Kenyan Elections Thread

[theworldismine13]

So did Obama win?

Nah he lost
An Obama loses an election

 

[thatrapsfan]

To secure an outright win a candidate needed more than 50 percent of the votes. Kenyatta, the deputy prime minister, achieved that but with a margin of just 4,100 of the more than 12.3 million votes cast.

Wow only passed 50 percent with four thousand votes. Chances of RAO conceding with that margin are slim IMO, at best he will launch a court challenge, at worst he will say the whole thing is fixed and a sham.

http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/03/09/us-kenyan-elections-announcement-idUSBRE92717V20130309

 

[thatrapsfan]

Raila Odinga, Kenya’s prime minister and the second-place contender, with 43 percent of the vote, will reject the result, one of his top advisers said Saturday morning. Many people fear such a development could lead to the type of confusion and violence that erupted in 2007, in Kenya’s last disputed election, when Mr. Odinga said he was cheated out of victory.

“Raila has no intention of conceding and will be challenging this in court,” said Salim Lone, the adviser to Mr. Odinga. “The level of the failures in the system makes it very difficult to believe it was a credible result, and if Uhuru is declared president, Raila will go to court.”

Mr. Lone said that Mr. Odinga would “very strongly ask people to stay calm” and wait for the courts to address his complaints.

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/09/world/africa/kenyatta.html?ref=africa

 

[Ndiema]

raila has lost.just concede defeat if you're such a nationalist.Mudavadi already conceded defeat.Take it to court if you have problems and cool your supporters down.
And the west.sometimes it's like we're still under colonial rule with this 'big brother is watching' bullshyt.

 

[Ndiema]

Najivunia kuwa mkenya

Mimi pia.
There are a couple kenyans here actually.

 

[Ndiema]

No-one would've convinced me in '02 that uhuru would end up being the prez of Kenya.lol

 

[the mechanic]

Quick poll how many kenyans are on the site?

“Raila has no intention of conceding and will be challenging this in court,” said Salim Lone, the adviser to Mr. Odinga. “The level of the failures in the system makes it very difficult to believe it was a credible result, and if Uhuru is declared president, Raila will go to court.”

Railas prezzo at all costs attitude annoys me..

 

[EQ.]

Haha would be crazy if the kids of the current mps decided to go into politics.i came up with a lot of them and i would def support some of them.

 

[TTT]

What happened to KANU, are all these guys part of the older regime but residing in new parties? Correct me if i am wrong but Uhuru was part of KANU before these parties were on the political scene

 

[thatrapsfan]

What happened to KANU, are all these guys part of the older regime but residing in new parties? Correct me if i am wrong but Uhuru was part of KANU before these parties were on the political scene

He was but the party split into different factions a while back.


BBC News - Francis Muthaura: ICC drops case against accused Kenyan Uhuru's co-defendant at the ICC had his charges dropped, looks like they're setting the stage to do the same for Uhuru.

 

[88m3]

He was but the party split into different factions a while back.


BBC News - Francis Muthaura: ICC drops case against accused Kenyan Uhuru's co-defendant at the ICC had his charges dropped, looks like they're setting the stage to do the same for Uhuru.

Why?

 

[theworldismine13]

How Kenya's High-Tech Voting Nearly Lost The Election : All Tech Considered : NPR

 

[Piff Perkins]

So things have gone relatively smoothly? I heard there was some violence but overall haven't heard about anything major

 

[TTT]

He was but the party split into different factions a while back.


BBC News - Francis Muthaura: ICC drops case against accused Kenyan Uhuru's co-defendant at the ICC had his charges dropped, looks like they're setting the stage to do the same for Uhuru.

Yep cannot let a crucial ally in East Africa be closed to the West because of ICC charges. That would leave them with only Djibouti in such a huge region.