Residents of Kondele in Kisumu on Saturday, February 15, 2025, chanted ‘Ruto must go’ slogans moments after Djibouti’s Mahmoud Ali Youssouf was declared the winner of the African Union Commission (AUC) chairmanship race.
The locals expressed their disappointment after the former Prime Minister withdrew from the race after the sixth round of voting.
“Ruto must go…Ruto must go…Ruto must go.…” they chanted.
The locals were following the live broadcast of the AUC elections from Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on a giant screen that had been erected under the Kondele flyover.
The residents had earlier on expressed confidence that Raila would clinch the AUC chairmanship seat and were eagerly waiting for the voting and subsequent announcement of the results.
However, the results did not go as they had expected.
One of the residents while speaking just before the AUC vote had said that he would slaughter goats and chickens to celebrate Raila’s win.
“Niko na hakika Raila raundi hii anaenda kushinda. Mbuzi tumeweka karibu 500, kuku karibu 100 hatuchinji saa hii, tunangoja masaa atangazwe,” one of the residents who identified himself as Owino said in a vox pop with one of the local TV stations.
A similar watch party was being held in the Nairobi Central Business District (CBD), along the Aga Khan Walk.
