Raila Wins Diaspora Vote in 10 Countries Including US, UK, UAE, Germany, Canada and South Africa

Azimio La Umoja-One Kenya coalition presidential candidate Raila Odinga has defeated his main rival William Ruto in Canada, the United States, and the United Kingdom.

Forms 34A seen by Mwakilishi shows Odinga garnered 190 votes in Canada, representing 69 percent of the 276 total votes cast in three polling stations namely Kenya High Commission in Ottawa, Kenya High Commission in Vancouver, and Kenya High Commission in Toronto.

Ruto received 78 votes in the three stations while Agano Party candidate Waihiga Mwaure and his Roots party counterpart George Wajackoyah got 2 and 6 votes respectively.

In the United States, there were three polling stations at Kenya Consulate in Los Angeles, Kenya Consulate in New York, and Kenya Embassy in Washington DC, with a total of 528 votes being casted. Raila got 393 votes (75 percent), Ruto (132 votes), Mwaure (1 vote), and Wajackoyah (2 votes).

In the UK, 581 voters participated in the presidential election at the Kenya High Commission in London with Raila receiving 64 percent of the votes (373) ahead of Ruto (198), Mwaure (5) and Wajackoyah (5).

512 Kenyans cast their ballot in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) where there were two polling stations at the Kenya Embassy in Abu Dhabi, and Kenya Consulate in Dubai. Raila got 273 votes (53 percent), Ruto (223), Mwaure (4) and Wajackoyah (7).

In Germany where Kenyans voted at the Kenya Embassy in Berlin, Raila garnered 115 votes (51 percent) out of the 224 total votes cast while Ruto received 104 votes (46 percent). Mwaure and Wajackoyah got three and two votes respectively.

In South Africa, 445 Kenyans cast their ballots at the Kenya Embassy in Pretoria with Raila receiving 320 votes (72 percent) ahead of Ruto, who garnered 121 (27 percent), Mwaure got three votes while Wajackoyah received one vote.

In Rwanda, Raila gained 150 votes, representing 62.7 percent of the total votes cast, Ruto came second with 81 votes, while both Mwaure and Wajackoyah received 4 votes each. 239 voters cast their ballot at Kenya Embassy in Kigali.

97 Kenyans voted at the Kenya Embassy in Bujumbura, Burundi, where Raila got 75 votes, Ruto 21, Mwaure 0 and Wajackoyah 1.

In Tanzania, 270 voters cast ballots at Kenya Consulate in Arusha and Kenya Embassy in Dar es Salaam with Raila receiving 178 votes, Ruto 88, Mwaure 2, and Wajackoya 2.

785 Kenyans voted at Kenya Embassy in Juba, South Sudan where Raila gained 514 votes, Ruto 269, Mwaure 2, and Wajackoyah 0.

Results for Uganda and Qatar are pending.