his announcement, Mr Chebukati called a meeting of the IEBC and revealed to them the different results he was going to announce. A majority of the commissioners walked out and held a press conference where they denounced the results. The IEBC is structured as a democratic institution in which decisions must be taken either by consensus or by a vote of the majority,” he said. As a result, Kenya faces a grave legal and political crisis as a result of the actions of Mr Wafula Chebukati, the Chairperson of the IEBC. The terrible memories of the aftermath of the 2007 elections are still fresh in our minds. On August 9, 2022, millions of Kenyans turned out in large numbers in an attempt to choose their leaders at the national, county, and local levels after long and generally peaceful campaigns.

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