Warning that Republic of Kenya is inwards "grave danger," opposition leader Raila Odinga said inwards an interview alongside The Associated Press on Dominicus that the country's repeat presidential election was a sham together with that a novel vote should endure held inside xc days.
Low voter turnout inwards the election on Thursday, a repeat of an August election, indicated that the procedure wasn't valid, together with the authorities of President Uhuru Kenyatta is trying to "destroy other institutions of governance inwards our country," including the Supreme Court, Odinga said. He boycotted the vote, proverb electoral reform was needed.
Odinga, 72, spoke later deadly clashes betwixt police pull together with opposition supporters broke out inwards about parts of Republic of Kenya since the repeat election, also equally the postponement of voting inwards several opposition strongholds where polling stations were unable to opened upwards because of safety problems. At to the lowest degree 8 people possess got been killed past times police pull inwards the protests since the vote.
"Our dry reason is inwards grave danger," said Odinga, adding that he is opened upwards to dialogue alongside the Kenyatta army camp virtually asset what he calls a complimentary together with fair election.
"We are non unwilling to utter but the agenda volition however endure the same agenda - how to create a score playing champaign thus that an election tin transportation away endure held inwards xc days," Odinga said at his abode inwards the affluent Karen neighborhood. "This is what nosotros volition endure willing to hash out alongside them.”
Odinga dismissed the repeat elections held concluding calendar week proverb that Kenyatta had no meaning opposition.
"It was basically Uhuru versus Uhuru," Odinga said.
With to a greater extent than than xc percentage of the votes counted the electoral committee says that Kenyatta has 7.1 ane thou one thousand votes. Odinga cast dubiety on those results, alleging that the electoral committee is boosting the number of votes for Kenyatta. He estimated that the votes for Kenyatta could endure no to a greater extent than than 3.5 ane thou one thousand of the country's 19.6 ane thou one thousand registered voters.
Fears of intertribal clashes are rife equally tensions ascent inwards western Republic of Kenya later a Luo human being was killed overnight Dominicus inwards a clash betwixt the Luo tribe, which supports Odinga, together with the Kalenjin group, which supports Kenyatta.
The Supreme Court nullified the Aug. 8 vote citing irregularities together with illegalities together with the electoral commission's refusal to permit scrutiny of its reckoner servers to dispel Odinga's assertion that hackers had infiltrated them together with altered the vote inwards Kenyatta's favor.
Odinga said Kenyatta is trying to destroy Kenya's institutions of governance together with cited amendments ruling political party legislators had pushed through parliament before the repeat election that reduced the powers of the Supreme Court to adjudicate election disputes together with reduced the powers of the electoral committee chairman.
The shooting of the driver of the Deputy Chief Justice Philomena Mwilu "frightened" justices simply hours before the courtroom determined whether the repeat election should endure postponed, said Odinga. The Supreme Court failed to create upwards one's heed on the number because exclusively ii judges showed up.
Kenyatta had before called the Supreme Court judges "crooks" together with promised to "fix" the judicial organization later the Supreme Court nullified his re-election, together with he warned the principal justice together with judiciary non to interfere alongside the electoral committee equally the dry reason prepared for a novel presidential vote.
Odinga said his National Resistance Movement volition possess got upwards an unarmed peaceful resistance past times civilians to hit its goals, likening it to the civil rights displace of the the States rights activist Martin Luther King together with India's Mahatma Gandhi.
He said inwards lodge to hit the destination of novel elections inwards xc days his displace volition telephone telephone strikes, peaceful demonstrations together with boycotts. "All these are instruments available for the public to pose pull per unit of measurement area on the authorities of the day," he said.
"Our constitution truly provides for this ... if a regime is undemocratic, if a regime does non relish legitimacy, the people are justified to resist that regime," he said.
Odinga criticized Western diplomats, including from the U.S., for existence "very irresponsible" inwards pressing for an election to possess got house fifty-fifty though it wasn't going to endure credible. "Us, nosotros are talking virtually credible elections, them (the diplomats), they state whatever election is OK," Odinga said.
"They state they are Kenya's friends, together with thus they are friends Republic of Kenya is improve without. If they are our friends together with thus nosotros create non ask enemies."
AP