Azimio la Umoja- One Kenya Presidential candidate in the 2022 General Election Raila Odinga is set to address the nation on Tuesday, August 16, 2.00 PM.
The national address will take place at the Azimio media centre in Kenyatta International Convention Centre (KICC) a day after the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission declared William Ruto as the President-Elect.
Raila's Azimio la Umoja One Kenya alliance disputed the election results claiming there were irregularities and IEBC systems hacked.
On Monday, Kenyans expected to see Raila at the Bomas of Kenya, where the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commissioned (IEBC) announced the presidential election winner.
His last public appearance was Sunday, August 14, when he attended a church service at ACK St Francis church in Karen
Meanwhile; Incoming Homa Bay Governor Gladys Wanga has called upon supporters of the Azimio La Umoja One Kenya coalition to pray for the party’s leader Raila Odinga following the announcement of the final General Election results on Monday evening.
Wanga, a fierce Odinga supporter who was also contesting under the Azimio outfit, took to social media on Tuesday morning to express her disappointment over the results.
Leaders allied to the Azimio coalition allege that irregularities marred the electoral process.
Mr. Odinga, who was contesting for presidency under the party’s ticket lost narrowly to his rival, William Ruto, in the results released by the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC).
Odinga got 6,942,930 votes representing 48 percent of the total votes cast, while Ruto garnered 7,176,141 votes, representing 50.49 percent.
Wanga’s sentiments came just hours after Odinga’s running mate Martha Karua’s, who on Monday night hinted at a plan to challenge Ruto’s victory.
Soon after the official announcement of Ruto’s victory, Karua took to Twitter, saying “It is not over till it is over.”
Moments before Chebukati announced the final results of the presidential election, Odinga's chief agent, Saitabao Ole Kanchuri claimed that the systems used by the electoral commission to tally the results of the presidential contest were compromised ahead of the official announcement by the electoral body.
Meanwhile, a petition challenging the presidential election results should be filed within seven days from the declaration of the results by IEBC.
According to the Supreme Court, the petition will then be determined 14 days from the day it was filed.
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