Raila dismisses perception he is a serial loser after FIVE failed attempts at presidency
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Raila Odinga claims he only lost once in his quest for presidency dismissing perception that he is a serial loser
Raila Odinga claims he only lost once in his quest for presidency dismissing perception that he is a serial loser.
Azimio la Umoja One Kenya Party leader Raila Odinga has refuted perception that he is a serial loser in his failed bid to be Kenya’s president.
Speaking during the Young African Leaders and Aspirants (YALA) Forum on Tuesday, October 17, Raila said he had only lost once in his previous five attempts.
The Azimio leader was responding to a question from one of the participants, who wanted to know how the ODM leader felt after losing presidential elections five times.
The ODM leader said he only lost elections in 1997 when he first attempted his luck at the presidency.
Raila claimed that his rivals, including former president Uhuru Kenyatta and his successor William Ruto, know they did not defeat him.
“I ran five times, but seriously, only four times. The real-time I lost was when I ran for the first time because I was going to test, to get to know, but I came number three. But I have never lost. That is my pride. It gives me satisfaction, and I can say it even when they are here, and they know they didn’t win,” Raila said.
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The former prime minister gave an example of recent revelations by a former electoral commission official who claimed the ODM leader won the 2007 election.
“You saw Senator Hamida Kibwana writing in the newspapers yesterday that the results Kivuti announced were not the results. Even the results Chebukati announced were not the results, and he knows it,” the ODM leader added.
Despite his failed attempt at presidency, Raila said Kenya’s spirit keeps him going, hoping that one day, the country will have a free and fair election.
“But what keeps me going is the Kenyan spirit. Kenyans deserve better, and one day, Kenyans will have a true, open and transparent elections,” he added.
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