Prime Minister Raila Odinga embarked on a visit of the coastal town of Mombasa and claimed he won the March 4 election.
Offering new figures to back up his claim, the Coalition for Reforms and Democracy (CORD) leader said the final tally was manipulated after he garnered “5.7 million votes against President-elect Uhuru Kenyatta’s 4.5 million”.
In the March 4 election, the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) declared Uhuru the duly elected President of Kenya having garnered over six million votes against Raila’s over five million votes.
Raila said they would present evidence to prove the claims to the Supreme Court in a petition seeking to reverse Uhuru’s election. ?“Uhuru got 4.5 million votes while I garnered 5.7 million votes. What you saw being remitted from Bomas (the national tallying centre) were dramatised results. You are going to know what IEBC did,” he told the cheering crowds. ?
Raila, who embarked on roadside rallies at the coastal city, told his supporters that CORD’s lawyers would demonstrate to the Supreme Court many forms of malpractices and inflated figures.
He told thousands of supporters who jammed the Moi International Airport in Mombasa that their faith in him would finally be vindicated.
And as Raila landed at the Coast, the President-elect and his deputy, William Ruto, retreated to a luxurious Al Manara Resort in Kwale County.
Ruto joined Uhuru who has been at the Coast since Saturday.
Ruto touched down at the Ukunda Airstrip exactly at 1:06pm aboard a Kenya Police 5Y-GSU jet and declined to talk to the media terming his visit as private.
Raila and CORD received the majority of votes in the region in the March 4 election, capturing 18 out of the 27 parliamentary seats on offer.
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