Azimio Has Enough Evidence of Election Rigging, Jubilee Secretary-General Kioni Says

Jubilee secretary-general Jeremiah Kioni says the Azimio La Umoja-One Kenya coalition will file a petition at the Supreme Court challenging the results of the August 9th presidential election.

Speaking during an interview on Friday, Kioni said the Raila Odinga-led coalition has enough evidence that will show beyond all doubt that the results of the presidential election were tampered with.

"Azimio is still keen (on filing the petition). How do you allow that kind of theft to go on? We know how the votes were suppressed and our legal team is currently handling that but rest assured the petition will be in court," Kioni told Citizen TV.

Kioni, who failed in his bid to defend his Ndaragwa parliamentary seat, further claimed that a section of Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) officials were involved in the alleged electoral malpractice, saying that they colluded with their rivals to rig the elections.

"We have gone through an electoral process that experienced rigging on an industrial scale, something that we have never seen since 1963. It is an embarrassment caused by the IEBC. If that rigging is not addressed by our courts of law, it makes no sense to go into any elections in future," he added.

UDA candidate William Ruto was declared the winner of the August 9th presidential election after garnering 7,176,141, representing 50.49 percent of the total votes.

His main competitor Odinga of the Azimio la Umoja-One Kenya coalition secured 6,942,930 votes (48.85 percent), followed by Roots Party candidate George Wajackoyah (61,969 votes) and David Mwaure (1,987 votes).

Odinga rejected the results saying the “figures announced by Wafula Chebukati are null and void and must be quashed by a court of law.”