Former President Uhuru Kenyatta openly questioned the legitimacy of President William Ruto’s victory in the 2022 General Election, asserting that the late Raila Odinga won the presidential race. Speaking during a Jubilee Party National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting in Nairobi, Kenyatta revealed that he still harbors deep doubts about the official election results that brought his former deputy to power. “Tulifanya kila kitu kumsaidia Baba awe Rais wa Jamhuri yetu ya Kenya. Na kura akapata, na mimi mpaka wa leo najua ya kwamba yeye ndiye alishinda hiyo kura. Tunajua vile mambo ilienda, na hatutaki iende hivyo tena,” Kenyatta said. (Translation: “We did everything to help Baba become the president of our Republic of Kenya. And he got the votes, and up to today, I know that he is the one who won that election. We know how things went, and we do not want it to go that way again.”) The former Head of State pointed to the parliamentary and county numbers achieved by the Azimio la Umoja–One Kenya Coalition Party as a reason to question the final presidential outcome. “How can you say you won yet we have most Members of Parliament, Senators, and Governors? How could you say we lost? We know how things went down,” he said. Official results from the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) recorded William Ruto’s win with 7,176,141 votes (50.49%), while Raila Odinga gat...
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