Ogaden Online: The official homepage of Ogaden on the Internet

Web hosting
Sunday
May 26th
Text size
  • Increase font size
  • Default font size
  • Decrease font size
Home Horn News Kenya

Kenya

Kenya's Kenyatta Wins Presidency But Odinga Won't Concede

Kenya's election commission named Uhuru Kenyatta the winner of the country's presidential election with 50.07 percent on Saturday, but his opponent alleged multiple failures in the vote and said Kenya's democracy was on trial.

Supporters of Kenyatta — a man accused by an international court of helping to orchestrate the vicious violence that marred the nation's last vote — flooded the streets, celebrating in a parade of red, the campaign's color.

Less than two hours after the official announcement, Kenyatta's top opponent, Prime Minister Raila Odinga, said the election process experienced multiple failures and that he would petition the Supreme Court.

Odinga called for calm and asked Kenyans to love one another but said he would not concede because he did not believe he had lost.

"I have stated that nothing could have pleased me more if I had lost fairly," he said, adding: "We have highlighted so many irregularities with the tallying process."

Kenyatta was immediately afforded the state security that would accompany a president-elect, traveling in a shiny black convoy from the tallying center to his election center. In a speech, he thanked Odinga — "my brother" — for a spirited campaign in an address to the nation, according to prepared remarks.

"My fellow Kenyans, today we celebrate the triumph of democracy, the triumph of peace, the triumph of nationhood," he said, adding later: "My pledge to you is that as your president I will work on behalf of all citizens regardless of political affiliation. I will honor the will of Kenyans and ensure that my government protects their rights and acts without fear or favor, in the interests of our nation."

If Kenyatta's victory holds, the son of Jomo Kenyatta will become the fourth president of Kenya since its independence from British colonial rule in 1963.

Read more...
 

Dil ka dhacey xerada qaxootiga ee IFO

Wararka aga soo gaadhaya dalka, kenya gaar ahaan xerada Qaxootiga ee IFO ayaa sheegaya in budhcad hu...

Last Updated ( Tuesday, 09 October 2012 23:56 )

Read more...

Kenya warned against backing proposed new state in Somalia

Text of report by John Oywa and Peter Orengo entitled "Somalia plans to create new state to keep off...

Read more...

Power struggle among the Muslims

The government is not succeeding in imposing the Supreme Council of Kenya Muslims as the unique publ...

Read more...

Kenya: Fidel Odinga

It is becoming increasingly clear that Fidel Odinga will be a candidate in the 2012 parliamentary el...
Read more...
  • «
  •  Start 
  •  Prev 
  •  1 
  •  2 
  •  Next 
  •  End 
  • »
Page 1 of 2

Video Feed

Shirka kalfadhiga 3aad ee OYSU, San Diego,,,RX oo Wareysatey N/Hure Qari oo ka soo baxsadey Maleeshiyaa Liyu

Spotlight

 

A Place To Call Home: images and interviews of refugees from Ogaden

 

Genocide Watch calls on UN to initiate action against Ethiopian Dictator

March 23, 2009E-mail:genocidewatch@aol.com Website: www.genocidewatch.org

Who's Online

We have 138 guests online