{"id":70513,"date":"2022-08-17T11:41:17","date_gmt":"2022-08-17T09:41:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/radioislam.org.za\/a\/?p=70513"},"modified":"2022-08-17T11:41:17","modified_gmt":"2022-08-17T09:41:17","slug":"william-ruto-wins-kenyan-elections-as-results-gets-questioned-by-voters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/radioislam.org.za\/a\/william-ruto-wins-kenyan-elections-as-results-gets-questioned-by-voters\/","title":{"rendered":"William Ruto wins Kenyan elections as results gets questioned by voters"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Umamah Bakharia\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p>William Ruto has won the race to be the fifth president of Kenya; this is according to results announced by the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>However, the opposition candidate, Raila Odinga, is contesting the results, calling them &#8220;null and void&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere are no losers. The people of Kenya have won because we raised the political bar,\u201d said the president-elect after the announcement. \u201cThere is no looking back, we are looking to the future, we need all hands on deck to move forward.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to <em><strong>Radio Islam<\/strong><\/em> on this week&#8217;s &#8216;Media Lens&#8217;, analyst Ebrahim Deen says that despite contestation, the numbers at the polls are adding up. &#8220;The numbers do seem to add up, but it doesn&#8217;t help in a situation when 4\/7 electric commission officials have refused to associate themselves with the results &#8211; there is a polaristaion,&#8221; he says.<\/p>\n<p>According to the IEBC, Ruto received 50.49% of the vote, while Odinga received 48.85%.<\/p>\n<p>However, the electoral commission\u2019s vice chair and three other commissioners told journalists they could not support the \u201copaque nature\u201d of the final phase.\u201cWe cannot take ownership of the result that is going to be announced,\u201d said Deputy Chairperson Juliana Cherera.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"70514\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/radioislam.org.za\/a\/william-ruto-wins-kenyan-elections-as-results-gets-questioned-by-voters\/1200x-1-4\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/radioislam.org.za\/a\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/1200x-1-4.jpg?fit=1200%2C799&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1200,799\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"1200x-1 (4)\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/radioislam.org.za\/a\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/1200x-1-4.jpg?fit=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/radioislam.org.za\/a\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/1200x-1-4.jpg?fit=1024%2C682&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-70514 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/radioislam.org.za\/a\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/1200x-1-4.jpg?resize=300%2C200&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Deen says that the credibility of the elections has been doubted because of this. This has led to tensions in the country as voters have demanded fair elections.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;There are tensions that the constitutional court has tried to overcome since 2007, but electoral processors, especially at this level, seem to be quite difficult, and its only at the presidential elections,&#8221; says Deen.<\/p>\n<p>The final results will be investigated and announced in the upcoming weeks.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Media Lens: William Ruto wins Kenyan elections as results gets questioned by Radio Islam International\" width=\"1080\" height=\"400\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?visual=true&#038;url=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F1325670730&#038;show_artwork=true&#038;maxheight=1000&#038;maxwidth=1080\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Umamah Bakharia\u00a0 William Ruto has won the race to be the fifth president of Kenya; this is according to results announced by the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) on Monday. However, the opposition candidate, Raila Odinga, is contesting the results, calling them &#8220;null and void&#8221;. \u201cThere are no losers. 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