Kenya's Odinga to challenge presidential poll result in court today -lawyer

Record ID: 1685779

  • Title: Kenya's Odinga to challenge presidential poll result in court today -lawyer
  • Date: 20th July 2022
  • Summary: NAIROBI, KENYA (JULY 20, 2022) (REUTERS) ***WARNING: CONTAINS FLASH PHOTOGRAPHY*** (SOUNDBITE) (English) KENYA’S DEPUTY PRESIDENT, AND PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE, WILLIAM RUTO, SAYING: “Kenya has the capacity to handle its debt situation. Yes, we have a debt situation that needs to be managed, we have a strategy, and we have a plan on how to go about it. Number one; we will put the brakes on more borrowing. It may not come to zero, but we will begin the journey to slow down on borrowing because they say, when you find yourself in a hole, stop digging.” MOMBASA, KENYA, (FILE - 2022) (REUTERS) KENYA’S CABINET SECRETARY FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS RAYCHELLE OMAMO GREETING CHINESE FOREIGN MINISTER WANG YI CHINESE AND KENYA DELEGATIONS EXCHANGING DOCUMENTS MOMBASA, KENYA (FILE - 2017) (REUTERS) TRAIN PULLING OUT OF STATION NAIROBI, KENYA (JULY 19, 2022) (REUTERS) POLITICAL ANALYST, WANJIRU GIKONYO, SPEAKING TO A JOURNALIST (SOUNDBITE) (English) POLITICAL ANALYST, WANJIRU GIKONYO, SAYING: “Paradoxically, William Ruto has been able to extricate himself from the excesses and the crimes really of the administration or the misdeeds of the administration so, that's another thing. Ethnicity continues to be a big factor, this idea of voting as a bloc. So, I think Kenya’s democracy is maturing. It's a multiple issues, the election means different things to different groups, and I think the decisions are based on the sense of well-being or lack of well-being that people have experienced over the last 10 years.”
  • Embargoed: 3rd August 2022 11:20
  • Keywords: CORRUPTION DEBT DEPUTY PRESIDENT ELECTIONS KENYA WILLIAM RUTO
  • Location: NAIROBI, MOMBASA AND MATUNGU, KENYA AND THE HAGUE, NETHERLANDS
  • City: NAIROBI, MOMBASA AND MATUNGU, KENYA AND THE HAGUE, NETHERLANDS
  • Country: Kenya
  • Topics: Africa,Government/Politics,Elections/Voting,Editors' Choice
  • Reuters ID: LVA004311020072022RP1
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: Kenya's veteran opposition leader Raila Odinga will challenge the results of this month's presidential election in the Supreme Court on Monday (August 22), his legal team said, the latest twist in a political clash that has gripped East Africa's powerhouse.
    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.
    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.
    In 2017, the Supreme Court overturned the election result and ordered a re-run, which Odinga boycotted, saying he had no faith in the election commission.
    This time, Odinga is backed by the political establishment. President Uhuru Kenyatta endorsed Odinga's candidacy after falling out with Ruto after the last election.
    At stake is control of East Africa's wealthiest and most stable nation, home to regional headquarters for firms like General Electric, Google, and Uber. Kenya also provides peacekeepers for neighbouring Somalia and frequently hosts peace talks for other nations in the turbulent East Africa region.
    (Production: Edwin Wait, Ben Makori)
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