odinga speaking @ visit peace corps
the next presidential election in raila run 2013 march poll, involving kibaki s handover of power. uncertainty loomed on raila s main rivals, uhuru kenyatta , william ruto, had both been indicted icc of hague alleged role in 2007 election violence. despite pending case, duo had been nominated jubilee party uhuru presidential candidate , ruto running mate. many felt unfit run office before clearing names such serious crimes while others felt opponents trying unfairly exploit situation eliminating them race , pave way easy victory.
a synovate survey released in october 2012 found raila enjoy leading 45 percent approval rate against uhuru , ruto.
raila odinga s party, orange democratic movement (odm) joined kalonzo musyoka s wiper party , moses wetangula s ford kenya (fk) in cord coalition (coalition reforms , democracy) presidential race raila presidential candidate , kalonzo running mate face jubilee s coalition ( uhuru kenyatta s (the national alliance – tna), william ruto s (united republican party – urp), charity ngilu s (national rainbow coalition – narc) , najib balala s (republican congress – rc)).
a number of western countries not in favour of uhuru , ruto candidacy in view of pending icc cases , association crimes against humanity. former un secretary general koffi annan voiced reservations, did former assistant secretary of state african affairs johnnie carson cautioned against election of uhuru kenyatta , william ruto. notably quoted saying choices have consequences, referring fate of us-kenyan relations, uhuru administration.
raila amolo odinga, prime minister of kenya, with, left, pierre nkurunziza, president of burundi, bingu wa mutharika, president of malawi, thabo mbeki, president of south africa, klaus schwab, founder , executive chairman, world economic forum, , john agyekum kufuor, president of ghana, during opening plenary of world economic forum on africa 2008 in cape town, south africa, 4 june 2008
raila ran president in elections held on 4 march 2013 , garnered 5,340,546 votes (43.70%) out of 12,221,053 valid votes cast. winner, uhuru kenyatta garnered 6,173,433 votes (50.51%). above 50% plus 1 vote threshold, uhuru won on first round without requiring run-off between top 2 candidates.
the independent electoral , boundaries commission (iebc) therefore officially declared uhuru kenyatta president elect on saturday 9 march @ 2:44pm. uhuru set take office kenya s 4th president.
however, raila odinga in press conference shortly after results announced noted election had been marred massive failures of biometric voter registration(bvr) kits, evid (electronic voter identification or pollbooks ), rts (results transmission system or tallying system ) , rps (results presentation or transmissions system ). claimed manual tallying suspect leaving him no choice kenya presidential election petition 2013 contest result in kenya s highest court, supreme court.
in anticipation of legal challenge, raila odinga , lawyers george oraro, mutula kilonzo, , james orengo, secretly instructed raj pal senna, management consultant barcelona carry out forensic investigation of technology used in kenyan general election 2013, during iebc made claims on tv , media there technological challenges , servers overloaded , database crashed.
kenya s chief justice dr. willy mutunga announced on monday, 11 march supreme court formed , ready deliver judgements within 14 days stipulated constitution of kenya.
during petition hearing, chief justice willy mutunga made finding rejecting second affidavit of raila odinga comprised 900 pages, on basis amounted new evidence not permitted under constitution. subsequently, supreme court issued ruling dismissing petition on 30 march 2013. supreme court while declaring uhuru next president declared iebc should not have included invalid/spoilt votes in calculation of final figures , percentages. chief justice willy mutunga directed eacc (ethics , anti corruption commission) , dpp (director of public prosecutions) carry out criminal investigation of iebc in relation bvr, evid, rts , rps.
after supreme court dismissed petition raila flew south africa avoid attending inauguration of uhuru kenyatta, held on 9 april 2013 @ moi sports complex @ kasarani, nairobi. swearing ceremony marked end of premiership.
in important development, full investigation findings published opco report on website www.kenya-legal.com , inspired documentary 50+1 – inside story ktn journalists john namu , mohammed ali.
this documentary examines history of election fraud , history of corruption in judiciary, , in raila odinga claims can not ruled out deliberate act or omission court not subject technical evidence scrutiny because outcome invalidate entire election process , discredit iebc.
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