{"id":98217,"date":"2022-08-16T19:01:46","date_gmt":"2022-08-16T18:01:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=98217"},"modified":"2022-08-16T19:01:46","modified_gmt":"2022-08-16T18:01:46","slug":"kenya-odinga-set-to-approach-supreme-court-declares-election-results-null-and-void","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/kenya-odinga-set-to-approach-supreme-court-declares-election-results-null-and-void\/","title":{"rendered":"Kenya: Odinga set to approach Supreme Court, declares election results &#8216;null and void&#8217;\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">In the aftermath of his loss, former Prime Minister of Kenya and the presidential candidate of Azimio La Umoja Party in the just concluded election, Raila Odinga has rejected the result of the election, affirming that it is &#8220;null and void&#8221;, and insisting that he will approach the court of law to seek redress.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">The presidential election produced Deputy President William Ruto as winner with 50.49 per cent of the vote against the veteran Odinga\u2019s 48.5 percent .<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">Speaking at a press conference on Tuesday at the Kenyatta International Convention Centre, KICC in Nairobi, Odinga said &#8220;without reservation rejected the election results announced August 15 as Kenya&#8217;s electoral body proclaimed William Ruto as president elect&#8221;.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission, IEBC Chairman, Wafula Chebukati announced that Ruto won, a decision that has since sparked violence protest in Kenya.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8220;The figures are null and void and must be quashed by the courts of law. What we saw yesterday was a travesty and a blatant disregard of the constitution of Kenya by Chebukati,&#8221; Odinga said.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">77-year-old Odinga disclosed that his Azimio La Umoja Party will now opt for the Supreme Court to seek justice.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8220;In our view, there&#8217;s neither a legally and valid declared winner nor a president elect. 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