[President Uhuru Kenyatta and his Deputy William Ruto during a recent political rally. The pair has maintained that they won the August polls. Courtesy: The Standard]
After NASA leader Raila Odinga's move to withdraw from the presidential repeat polls, President Uhuru Kenyatta and his Deputy William Ruto have asked electoral agency IEBC to declare them poll winners.
Speaking on Tuesday, Ruto noted that it was prudent for IEBC to declare Uhuru the duly elected president since his sole competitor had pulled out.
“We want to say without fear of contradiction that Kenyans voted for Uhuru Kenyatta with more than 8.2 million votes against Raila’s 6.2 votes in the August polls. Since Raila has withdrawn, then the only thing left is for the electoral commission to declare Uhuru Kenyatta the winner,” Ruto said.
The duo maintained that they won the August polls fairly, despite the Supreme Court nullifying Uhuru's victory after a successful petition by NASA.
“Going by the number of MPs, senators, governors, women representatives and members of the county assembly Jubilee got in August 8 General Election, I won, but the will of the people was subverted by the court,” Uhuru asserted.
“We in Jubilee are ready for the repeat election. We will go to the ballot without Raila. I won the August elections fairly, by more than 1.5 million votes," he added.