Kenyan opposition leader and former Prime Minister Raila Odinga has demanded Monday the resignation of President William Ruto’s cabinet after criticizing the outcome of last summer’s general election.
Odinga said at a rally for his supporters in Nairobi that the August 2022 elections «were stolen» in favor of Ruto, making the current Kenyan government «illegitimate», according to Citizen Digital.
«We demand that the central government resign as it has neither the mandate nor the capacity to govern the country,» he said, insisting that his party «does not and will not recognize» the country’s current executive.
It is not the first time that Odinga, backed by the outgoing president, Uhuru Kenyatta, rejects the results of the elections in which Ruto won with 50.5 percent of the votes, alleging fraud. He also refused to attend the inauguration of his successor, which took place on September 13.
The Kenyan Supreme Court rejected in September the appeals presented by the opposition and endorsed the victory of Ruto, until then vice-president of the country and distanced from Kenyatta due to their constant tensions during the last years.
Last week Ruto denounced the existence of a plot to kidnap and assassinate the head of the electoral commission, Wafula Chebukati, after the ratification of his victory in the presidential elections last summer.
«It was a hard, cold and lonely time, the threats were great, but the promised rewards have been plentiful,» he said, before accusing the «system» of this alleged plot to assassinate Chebukati.
Source: (EUROPA PRESS)
