Azimio la Umoja leader Raila Odinga insists that his victory during the August 9th 2022 presidential election was stolen. He futher states that election malpractices clouded the IEBC during the election period.
Speaking at Kamukunji Grounds in Nairobi, on Monday, January 23, Raila rejected the outcome of the elections, saying he has evidence to support his claims that he won by more than two million votes.
He claimed Ruto win was through a rigged scheme involving the outgoing chairman of the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) chairman Wafula Chebukati alongside commissioners Molu and Guliye.
“I commend all Kenyans who carried out the sacred and patriotic duty and cast their ballot peacefully. You expected IEBC to transmit, tally and announce the results in accordance with the law, free of bias and corruption.”
“However”, he continued, “the IEBC and the then chairman Wafula Chebukati and two commissioners Abdi Guliye and Boya Molu and CEO Marjan Hussein Marjan formed a cartel within IEBC to the exclusion of four new commissioners, disregarded the votes you cast and cooked their own results,” Raila said.
The opposition leader said they do not recognise President William Ruto as the President of Kenya and that the Kenya Kwanza government is illegitimate.“We as Azimio reject the 2022 election results totally. We can not and will not recognise the Kenya Kwanza regime and we consider the Kenya Kwanza government illegitimate.”
Raila said.“The presidential results announced unilaterally by Mr Chebukati on August 15 were entirely made up by him and had nothing to do with the votes you cast.”He demanded the entire infrastructure, records of the 2022 elections in the IEBC be made public and audited by an impartial body.
Accordding to the Azimio leader, the judgement passed by the Supreme court was through cohersing by cartels. Raila said IEBC whistleblowers had confirmed to the Azimio team that the coalition won with a landslide.
He also said the opposition rejects any attempts to constitute IEBC, saying the Kenya Kwanza government is keen to rig the 2027 elections.Raila said the Kenya Kwanza administration should resign, saying it has neither the mandate nor the ability to govern the country.
“We ask our people to say no to the UDA (United DemoUnited Democratic Alliance) regime. This regime and its unfortunate and unfair policy must be resisted and the resistance starts today,” he added.
Other leaders present were Raila’s running mate in the last election Martha Karua, Wiper leader Kalonzo Musyoka, former Defence Cabinet Secretary Eugine Wamalwa and several Azimio MPs and politicians.
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