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Carla Anna
NAIROBI, KENYA (AP) — Kenya's president-elect William Root has said that in the event of a court challenge to the election results: says. Because East Africa's most stable democracy awaits a petition from the defeated candidate, Laila Odinga.
Root spoke to journalists Wednesday after meeting with members of his political alliance. Among his differing political views, he declared that his administration had "nothing to do with the threats we saw, the threats we saw, and the terror spread across the country." "We are regaining a democratic country," he said.
Kenyan Vice President Ruto was declared the winner of last week's narrow elections on Monday, but the Electoral Commission publicly announced minutes before the declaration. split. Four of his seven commissioners appointed by President Uhuru Kenyatta last year claimed that the chairman of the commissions had excluded them from the final steps before the declaration.
Odinga, an opposition figure running in the fifth presidential election, said he would pursue "all constitutional and legal options" to challenge the election results. He met with his team behind closed doors on Wednesday. They said it would take him seven days from Monday's declaration to submit to the Supreme Court, followed by 14 days to rule.
It is not clear why Odinga is contesting the results of an election widely described by Kenyans and observers as more transparent and peaceful than ever.
Kenyatta backed his longtime rival Odinga in this election after breaking down with the proxy route years ago. . Kenyatta has not spoken publicly since voting last Tuesday, and his spokeswoman Kanze Dena did not respond when asked when she would make a statement to the country. 34}
Root said Wednesday that "there is no room for excluding any part" of Kenya and wants to "remove ethnicity from the equation of leadership and governance" in the country. Civil servants were professionals and vowed not to be pressured to do political work on behalf of any party.
