Raila details how he pleaded with Chebukati before announcing the August presidential results
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Raila details how he pleaded with Chebukati before announcing the August presidential results declaring William Ruto as the winner
Raila details how he pleaded with Chebukati before announcing the August presidential results declaring William Ruto as the winner.
Azimio la Umoja One Kenya Coalition leader Raila Odinga on Wednesday, December 7, during the Kamukunji rally revealed how his victory was allegedly stolen.
Raila explained the reasons for his defeat while launching an all-out attack against President William Ruto’s government.
The former prime minister recalled that Wafula Chebukati, the chairman of the Independence Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC), had called him on Monday night, August 15, 2022, to discuss the results he was about to announce.
“What happened at Bomas of Kenya was pure comedy and not an electoral process,” Raila asserted.
According to Raila, he asked to know the details of the discussion, including the results, but Chebukati refused to reveal the results ahead of time.
“Initially, Chebukati told us that he was tired, and retired to bed. He went at 12 am then returned at 9 pm,”
“At the time, other commissioners were counting the votes as Chebukati slept. Only for him to come back later and discard everything that was going on, claiming that he had the real results,” Raila claimed.
Raila noted that Chebukati refused to listen to other commissioners collating data throughout the night.
The Azimio La Umoja Leader claimed that Chebukati came from his home with pre-determined results, which he eventually announced to the country.
“We asked him where he got the results from but he summarily ignored us without giving any audience to us,” lamented Raila.
Raila told his supporters at Kamkunji that Chebukati’s only answer was, “my assistant has counted the votes, and I believe they are accurate.”
Before releasing the results, Raila asked for a meeting with Chebukati, but his requests were ignored.
He offered to go see Chebukati in person since he was so astonished by what he did.
Raila pointed out that other commissioners’ attempts to include the results of the remaining 27 constituencies in the final total were also ignored by the IEBC chair.
“Chebukati refused to listen to his colleagues who pleaded with him to ensure that everything was transparent,” Raila recounted.
The ODM Party Leader told Kenyans that Chebukati refused to listen to anyone and finally announced results collated by his personal assistant instead of the commission.
Raila had on Monday, December 5, promised to outline how his victory was stolen from him by the people he termed as “crooks”.
At Kamkunji Grounds, Azimio La Umoja placed nine demands to President William Ruto and declared that the coalition will continue to put pressure on the Kenya Kwanza government.
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