10 thoughts on “Raila Odinga Press Conference: Massive Election Rigging in Kenya”
To say am disappointed would be an understatement!Am truly gutted that we were beaten because we were not tribal-smart enough to martial enough numbers to whip our way to a win this election! I must however praise the People of Kenya for upholding peace and thank those like me,who campaigned for CORD and the candidature of Raila Amollo Odinga/ Stephen Kalonzo Musyoka. Nothing takes God by surprise!He is the Ultimate Architect of All; He alone can make or allow one to be a leader.As we await the ruling by the Supreme Court,I hope Kenyans are learning just how in the political dispensation period we are in today;with the implementation of the great Constitution of Kenya 2010;talk is one thing,actual voting for your preferred candidate to the last man is another!God bless Kenya!
KSB: Ak Martins, RAO has said clearly that the election was rigged. It is not a choice of the people. Period.
‘God has spoken!’ Said William Ruto in his victory speech!
Absolute Madness!(Must be a Moron God)!
Ruto is a bit off his mind there. We are a secular state and we separate the will of God from the will of the people. The will of the people is sovereign, the will of God not in the public place. But may be in private if people choose. And there are many Gods around!
Why is this distinction important?
For example:
If and when sanctions come, it will not be an act challenging God’s will. It will simply be the consequence of Kenyans having voted in ICC indictees. Action and reaction as a political interaction in the real world. Nothing to do with religion, nor God.
It is important to be clear-headed in these things, especially when men are in positions where they will make decisions that affect the fates of millions of people. Mental cobwebs are a public hazard, and right there Ruto is showing infections of it.
This is a dangerous ideological mix-up in the mind of Ruto. It is mysticism. Mysticism is no answer to dire reality, and when it hijacks power, state power, it can be a dreary business correcting its excesses, folly, and silliness.
ODM/CORD was the side most favoured to win by global pundits……..
Hence the large army of foreign observers, western diplomats and press corps that descended upon Nairobi — to make sure that the ballot process was free from any manipulations (rigging) like the Kibaki version (2007).
These independent observers have become unusually subdued since the final tally — after having inspected and argued over every ballot scrupulously.
On this side ndugu yangu — we are just thankful to GOD for the global witness of our election process. As we say in our village: “No child yells without being pinched by someone.” And the anonymous pincher is now quite visible.
KSB: It not the voting process being challenged. its the tallying process.
Am sure if cord worn there would be nothing like election was rigged so bwana osewe advice raila to apply job as a shamba boy in brookside as you wrote uhuru will milking cows when rao takes over wenye wivu wameze wembe period!!!!!!
KSB: What cord is asking for – tallying – is achievable in a day or two. If Uhuru wins, I do agree with you – that Agwambo can get yr shamba boy job. Let us re-tally so that Kenya can move on. Kibaki ruled for 5yrs because of Annan otherwise we could have been in a Somali situation by now. Get that right. Uhuru will rule the Kikuyu and Wakale if this thing is not sorted soon. You can take this to the bank. “Nyanza Sio Kenya”; “Western Sio Kenya” “Eastern Sio Kenya will all be set up to join “Pwani Sio Kenya” and other new Sio Kenyas. This is not what we want. We want “Kenya ni Yetu” so let it be sorted because everybody wants a peaceful Kenya.
Miguna Mwingine (hakiri yako dogo kabisa na tena iko Matako)Raila has said He will appeal (IEBC)wrongly and forced decision by the NSIS /CID/IG of Police (Kimayio)
GEMA-Kibaki succession Conspiracy to rigg Elections inorder for (Kamwana) Uhuru Kenyatta and Ruto Regime to continue Status-Quo in protecting ruling Compradors Ill-gotten wealth grabbed from millions of oppressed kenyan masses who lives at the mercy of Big tribes who are forced to live in this Huge Prison Camp called( KENYA YETU HAKUNA MATATA)
Kenya situation is very fragile A certain Power needs only to suply (fund) secesion Movements in CoasT/ North Eastern/Turkana /Mt Elgon/ Tana-River etc and see how Kenya will Dis-Integrate like a warm -Butter(Cheese)Kenya Defence Forces/Police can collapse so easly hence tribalism in Kenya Oppressive system. So mr MIg Mig Mwingine Pray to your mts Gods for Peace to privail in this fake Unified Nation where Kikuyu/Kalenjin Regimes has been skinning oppressed &marginalized communities over 50 years. I beg you to start thinking like a human being.Note Kenya security has failed to protect Kenyans.
Today is 10th March Yet no civilized and Democratic Country /Nation has recognized Uhuru Kenyatta and Ruto hijacked Government why?
Sit down and Ponder(Think)
And do not think like an -Ape!
kikuyu/kalenjin government failed in the past to make kenya a modern developed democratic state.we cant see how crimminals can run agovernment,people who have cases in court,who have no respect for rule of law,decency and intergrity,no respect for international community of nations except those ruled by rogue leaders.how did kibaki conspire to hand kenya power to kanu and its renage offsprings in the name of TNA /URP ? kibaki is terrible mess to have created situaions where kenya is mourning death of our republic.
Kikuyu-Gema Ruling class Power of Money did Miracles in Riggin Uhuru Kenyatta and his deputy Ruto in Power as Kenyas President>FRESH queries over vote numbers might further delay the announcement of the result of the presidential elections.
The Coalition for Reforms and Democracy yesterday protested over discrepancies between the presidential tallies announced by the IEBC and those displayed on the screens.
Cord also lodged a complaint with the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission over an alleged failure to include their votes from 11 constituencies.
Assistant minister John Mbadi took the complaint to IEBC yesterday morning, claiming that some figures read out by the commissioners on Thursday night were not reflected in the final tally.
Raila was leading in all the 11 constituencies of Kitui South, Kabuchai, Changamwe, Kanduyi, Homa Bay, Ganze, Vihiga, Khamisi, Magarini, Mumias East and Kitutu Chache constituencies.
The results were read by commissioners Muthoni Wangai, Kule Galma Godana and Mohammed Alawi.
In total, Raila garnered 281,611 votes from the 11 constituencies against Uhuru’s 20,216.
Former Muhoroni MP Ayiecho Olweny confronted the IEBC over discrepancies which at one point amounted to 334,894 votes.
The discrepancy arose after adding the votes for each candidate from 226 of the 291 constituencies. From 226 constituencies, the total came to 9,388,485 votes which should be equivalent to the total valid votes cast.
However, the number of total valid votes shown on the screen by IEBC was 9,723,379, a difference of 334,894.
Cord was also concerned that the total votes cast in 226 constituencies were 9,816,429 while the total rejected votes stood at 94,020.
However, the total valid votes cast, as displayed on the screen, was 9,723,379 instead of 9,722,409, giving rise to 970 votes that were inexplicably included.
After 234 constituencies, the screen had an extra 23,660 votes above the 10,004,557 total valid votes cast.
“When I look at the screen, there are some 23,660 extra valid votes. It suggests that what you are giving to the nation is wrong,” Ayiecho said.
Chief Electoral Officer James Oswago acknowledged that “there could be a disconnect between the results announced and those being keyed in.”
“There could be something that was not done well but give us a chance to rectify it. We have stopped the process briefly to reconcile the figures. But if you want to take the matter further (to the courts) you are free to do so,” he said.
IEBC chairman Issack Hassan said “there could have been some errors during data entry which could be easily rectified. We have had to moderate between speed and accuracy. But we want to assure you that the results we are releasing are credible and the chief agents and the presidential agents have a direct access to the chairman for any clarification,” Hassan said.
The IEBC and party agents met over the discrepancies yesterday afternoon as Oswago announced that there were only 30 returning officers whose filings remained to be verified. Oswago said the IEBC still hoped to release the full results of the presidential election yesterday evening.
With votes from 239 constituencies tallied, Jubilee’s Uhuru Kenyatta was still leading by 5,159,344 (49.9 per cent) to Raila’s 4,516,660 (43.69 per cent).
Meanwhile, Oswago yesterday allayed rumours of his alleged detention when he did not appear with the chairman and commissioners during Thursday evening’s media briefing.
“Part of the reason I am here is to explain that I am neither in prison or dead. This is a difficult process given that we are undergoing it for the first time,” Oswago said.
Hassan assured the country that the IEBC was working in harmony to ensure that it delivers on its constitutional mandate.
“As you can see we are here together. We don’t know how the elections will pan out. But I want to assure Kenyans that we shall respect the rule of law,” he said.
Social media had been abuzz over the IEBC secretary’s whereabouts ahead of the declaration of the final result of the presidential elections.
Vice President and CORD running mate Kalonzo Musyoka was the first to claim that there was discord within the IEBC over alleged doctoring of results.
Kenyatta victory promises trouble for Kenya
Presidential frontrunner must stand trial for crimes against humanity at The Hague in July
Presidential candidate Uhuru Kenyatta has promised to attend his trial for human rights abuses – just not all the time. Photograph: Simon Maina/AFP/Getty Images
The victory of Uhuru Kenyatta in Kenya’s presidential race, if confirmed, would lead the international community into dangerously unfamiliar territory, with possibly far-reaching deleterious consequences for US and British relations with the country, UN operations and the struggle against al-Qaida-style Islamist extremism.
Along with his running mate, William Ruto, and two others, Kenyatta faces charges of crimes against humanity at the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague arising from post-election violence in 2007. Legally speaking, his victory would mean that the leader of one of Africa’s foremost states must stand trial in July for alleged wrongdoing that could result in a life sentence in a foreign jail.
Such a spectacle would inevitably be portrayed as partisan, biased, and part of the post-colonial west’s alleged wider vendetta against black Africa. Worse, it could compromise the arguably much stronger but so far stalemated ICC genocide and war crimes case against Omar al-Bashir, the president of Sudan, and possible future cases involving, for example, Syria’s Bashar al-Assad.
The US, Britain and leading figures including Kofi Annan, the former UN secretary-general, have already made clear, in a roundabout way, that Kenyatta’s victory would not be welcome. Britain has indicated officials will avoid any but essential contact with him. If London sticks to this approach, a diplomatic rift may be unavoidable.
British diplomats in Kenya have often been accused of interfering in the country’s internal affairs, going back to the time of former president Daniel Arap Moi.
Earlier this week, the Kenyatta campaign accused the British high commissioner of “shadowy, suspicious and rather animated involvement” in the election, a claim rejected by Britain. Once Kenyatta is in office, British diplomats may face a Robert Mugabe-style dilemma over whether to meet him, shake his hand, or even sit down in the same room.
The US is in a similarly awkward position. The Obama administration’s top Africa diplomat, Johnnie Carson, warned pointedly before the poll that “choices have consequences”, a comment widely seen as a recommendation that voters back Kenyatta’s opponent, Raila Odinga.
“This is going to pose a very awkward situation,” Jendayi Frazer, a former assistant secretary of state for African affairs, told the New York Times. “Kenyatta knows he needs the United States, and the United States knows it needs Kenya.”
Vital American interests include Kenyan cooperation in the fight against al-Qaida affiliates that have mounted attacks on western targets in Nairobi, Mombasa and in neighbouring Somalia.
Kenya’s assistance and leadership is seen as crucial in the battle against Indian Ocean piracy and in tackling regional problems including violence and mass displacement in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The UN, which created the ICC, relies on bases in Kenya from which to help run big trans-national operations across the continent.
Open confrontation may yet be avoided. Already the ICC has agreed to postpone the trial, at the defence’s request, from April to July. Further delays and postponements are entirely possible, especially since the defence claims crucial witness evidence has been undercut. And whatever the US and Britain do, most countries, most importantly China, can be expected to turn a blind eye.
Kenyatta has been clever, too. He has pledged to attend his trial, though not continually – a legal novelty for the ICC. As a result, so far at least, he has not been detained and arraigned like others, such as Slobodan Milošević, the late Yugoslav strongman. And the chief prosecutor has indicated that the trial, once it starts, could drag on for years. The only conviction the ICC has secured so far, of Congolese warlord Thomas Lubanga, took six years.
On this basis, Kenyatta could be running for re-election before his trial is anywhere near finished.
To say am disappointed would be an understatement!Am truly gutted that we were beaten because we were not tribal-smart enough to martial enough numbers to whip our way to a win this election! I must however praise the People of Kenya for upholding peace and thank those like me,who campaigned for CORD and the candidature of Raila Amollo Odinga/ Stephen Kalonzo Musyoka. Nothing takes God by surprise!He is the Ultimate Architect of All; He alone can make or allow one to be a leader.As we await the ruling by the Supreme Court,I hope Kenyans are learning just how in the political dispensation period we are in today;with the implementation of the great Constitution of Kenya 2010;talk is one thing,actual voting for your preferred candidate to the last man is another!God bless Kenya!
KSB: Ak Martins, RAO has said clearly that the election was rigged. It is not a choice of the people. Period.
This Polis is dangerous Why is he forcing dictatorship in kenya?
‘God has spoken!’ Said William Ruto in his victory speech!
Absolute Madness!(Must be a Moron God)!
Ruto is a bit off his mind there. We are a secular state and we separate the will of God from the will of the people. The will of the people is sovereign, the will of God not in the public place. But may be in private if people choose. And there are many Gods around!
Why is this distinction important?
For example:
If and when sanctions come, it will not be an act challenging God’s will. It will simply be the consequence of Kenyans having voted in ICC indictees. Action and reaction as a political interaction in the real world. Nothing to do with religion, nor God.
It is important to be clear-headed in these things, especially when men are in positions where they will make decisions that affect the fates of millions of people. Mental cobwebs are a public hazard, and right there Ruto is showing infections of it.
This is a dangerous ideological mix-up in the mind of Ruto. It is mysticism. Mysticism is no answer to dire reality, and when it hijacks power, state power, it can be a dreary business correcting its excesses, folly, and silliness.
ODM/CORD was the side most favoured to win by global pundits……..
Hence the large army of foreign observers, western diplomats and press corps that descended upon Nairobi — to make sure that the ballot process was free from any manipulations (rigging) like the Kibaki version (2007).
These independent observers have become unusually subdued since the final tally — after having inspected and argued over every ballot scrupulously.
On this side ndugu yangu — we are just thankful to GOD for the global witness of our election process. As we say in our village: “No child yells without being pinched by someone.” And the anonymous pincher is now quite visible.
KSB: It not the voting process being challenged. its the tallying process.
Am sure if cord worn there would be nothing like election was rigged so bwana osewe advice raila to apply job as a shamba boy in brookside as you wrote uhuru will milking cows when rao takes over wenye wivu wameze wembe period!!!!!!
KSB: What cord is asking for – tallying – is achievable in a day or two. If Uhuru wins, I do agree with you – that Agwambo can get yr shamba boy job. Let us re-tally so that Kenya can move on. Kibaki ruled for 5yrs because of Annan otherwise we could have been in a Somali situation by now. Get that right. Uhuru will rule the Kikuyu and Wakale if this thing is not sorted soon. You can take this to the bank. “Nyanza Sio Kenya”; “Western Sio Kenya” “Eastern Sio Kenya will all be set up to join “Pwani Sio Kenya” and other new Sio Kenyas. This is not what we want. We want “Kenya ni Yetu” so let it be sorted because everybody wants a peaceful Kenya.
Miguna Mwingine (hakiri yako dogo kabisa na tena iko Matako)Raila has said He will appeal (IEBC)wrongly and forced decision by the NSIS /CID/IG of Police (Kimayio)
GEMA-Kibaki succession Conspiracy to rigg Elections inorder for (Kamwana) Uhuru Kenyatta and Ruto Regime to continue Status-Quo in protecting ruling Compradors Ill-gotten wealth grabbed from millions of oppressed kenyan masses who lives at the mercy of Big tribes who are forced to live in this Huge Prison Camp called( KENYA YETU HAKUNA MATATA)
Kenya situation is very fragile A certain Power needs only to suply (fund) secesion Movements in CoasT/ North Eastern/Turkana /Mt Elgon/ Tana-River etc and see how Kenya will Dis-Integrate like a warm -Butter(Cheese)Kenya Defence Forces/Police can collapse so easly hence tribalism in Kenya Oppressive system. So mr MIg Mig Mwingine Pray to your mts Gods for Peace to privail in this fake Unified Nation where Kikuyu/Kalenjin Regimes has been skinning oppressed &marginalized communities over 50 years. I beg you to start thinking like a human being.Note Kenya security has failed to protect Kenyans.
Today is 10th March Yet no civilized and Democratic Country /Nation has recognized Uhuru Kenyatta and Ruto hijacked Government why?
Sit down and Ponder(Think)
And do not think like an -Ape!
kikuyu/kalenjin government failed in the past to make kenya a modern developed democratic state.we cant see how crimminals can run agovernment,people who have cases in court,who have no respect for rule of law,decency and intergrity,no respect for international community of nations except those ruled by rogue leaders.how did kibaki conspire to hand kenya power to kanu and its renage offsprings in the name of TNA /URP ? kibaki is terrible mess to have created situaions where kenya is mourning death of our republic.
Kikuyu-Gema Ruling class Power of Money did Miracles in Riggin Uhuru Kenyatta and his deputy Ruto in Power as Kenyas President>FRESH queries over vote numbers might further delay the announcement of the result of the presidential elections.
The Coalition for Reforms and Democracy yesterday protested over discrepancies between the presidential tallies announced by the IEBC and those displayed on the screens.
Cord also lodged a complaint with the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission over an alleged failure to include their votes from 11 constituencies.
Assistant minister John Mbadi took the complaint to IEBC yesterday morning, claiming that some figures read out by the commissioners on Thursday night were not reflected in the final tally.
Raila was leading in all the 11 constituencies of Kitui South, Kabuchai, Changamwe, Kanduyi, Homa Bay, Ganze, Vihiga, Khamisi, Magarini, Mumias East and Kitutu Chache constituencies.
The results were read by commissioners Muthoni Wangai, Kule Galma Godana and Mohammed Alawi.
In total, Raila garnered 281,611 votes from the 11 constituencies against Uhuru’s 20,216.
Former Muhoroni MP Ayiecho Olweny confronted the IEBC over discrepancies which at one point amounted to 334,894 votes.
The discrepancy arose after adding the votes for each candidate from 226 of the 291 constituencies. From 226 constituencies, the total came to 9,388,485 votes which should be equivalent to the total valid votes cast.
However, the number of total valid votes shown on the screen by IEBC was 9,723,379, a difference of 334,894.
Cord was also concerned that the total votes cast in 226 constituencies were 9,816,429 while the total rejected votes stood at 94,020.
However, the total valid votes cast, as displayed on the screen, was 9,723,379 instead of 9,722,409, giving rise to 970 votes that were inexplicably included.
After 234 constituencies, the screen had an extra 23,660 votes above the 10,004,557 total valid votes cast.
“When I look at the screen, there are some 23,660 extra valid votes. It suggests that what you are giving to the nation is wrong,” Ayiecho said.
Chief Electoral Officer James Oswago acknowledged that “there could be a disconnect between the results announced and those being keyed in.”
“There could be something that was not done well but give us a chance to rectify it. We have stopped the process briefly to reconcile the figures. But if you want to take the matter further (to the courts) you are free to do so,” he said.
IEBC chairman Issack Hassan said “there could have been some errors during data entry which could be easily rectified. We have had to moderate between speed and accuracy. But we want to assure you that the results we are releasing are credible and the chief agents and the presidential agents have a direct access to the chairman for any clarification,” Hassan said.
The IEBC and party agents met over the discrepancies yesterday afternoon as Oswago announced that there were only 30 returning officers whose filings remained to be verified. Oswago said the IEBC still hoped to release the full results of the presidential election yesterday evening.
With votes from 239 constituencies tallied, Jubilee’s Uhuru Kenyatta was still leading by 5,159,344 (49.9 per cent) to Raila’s 4,516,660 (43.69 per cent).
Meanwhile, Oswago yesterday allayed rumours of his alleged detention when he did not appear with the chairman and commissioners during Thursday evening’s media briefing.
“Part of the reason I am here is to explain that I am neither in prison or dead. This is a difficult process given that we are undergoing it for the first time,” Oswago said.
Hassan assured the country that the IEBC was working in harmony to ensure that it delivers on its constitutional mandate.
“As you can see we are here together. We don’t know how the elections will pan out. But I want to assure Kenyans that we shall respect the rule of law,” he said.
Social media had been abuzz over the IEBC secretary’s whereabouts ahead of the declaration of the final result of the presidential elections.
Vice President and CORD running mate Kalonzo Musyoka was the first to claim that there was discord within the IEBC over alleged doctoring of results.
Kenyatta victory promises trouble for Kenya
Presidential frontrunner must stand trial for crimes against humanity at The Hague in July
Presidential candidate Uhuru Kenyatta has promised to attend his trial for human rights abuses – just not all the time. Photograph: Simon Maina/AFP/Getty Images
The victory of Uhuru Kenyatta in Kenya’s presidential race, if confirmed, would lead the international community into dangerously unfamiliar territory, with possibly far-reaching deleterious consequences for US and British relations with the country, UN operations and the struggle against al-Qaida-style Islamist extremism.
Along with his running mate, William Ruto, and two others, Kenyatta faces charges of crimes against humanity at the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague arising from post-election violence in 2007. Legally speaking, his victory would mean that the leader of one of Africa’s foremost states must stand trial in July for alleged wrongdoing that could result in a life sentence in a foreign jail.
Such a spectacle would inevitably be portrayed as partisan, biased, and part of the post-colonial west’s alleged wider vendetta against black Africa. Worse, it could compromise the arguably much stronger but so far stalemated ICC genocide and war crimes case against Omar al-Bashir, the president of Sudan, and possible future cases involving, for example, Syria’s Bashar al-Assad.
The US, Britain and leading figures including Kofi Annan, the former UN secretary-general, have already made clear, in a roundabout way, that Kenyatta’s victory would not be welcome. Britain has indicated officials will avoid any but essential contact with him. If London sticks to this approach, a diplomatic rift may be unavoidable.
British diplomats in Kenya have often been accused of interfering in the country’s internal affairs, going back to the time of former president Daniel Arap Moi.
Earlier this week, the Kenyatta campaign accused the British high commissioner of “shadowy, suspicious and rather animated involvement” in the election, a claim rejected by Britain. Once Kenyatta is in office, British diplomats may face a Robert Mugabe-style dilemma over whether to meet him, shake his hand, or even sit down in the same room.
The US is in a similarly awkward position. The Obama administration’s top Africa diplomat, Johnnie Carson, warned pointedly before the poll that “choices have consequences”, a comment widely seen as a recommendation that voters back Kenyatta’s opponent, Raila Odinga.
“This is going to pose a very awkward situation,” Jendayi Frazer, a former assistant secretary of state for African affairs, told the New York Times. “Kenyatta knows he needs the United States, and the United States knows it needs Kenya.”
Vital American interests include Kenyan cooperation in the fight against al-Qaida affiliates that have mounted attacks on western targets in Nairobi, Mombasa and in neighbouring Somalia.
Kenya’s assistance and leadership is seen as crucial in the battle against Indian Ocean piracy and in tackling regional problems including violence and mass displacement in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The UN, which created the ICC, relies on bases in Kenya from which to help run big trans-national operations across the continent.
Open confrontation may yet be avoided. Already the ICC has agreed to postpone the trial, at the defence’s request, from April to July. Further delays and postponements are entirely possible, especially since the defence claims crucial witness evidence has been undercut. And whatever the US and Britain do, most countries, most importantly China, can be expected to turn a blind eye.
Kenyatta has been clever, too. He has pledged to attend his trial, though not continually – a legal novelty for the ICC. As a result, so far at least, he has not been detained and arraigned like others, such as Slobodan Milošević, the late Yugoslav strongman. And the chief prosecutor has indicated that the trial, once it starts, could drag on for years. The only conviction the ICC has secured so far, of Congolese warlord Thomas Lubanga, took six years.
On this basis, Kenyatta could be running for re-election before his trial is anywhere near finished.