We will issue direction once Raila returns, Azimio says on whistleblower poll rigging claims
Azimio One Kenya coalition leadership has said that they will issue direction on the action the party will take following revelations made by an Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) whistleblower of how the August 2022 General Election was allegedly rigged in favour of President William Ruto.
The coalition led by Wiper party leader Kalonzo Musyoka said that they will issue a statement once their leader Raila Odinga returns from South Africa where he is hosting meetings as AU High Representative for Infrastructure Development in Africa.
“In a few days our coalition leader who is abroad will be arriving into the country and we will give Kenyans a way forward. At that time, we will collectively issue a public statement together with the data and the direction the country should take following these revelations,” Kalonzo said.
According to Azimio, the report released by a whistleblower claimed that Raila won the August 2022 general elections with 8,170,355 votes ahead of Ruto who garnered 5,919,973 votes.
“The data calls into question the outcome of the presidential elections and the credibility and legitimacy of our entire electoral system and infrastructure,”
The coalition went further and thanked the whistleblower for making the revelations known to the public.
“We want to commend the IEBC whistleblowers who now enjoy full protection under the law for bringing this to the public. These are the real heroes. The whistleblowers are gallant Kenyans and patriots who have taken this action at great risk to themselves and set an excellent example of the true meaning of patriotism,” Azimio stated.
According to Azimio presidential running mate Martha Karua, senior IEBC officials deliberately withheld the information captured in the report in order to uphold Ruto’s win at the August 2022 polls.
Karua stated that the masterminds behind the alleged poll rigging are currently interrogating IEBC personnel to determine whether they were responsible for releasing the contentious data on the polls.
“This data was sat on deliberately by the IEBC having known what they did and the court allowed that because IEBC is the duty bearer under the Constitution; they keep the records and they keep them to the order of the court when they ought to be availed to parties when they demand them,” Karua said.
