Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga has rejected the results of the re-run presidential election that saw Uhuru Kenyatta gaining a second term. Odinga pulled out of last Thursday's presidential re-run. In his first official reaction to the re-run, Mr Odinga called it "a sham" but made no mention of any legal challenge.
He said “The whole world witnessed that there was no election. The international media has called it ‘a charade, a sham, preposterously flawed, a historic mistake,’ among other things.” Mr Kenyatta won 98% of the vote with turnout under 40% - less than half that recorded in August's vote, largely because of an opposition boycott.
The Supreme Court annulled the first vote in August citing "irregularities and illegalities".
The opposition leader called for a "national resistance movement" including the formation of a "people's assembly" to bring civil society groups together to "restore democracy". But he did not explain how that would work.
"This election must not stand .... It will make a complete mockery of elections and might well be the end of the ballot as a means of instituting government in Kenya. It will completely destroy public confidence in the vote," he said.
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He repeated claims that the re-run of August's presidential poll was unconstitutional - lawyers from both sides are still arguing about this, and the Supreme Court has a petition pending.
"We will not allow two megalomaniacs [Mr Kenyatta and his deputy] destroy the dream of freedom and democracy," Mr Odinga said.
Mr Kenyatta, who is now set to serve a second term, said if the new results were challenged in the courts he would accept the outcome.
He has appealed for calm and promised Kenyans that "their neighbour will remain their neighbour" despite political uncertainty.
