President Uhuru Kenyatta addresses supporters in Eldoret. [Photo/ Courtesy of PSCU]

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President Uhuru Kenyatta this afternoon said that voters will on September 17 prove again that opposition leader Raila Odinga is a perennial loser whose strategy has always been to subvert the will of Kenyans.

The president said Raila has never accepted defeat on the numerous occasions he was beaten in democratic elections and has always resorted to strategies to subvert the will of the majority.

The Head of State spoke when he toured the populous Uasin Gishu County where residents overwhelmingly voted for him and where the opposition failed to win even a single elective post in all levels of the August 8 general election.

“The will of Kenyans will prevail. He has never accepted defeat and has always raised false claims. We will prove to you that you have always lost fairly despite your claims,” said the President when he addressed supporters in Maili Tisa, Turbo constituency.

“Come out in full force. Prove them wrong. The supreme will of the people is vested in the people of Kenya,” the president added.

President Kenyatta arrived in Eldoret buoyed by significant endorsement he has won from leaders of Western Kenya, including from former minister Paul Otuoma of Busia County and former Vihiga Governor Moses Akaranga.

The president urged Jubilee supporters to remain peaceful and direct their energy to turn out huge votes on October 17, the date set for the repeat elections by the Supreme Court, which nullified his victory on questionable grounds.

President Kenyatta said even the judges who nullified his election could not say that he did not win more votes in the free and democratic election held on August 8.

“He (Raila) complained about the transmission but never said that he got more votes. He knows that if his claim was that he got more votes, a recount would have proved him wrong,” said the President when he addressed supporters at Maili Nne on his way to Eldoret town. 

“Let him say what he wants and let him plan what he wants but he should know that what is important is the votes from wananchi and they are ready to exercise their will.”

The president said he accepted the decision of the court for the sake of Kenya’s stability and stressed that his supporters should always promote peace.

“We will leave insults, propaganda and press conferences to our competition. We know it is Kenyans who will decide who wins and we have gone back to them,” said the President as he expressed confidence that he will garner more votes than the 8.2 million he did on August 8.

The President said Raila lost the election fairly and that was why he is not ready for the repeat poll whose date has already been set.

“He has no agenda for Kenya. All he has are insults and ethnic division. All he wants is power and that is why he said that he does not care about Kenya’s children,” said the President as he addressed tens of thousands of supporters in Eldoret town.