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Africa-Press – Kenya. <\/strong><\/span>Kenyan opposition figure Raila Odinga said Tuesday the presidential election results declared by the country’s electoral chairman were “null and void.”<\/p>\n

Speaking one day after Deputy President William Ruto was declared the winner, Odinga told a crowd in Nairobi: “What we saw yesterday was a travesty and a blatant disregard for the constitution and the laws of Kenya by (Wafula) Chebukati the minority of IEBC commissioners”.<\/p>\n

This was Odinga’s first appearance since Kenya\u2019s electoral commission chairman on Monday declared Ruto the winner with almost 50.5% of the votes.<\/p>\n

Four of the seven commissioners abruptly announced they couldn\u2019t support the results, and Odinga supporters scuffled with the remaining commissioners at the declaration venue.<\/p>\n

On Tuesday, the local Elections Observation Group announced that its highly regarded parallel voting tally \u201ccorroborates the official results\u201d in an important check on the process.<\/p>\n

But Odinga asserted that only the electoral commission chairman could see the final results before the declaration.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe law does not vest in the chairperson the powers of a dictator,\u201d he said, and insisted that decisions by the commission must be taken by consensus.<\/p>\n

There was no immediate statement from the electoral commission or its chairman.<\/p>\n

A screen at its tallying center that had been showing cumulative presidential election results stopped being updated Saturday and was later turned off.<\/p>\n

The official form showing final results could not be accessed on the commission’s website on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

Odinga’s campaign had expected victory after outgoing President Uhuru Kenyatta in a political twist backed his former rival Odinga instead of his own deputy president, with whom he fell out years ago.<\/p>\n

The 77-year-old Odinga has pursued the presidency for a quarter-century.<\/p>\n

His campaign has seven days after Monday’s declaration to file a petition with the Supreme Court, which would then have 14 days to make a ruling.<\/p>\n

For More News And Analysis About Kenya<\/a> Follow Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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