Kenya Elections: Alarm Bells From Stockholm
ODM-Scandinavia wishes to announce that the Party branch is getting concerned at the delay in the announcement of the Presidential vote. It is over 29 hrs since the casting of the ballot but so far, no official announcement has been made.
The election results continues to flactuate. We have contacts with ODM headquarters and the Kenyan media including KTN and what we have seen is that at one point, Raila has been leading with 58.7% against Kibaki’s 39% while at another point, Raila’s lead has gone down to 50% against Kibaki’s 43% then Raila picks up the lead again with 58.7% then kibaki going down to 39% within a few hours.
So far we have not seen any fundamental change in the figures and this situation is creating serious concerns within ODM Scandinavia members as to how the winning percentage continue to be tabulated.
There is evidence that ballot papers have been introduced at specific polling stations for example Kamukunji, Matuga and Saitoti’s Kajiado in favour of Kibaki’s PNU candidates and this situation contiues to point to possible rigging.
We, ODM Scandinavia, recommends that the President elect Hon H.E Raila Amollo Odinga should call a Press conference and make an official statement concerning the issue because from our point of view, it looks like there are some irregularities going on.
This is not the first election in Kenya and, from our point of view, we are smelling an element of rigging of elections which we will not accept.
The ODM leadership should put on their “alert gears” because all indications are that something fishy is going on.
We demand that election results should be announced immediately by the Electoral commission. At the same time, we wish to appeal to Kenyans not to be duped during the delays in announcing the winner.
The anti-Kibaki struggle has been long and Kenyans should not accept the result of a rigged election.
Mrs Hellen opwapo for
ODM Scandinavia executive committee.
Update On Presidential Vote: 17.55 CET
ODM-Scandinavia wishes to announce that it is just a matter of time before Hon Raila Odinga is pronounced the next President of the Republic of Kenya. According to reports from Nairobi, ODM members and supporters should be preparing for a power take-over in Kenya. Further information will be released as it becomes available.
Okoth Osewe
Update On Presidential Vote: 16.09 CET
1. Raila Odinga 3,102,677 56 %
2. Mwai Kibaki 2,090,518 38 %
3. Kalonzo Musyoka 305,770 6 %
4. Ngacha Karani 2,831 0 %
5. Pius Muiru 1,702 0 %
6. Nazlin Omar 1,372 0 %
7. Kenneth Matiba 1,218 0 %
8. Waweru Ng’ethe 764 0 %
9. Kukubo Nixon 736
Okoth Osewe
ODM-Scandinavia To Meet at Wananchi Pavillion Today
ODM-Scandinavia members will meet today Friday 28th December to monitor and discuss Kenya election results. The meeting comes in the wake of indications that ODM is on its way to power in Kenya.
Latest results indicate that the Party’s Presidential candidate Hon Raila Odinga is on the lead with 2.4 million votes with Kibaki trailing with 1.6 million votes. ODM-Scandinavia’s Executive committee has promised to release a comprehensive statement as the situation in Kenya also becomes clearer.
In the meantime, the Chairperson of ODM-Scandinavia Mrs Hellen Opwapo has called on all Kenyans in Scandinavia to remain united regardless of the parties they supported during elections.
She said that although it appears as though ODM is on the lead, ODM supporters should relax and wait for the final outcome which, she said, is expected later today. She added that the Party branch continues to receive regular election updates from Nairobi and hoped that ODM will form the next government.
Okoth Osewe
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