National Assembly Majority Leader Aden Duale as a past function. Duale insists the country will not be held hostage by Raila Odinga.(Photo/the-star.co.ke)National Assembly Majority Leader Aden Duale has said that four counties will not hold the nation hostage after President Uhuru Kenyatta and Deputy President William Ruto were re-election in the October polls.
In an opinion piece published on Capital, Duale said that President Uhuru was legitimately elected into power. This comes from Homa Bay, Siaya, Kisumu and Migori counties boycotted the rerun.“In bidding to make it an all-inclusive affair, and to ensure all parts of the country participate in electing both local and national leaders, they provided a provision that for presidential elections to be legitimate, they must take place in all the 290 constituencies in Kenya, as well as the 291st that is the Diaspora," he said, as quoted by the local daily.He also said that the constitution did not outline the number of counties that need to take part in the election to declare it legitimate. He further said that the counties did not elect the president because of a scheme by some leaders.