Raila Odinga is indeed planning to participate in the repeat
election, just not on October 26, Elgeyo Marakwet Senator Kipchumba Murkomen
has sensationally claimed.
The Jubilee leader made the remarks in a post seen by The
Evening Post where he sounded a warning
to Jubilee supporters to turn out in large numbers on Thursday, October 26.
Murkomen theorised that while Raila Odinga’s threats that there would be no
election on Thursday were real, his mission would not end on Thursday.
According to Murkomen, Raila’s boycott is to induce
complacency within Jubilee supporters such that they would turn out in low
numbers on Thursday due to the absence of the NASA leader.
He further claimed that NASA regions where the election
exercise did not take place would be allowed to hold another election at a
later date where NASA supporters would turn out in their masses and outnumber
the ruling Jubilee party.
“IEBC has the constitutional mandate to repeat elections where they did
not take place so they will shedule election for those suspended areas let say
on 31st October. Then Raila comes out and campaigns thoroughly and ensure 100%
turnout in NASa strong holds and celebrate if he beats uhurus numbers,” He
sensationally claimed.
NASA has been calling on its supporters to boycott the fresh
presidential poll ordered by the Supreme Court on grounds the IEBC is not ready
to conduct a fair contest.
To win a presidential race, a candidate must garner at least
50+1% per cent of the total votes.
Besides garnering 50+1% of the total votes cast, a
presidential winner needs to garner at least 25% of the total votes cast in 24
counties at least.
This could prove the vital link in Senator Murkomen’s
theory, as a number of counties have already pushed their weight behind Raila
Odinga’s call to boycott the October 26 poll.
