Raila Odinga confidant Salim Lone responds after Uhuru is declared president

Former Raila Odinga’s spokesman Salim Lone on October 30 released a statement on his Facebook page ‘NASA statement on the pseudo-election's results,’ after the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) Chairman Wafula Chebukati declared President Uhuru Kenyatta winner of the repeat presidential election that was held on October 26.

“In fact, what this pseudo-election confirmed was the formal declaration of Uhuru as a dictator determined to hold onto power at all costs. There is so little national support for Uhuru now that even as the sole candidate, he needed massive rigging to hide the fact that an abysmally low number of Kenyans turned out to vote – a total of 2.5 million or less than 20 per cent of registered voters, as KIEMS had clearly showed. This is a massive show of no confidence in Uhuru Kenyatta and if he had any dignity he would step aside and allow a free, fair and credible election – and finally earn the respect of the people,” read part of the statement.