NAIROBI, Kenya, Aug, 15 – Azimio La Umoja-One Kenya Alliance deputy presidential candidate Martha Karua has broken her silence after the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) chairperson Wafula Chebukati announced that United Democratic Alliance (UDA) presidential candidate William Ruto has been declared President-Elect, in the just concluded presidential elections.
Karua on her Twitter account posted a cryptic message hinting that things are not yet over.
“It is Not Over Till it is over…,” read her tweet.
Azimio affiliated leaders refuted the outcome of the polls even before the announcement was made by Chebukati.
Earlier on, the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) vice chairperson Juliana Cherera, alongside commissioner, Justus Nyang’aya, Francis Wanderi, and Irene Masit distanced themselves from the just concluded presidential elections saying that they can not take ownership of the outcome.
In a statement read by Cherera on behalf of the other commissioners at Serena hotel they termed the process as ‘opaque in nature’.
“As you can see the four of us are here and not the Bomas of Kenya where the results are going to be announced because of the opaque nature of how this phase has been handled, we, therefore, can not take ownership of the results that are going to be announced,” she said.
She further said that those that do not agree with the outcome of the elections can seek legal redress.
“However we have an open door that people can go to court and because of the same we urge Kenyans to be peaceful because the rule of the law is going to prevail,”
The four commissioners hailed their tenure at the commission thus far saying that they have expected their mandate as envisaged by the constitution.
“We are part of the commissioner in the IEBC, we have conducted the 2022 general elections and we have ensured that we have improved the standards and we have ensured that we have consistently communicated what is happening,”
“We have partnered with all stakeholders and we say it for a fact that as a commission we have done a good job but some things need to be put out there,”
Cherera alongside the other commissioners refused to take questions from the journalists saying that they would issue a detailed report at a later date.
The tight presidential race saw Ruto emerge victorious in the announcement made by Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) chairperson Wafula Chebukati.
Chebukati said that Ruto garnered 7,176,141 votes representing 50.49 per cent of the total votes cast nationwide.
“He achieved the minimum number of 39 counties at 25 per cent,” he said.
“In accordance with the constitution and the law, I Wafula Chebukati, Chairperson of the IEBC, hereby declare that Ruto William Samoei, has been duly elected as the president of the Republic of Kenya under the provisions of article 138 of the constitution in the presidential election held on August 9, 2022,”
Azimio La Umoja-One Kenya Alliance presidential candidate Raila Odinga emerged second in the race garnering, 6,942,930 votes. This represents 48.85 per cent of the total votes cast.
Other candidates in the race included Roots Party’s George Wajackoyah who garnered 61,969 representing 0.44 per cent of the total votes cast. He came in third in the race.
Agano party’s David Mwaure Waihiga who came in fourth garnered 31,987 votes which represents 0.23 per cent of the total votes cast.
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