Now that we have an elected president, what path are we going to take

?

Credited with 48.85

% of the votes by the electoral commission,

Walf Quotidien

Mr. Odinga, who coveted the presidential chair for the fifth time, indicated that he would use all legal procedures to have the victory annulled. attributed to Mr. Ruto.

The disappointment of the historical opponent and his supporters is all the greater,

that they believed this time was going to be the right one.

Almost everything predicted a certain victory.

He had the support of two of the country's three main ethnic groups, the Kikuyu and the Luwo, but also that of the outgoing president, Uhuru Kenyatta, whose opponent was the vice-president.

In addition, the latest opinion polls conducted less than a week before the election gave him 46.7

% of voting intentions against 44.4

% for William Ruto.

it is the electoral commission which lent the flank

: the camp of William Ruto, declared the winner, must beware of any triumphalism,

insofar as four of the seven members of the commission say they do not recognize these results, which they had moreover rejected even before they were made public.

The vice-president, who is part of the slingers, denounced the "opaque nature of the process".

Enough to bring water to the Raila Odinga mill,

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who believes that the results giving the winner to his opponent are not valid and intends to use all legal remedies to restore the truth of the ballot box.

It now remains to be hoped that the Kenyan Supreme Court, renowned for being a stickler for principles, will decide in the last resort and in an impartial manner, by stating the law

in this shambles, it is very difficult to predict the next turn of events

Several observers fear a possible conflagration in Kenya, as was the case during the 2007 election, where more than 1,100 people died in post-election clashes.

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an umpteenth post-electoral crisis, despite calls for calm

two million people have plunged into poverty since the Covid-19 pandemic. .

The day before the announcement of the results, the candidates went simultaneously to the church and both preached peace there.

But,

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can we believe in the good faith of William Ruto and Raila Odinga

?

Former allies in the 2007 election, the two men had been at the heart of the worst crisis that independent Kenya has known

Is the fire smoldering under the ashes

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Is Kenya heading towards the cancellation of the presidential election, as in 2017

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Will Raila Odinga be able to keep his wise line of keeping his activists away from the streets, in order to allow Kenya to ward off the bad luck of post-election violence and no longer make elections rhyme with war

?

Hope can be allowed,

especially since the legendary ethnic vote no longer seems to be successful with this dazzling breakthrough by William Ruto, neither Kikuyu, nor Luwo.

It is the social divide that will have triumphed over the tribal divide, if the victory of the presidential blue is confirmed.

But for now, it's a whole people holding their breath