Raila Vows To Reveal How He Was Rigged Out Of Elections
He believed that the stolen votes would have gone in their favour in the elections which saw him lose to President William Ruto.
Marvin Chege 
Azimio la Umoja coalition leader, Raila Odinga, promised on Sunday, December 4 to reveal all details of how his votes were stolen in the August 9 elections.
Speaking in Nairobi's Utawala area, within Embakasi East Constituency, Raila hinted at exposing how the masterminds executed the well-crafted plan as his party had already made its own inquiry.
He believed that the stolen votes would have gone in their favour in the elections which saw him lose to President William Ruto.
"We have unravelled how, where and how many of our votes were stolen. We know what they did, how they did it, and who helped them do it. We shall reveal all that shortly,” he said.
Azimio party leader Raila Odinga addressing supporters during a rally in Utawala, Nairobi on November 4, 2022. /RAILA ODINGA
He added that President Ruto's suspension of the four Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) commissioners was an act of favouritism, given that chairperson Wafula Chebukati had a case to answer in reference to the Supreme Court ruling.
Vice Chair Juliana Cherera, Justus Nyang'aya, Irene Masit and Francis Wanderi were on the spot for their role in nearly disrupting the presidential elections. Nyang'aya resigned on the same day Ruto suspended the commissioners.
"Even the court ruled that Chebukati committed an offence yet he is a free man yet the Cherera Four are being vilified and being forced out of office," he added.
He confirmed that the first pro-Cherera rallies would proceed as planned on Wednesday, December 7, despite Jubilee and KANU, parties affiliated to the Azimio la Umoja coalition, already pulling out of the planned demonstrations.
President Ruto criticised Raila's plan to stage public rallies in the country as his habit of disrupting any progress made by the government, promising that it would not stop him from growing the nation's economy.
"We will continue without development programmes with or without public rallies because we know that they do not want the country's economy to grow," he said.
"They can do as they please but I assure them that Kenya is not going to be the same. You will not blackmail this nation and threaten the people of Kenya. We are determined to move the country forward and you will not hold us back. These people ought to be doing the work of the opposition."
The Head of State went on to say that he has instructed Interior Cabinet Secretary (CS) Prof. Kithure Kindiki to obtain the rally schedule so that security personnel can be provided "to protect them" and asked Raila's team to announce the period during which they wish to hold the demonstrations.
"I have asked CS Kindiki to ask them their demonstration schedule so that we provide security to protect them and they do not vandalize people's property," he noted.
"They should also tell us if they want to demonstrate every day, every month, and for how many years, because we are used to them."
However, an equal number of officers would be deployed to protect the businesses and properties of Kenyans amidst fears of looting and vandalism.
Azimio party leader Raila Odinga addressing supporters during a rally in Utawala, Nairobi on November 4, 2022. /RAILA ODINGA
