Kenya's Presidential Candidate and loser Raila Odinga has rejected the outcome of the 2013 Kenya election that saw Uhuru Kenyatta being declared as the fourth President of the Republic of Kenya.
Odinga said he is basing his argument on the failure of the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) Kenya to conduct the exercise in accordance with the law.
He says most of his agents were pushed out of the Bomas, the National vote tally center and that the breakdown of the transmission system was intentionally done by the IEBC to manipulate the votes cast in favor of Uhuru Kenyatta.
Raila however called upon his supporters to remain calm as he seeks relief from the Supreme Court.
"Raila has no intention of conceding and will be challenging this in court," Odinga's advisor Mr. Salim Lone told the press.
"The level of the failures in the system makes it very difficult to believe it was a credible result, and if Uhuru is declared president, Raila will go to court." Salim added.
Odinga said he is basing his argument on the failure of the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) Kenya to conduct the exercise in accordance with the law.
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| Raila Odinga as he cast his vote. He has vowed to challenge the outcome. |
He says most of his agents were pushed out of the Bomas, the National vote tally center and that the breakdown of the transmission system was intentionally done by the IEBC to manipulate the votes cast in favor of Uhuru Kenyatta.
Raila however called upon his supporters to remain calm as he seeks relief from the Supreme Court.
"Raila has no intention of conceding and will be challenging this in court," Odinga's advisor Mr. Salim Lone told the press.
"The level of the failures in the system makes it very difficult to believe it was a credible result, and if Uhuru is declared president, Raila will go to court." Salim added.
Mr Kenyatta garnered 6,173,433 votes out of 12,338,667 total votes cast in the March 4 General Election. This translates to 50.03 of the vote. Mr Odinga came second after polling 5,340,546 which represents 43.28 per cent of the vote.
On Thursday, the Coalition for Reforms and Democracy (Cord) demanded a stop to the vote tallying saying its integrity is "in question".
On Thursday, the Coalition for Reforms and Democracy (Cord) demanded a stop to the vote tallying saying its integrity is "in question".
Kalonzo Musyoka, who was the running mate of Raila Odinga, said the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) should take the blame for the flawed vote count.
"We as a coalition take the position that the national vote tallying process lacks integrity and has to be stopped and restarted using primary documents from the polling stations," said Mr Musyoka.
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