Azimio presidential candidate Raila Odinga on Sunday said he will concede and go home if Supreme Court rules he lost fairly.
This came just hours after the IEBC Chair swore an affidavit claiming that only presidential results from 27 constituencies had not been announced due to a melee at the Bomas of Kenya at the time of the final declaration.
Raila asked the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) to tell him the truth about the August 9 general elections while attending a church service in Kibra.
“What I want as Raila Amolo Odinga is to be told the truth… And this is not just because of the election of 2022. It’s for posterity. We don’t want to go to an election and see the kind of charade that we are seeing today,” he said.
The electoral body being divided, according to Raila, is a disgrace to Kenyan democracy.
He added that there must be some truth given that the commission is split down the middle, with one side aligned with the body’s chairman Wafula Chebukati and the other with vice chair Juliana Cherera.
“Mr Chebukati on one side with two commissioners and then the other commissioners on this other side. It’s a shame. Shame to democracy. Shame to the world. These are things that we don’t want to see.”
The ODM leader urged the Supreme Court to uphold the rule of law as it considers the petition filed before it.
“Mimi Raila Odinga siogopi. Kama nilishindwa nitasema nimeshindwa. Na nitarudi nyumbani. Lakini ukweli iko wapi?” he asked.
Odinga has also urged the parties involved in the court case to restrain from discussing issues before the court.
