Jubilee Party secretary-general Jeremiah Kioni has expressed confidence in Azimio La Umoja One Kenya Coalition Party leader Raila Odinga’s presidential bid.
Speaking during an interview on Monday, August 22, Kioni claimed that Azimio had gathered enough evidence to support the petition challenging Deputy President William Ruto’s win in the August 9 presidential poll.
He stated that many citizens had supported their course with sworn affidavits that will unravel the mystery behind the rigging claims.
Kioni said that the Supreme Court would rule in favour of Raila’s presidential election petition.
“If you look keenly at our petition as Azimio La Umoja One Kenya Coalition Party, you will be shocked to realise that Raila will be soon sworn in as the fifth president,” Kioni said.
According to Kioni, it was only Raila who has what it takes to pick up from where President Uhuru Kenyatta has left and continue with the Jubilee Party development agenda.
“As a party, would like to see that all the development projects that had been started by the Jubilee government are completed. Raila has a good focus and vision for our country. We need to build and continue from where we have left,” he explained.
Kioni, the outgoing Ndaragwa MP, also defended Uhuru’s move to revamp the ruling Jubilee Party in the run-up to the August 9 General Election.
“Reviving Jubilee towards the 2022 General Election was not a mistake. In fact, it was the expectation of the outgoing Deputy President William Ruto that Jubilee would never be revived. He felt as if the development record of Jubilee was going to be an enormous burden for him and true to this, he campaigned against the same government that he has been serving,” Kioni said.
Kioni also blamed the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) for the absence of Azimio la Umoja agents in polling stations, claiming that the Commission made unnecessary demands to the coalition.
He claimed that IEBC officials blocked Azimio agents from accessing polling stations because their appointment letters lacked stamps.
He added that the issue affected many of their agents in Mt Kenya and Western.
“Azimio agents were not allowed to enter the polling stations at the required time. The excuse they were being given was that their appointment letters did not have a stamp.
“When I personally visited a polling station, I asked why they were requiring the agents to have stamps yet candidates were not required to have stamps,” Kioni stated.
Further, the SG claimed that the plan was orchestrated in advance as part of an alleged rigging scheme by their opponents.
