Ruto Reopens Old Wounds by Aiming a slight Tackle on Raila Odinga During London Speech

Deputy President William Ruto seems to have reopened old wounds by aiming a tackle at his greatest rival Raila Odinga during his Speech at Chatham House in London on Friday.

According to Ruto, Kenya’s post election violence has always been caused by people who do not accept election results. He said that IEBC should not be blamed for any of the chaos that erupted after the 2017 elections.

“… the problem is the people who refuse the outcome of elections. That is when they run amok. Going forward we should only allow democrats to participate in the elections,” he said.

Although he did not mention names, the DP seemed to be referring to ODM party leader Raila Odinga who has in the past contested presidential election outcomes.

In 2017, President Uhuru Kenyatta won the August 8 election but Raila objected the results at the Supreme Court, which invalidated the victory over adherence to electoral laws and the constitution.

The court then ordered for fresh polls on October 26 in which Raila boycotted citing lack of reforms at IEBC and gave a list of “irreducible minimums”.

“I believe very strongly that in our politics, IEBC is the least of our problems. We have used IEBC as a convenient ‘excuse’ for those who do not win elections,” Ruto said.

Ruto said some people go to elections and expect to win yet there are two outcomes after an election.

 

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