There’s no president-elect, Raila says as rejects August presidential results
Raila rejects presidential results announced by IEBC chair Wafula Chebukati terming the results Null and Void.
Azimio presidential candidate, Raila Odinga, has rejected the IEBC presidential results that declared William Samoei Ruto as the president-elect.
Addressing the press at the Kenyatta International Convention Centre (KICC) on Tuesday, August 16, Raila claimed that the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) chairperson, Wafula Chebukati, contravened the law.
Raila claimed that the IEBC did not have a quorum when it announced the result of the presidential election.
He accused IEBC chair Wafula Chebukati of denying other commissioners access to the results before making them public.
Raila rejected the presidential results stating that Iebc chairperson Wafula Chebukati did not follow the law and failed to follow the constitution.
He further went ahead to term the results Null and Void, calling on the courts to annul such an election.
“The figures announced by Mr. Chebukati are null and void and must be quashed by a court of law. In our view, there is neither a legally and validly declared winner nor a President-Elect.”
“We were shocked to learn that Mr. Chebukati decide alone to name the winner of the 2022 election. He denied all the commissioners access to the results,” Raila stated.
Raila Odinga who was accompanied by his running mate Martha Karua, Kalonzo Musyoka among other leaders called on their supporters to remain calm stating that their legal team were handling the matter.
“I want to commend our supporters for keeping calm and keeping peace and urge them to continue doing so. Let no one take the law into their own hands. Justice will prevail,” he stated.
Raila Odinga, unsuccessfully contested the presidency four times starting in 1997, then in 2007, 2013, and 2017 with his fifth stab at the presidency in just concluded August 9, 2022, polls.
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