Azimio la Umoja – One Kenya coalition leader Raila Odinga claimed the international community was biased during the August presidential elections.
Speaking during the launch of a memoir by political detainee Oduor Ong’wen, the ODM party leader took issue with the failure of the international community to support his bid.
Raila further said the international community was uncomfortable with his bid for presidency.
One of Raila’s manifestos was to tame market monopolies dominated by western countries.
“The international monopoly capital is not comfortable when you are talking about making Kenya a manufacturing hub to supply Eastern and Central African region. Those people are not happy with you when you talk about beneficiation and value addition to local raw materials that are going to compete against international monopoly capital,” Raila said.
Raila went on to accuse the international community of its silence after the chairman of the Electoral and Boundaries Commission Wafula Chebukati announced the August presidential results, claiming they knew whatever was going on and still chose to remain silent.
“On August 15, you saw the chairman of the commission running to go and announce the results and the bigger part of the commissioners saying ‘no, these are not the results.’ The international community cannot condemn such kind of an action because they knew what was happening. It can only happen in Africa, and not in Europe and the United States,” Raila stated.
“It is only here where the chairman of the electoral commission goes alone out of the seven commissioners to announce the results, then they say he is the hero of the day instead of saying he is the devil of the day.” He added.
Raila, however, advised the nation to regroup and move as Africa has exciting potential with great natural resources.
“But that does not mean we surrender. We must regroup and move on because Africa has great potential. The richest continent in terms of resources is one of the poorest because the true African democrats who believe in Africa and using African wealth for the benefit of African people have not been able to get power.”
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