Kenya election: Raila Odinga to challenge presidential loss to William Ruto in court
- Last week the election commissioner declared William Ruto the winner, but 4 of 7 election commissioners said tallying of results was not transparent
- This is Odinga’s fifth stab at the presidency; he blamed several previous losses on rigging
Kenya’s veteran opposition leader Raila Odinga will challenge the results of this month’s presidential election in the Supreme Court on Monday, his legal team said, the latest twist in a political clash that has gripped East Africa’s powerhouse.
“Yes we shall,” lawyer Paul Mwangi replied to a Reuters query by text.
Last week the election commissioner declared Deputy President William Ruto had won the election by a slim margin, but four out of seven election commissioners dissented, saying the tallying of results had not been transparent.
Odinga, 77, rejected the outcome, saying due process wasn’t followed.
“Truth is going to be known,” he told a gathering at a church on Sunday. “We are going to show it wide and open starting tomorrow.”
This is Odinga’s fifth stab at the presidency; he blamed several previous losses on rigging. Those disputes triggered violence that claimed more than 100 lives in 2017 and more than 1,200 lives in 2007.