Kenya's defeated presidential candidate Raila Odinga filed a petition to the country's top court today, challenging the outcome of the 9 August election in what he called a fight for"democracy and good governance".
"We have enough evidence that it is us who won the election. We didn't have an election we can be proud of," Mr Odinga told a press conference after filing the case. Since 2002, no presidential election in Kenya has gone uncontested, with this year's outcome also causing a rift within the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission which oversaw the poll.
"Odinga must win so that we get the 6,000 shillings promised in his manifesto," said one man, wearing a crown made with plants who was referring to a monthly cash handout for vulnerable households. The court annulled that election in a first for Africa and ordered a re-run which was boycotted by Mr Odinga.In a shock development shortly before the results of this year's poll were announced, four of the IEBC's seven commissioners accused chairman Chebukati of running an"opaque" operation and later said the numbers did not add up.
Sounds like Trump...“Raila Odinga, 77, is the most unfortunate presidential contender Kenya has ever had. He has run for the presidency five times and lost on each occasion, saying that the elections were stolen from him”
Choose your vocabulary wisely. It's not 'defeated' but victory deferred.
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