Raila was ahead of Ruto but gave presidency away - Kanchory

13, Apr 2023 / 1 min read / By Livenow Africa

Azimio La Umoja Chief Agent Saitabao Kanchory has maintained that the results displayed at Bomas were different from the ones announced. 

The lawyer, in his book Why Baba is not the 5th, says there was no single time that President William Ruto was ahead of Raila as per Bomas of the Kenya results. 

"The only time William Ruto was ahead of Raila was during the last announcement made by Wafula Chebukati," he said. 

Kanchory further stated that elections in Kenya are neither won nor lost,  they’re taken.

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Raila was ahead of Ruto but gave presidency away - Kanchory

"Baba gave it away. He won, yes, but he gave it away. Presidential elections are there for those who are prepared to take it. There has never been an election in Kenya in the last nearly 20 years that has been won, all of them have been taken,” he stated. 

On August 15, 2022, IEBC Chairperson Wafula Chebukati announced Ruto as the fifth President of Kenya.  

Ruto garnered 7,176,141 votes representing 50.49 per cent of the final vote, while Raila received 6,942,930 votes this 48.85 per cent. 

He defeated 77-year-old Raila Odinga, once a fiery and iconic opposition leader who has lost five times.

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