Raila Odinga

William Ruto was named President-elect on August 15 after garnering 50.45 percent of the votes cast.

“The chair acted in disregard to the Constitution… Azimio rejects the presidential results announced by Mr Chebukati,” he said. Mr Odinga also urged his supporters to maintain peace and calm as the coalition pursues constitutional avenues to invalidate the pronunciations by Mr Chebukati. Speaking for the first time since the IEBC chair declared the presidential results on Monday, the Azimio la Umoja One Kenya Coalition party presidential candidate, claimed Mr Chebukati showed disregard to the Constitution by announcing results processed unilaterally.

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.

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.

Kenya's defeated presidential candidate Raila Odinga speaks during a press conference at the Kenyatta International Convention Centre (KICC) in Nairobi.

"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. "I do not want to fully address our strategies going forward but... Odinga, who described the outcome of the August 9 poll as "a travesty" at Tuesday's press conference, has previously claimed to have been cheated of victory in the 2007, 2013 and 2017 presidential elections.

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.

Kenya's supreme court could be called on to make a ruling - and may decide to order a fresh election to clear up concerns over the extremely tight result.

It could order a fresh election. Veteran opposition leader and five-time presidential candidate Mr Odinga called the election result "null and void" and said it showed "blatant disregard of the constitution". Kenya's supreme court could be called on to make a ruling - and may decide to order a fresh election to clear up concerns over the extremely tight result.

Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga who was defeated in a tight and disputed presidential election by Deputy President William Ruto will address the media ...

"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.

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 ...