Raila Odinga rejects William Ruto’s victory

Raila Odinga has rejected the outcomes of Kenya’s presidential election saying that the figures introduced on Monday had been “null and void”.

In accordance with the outcomes, Mr Odinga narrowly misplaced to Deputy President William Ruto.

Mr Odinga accused the top of the electoral physique of a “blatant disregard of the structure”.

“We completely with out reservation reject the presidential election outcomes,” he mentioned.

Making his remarks in entrance of supporters within the capital, Nairobi, he mentioned that there was “neither a legally elected winner nor a president-elect”.

The 77-year-old long-time opposition chief was operating for president for the fifth time. He has challenged the ends in the earlier two elections, together with efficiently in 2017.

Mr Odinga accused the chairman of the electoral physique Wafula Chebukati of “gross impunity” saying his workforce will pursue all authorized choices.

Minutes earlier than Mr Odinga spoke, 4 of seven electoral commissioners who refused to authorized Monday’s outcomes held a press convention to present their causes.

They accused Mr Chebukati of side-lining them and of asserting outcomes that had been filled with “mathematic absurdity and defied logic”.

Juliana Cherera, the vice-chairperson of the fee, mentioned that should you added the chances as introduced by the chairperson of the fee the sum got here to 100.01%.

However some commentators have mentioned that that is all the way down to a easy rounding error.