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Raila: Why I pulled out of repeat election

Malindi MP Aisha Jumwa (right) hugs NASA leader Raila Odinga after the press conference at the Okoa Kenya secretariat on Tuesday. [Beverlyne Musili, Standard]

Opposition chief Raila Odinga has explained that he did not withdraw from the election to create a political crisis to force a coalition government.

He said he took the decision because he did not want the culture of stolen elections to continue in the country.

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