Meru Governor Kiraitu Murungi has uncovered what transpired the night of swearing-in of former President Mwai Kibaki
Meru Governor Kiraitu Murungi has uncovered the insights that transpired the night swearing-in of former President Mwai Kibaki on December 30, 2007.
Kiraitu who was the Minister for Constitutional undertakings was at State House with Kibaki at that strained hour.
The 2007 polls set Kibaki in opposition to Orange Democratic Movement(ODM) pioneer Raila Odinga.
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As indicated by Kiraitu, Kibaki kept up with his quiet disposition even as results continued streaming in from KICC.
“I was with Kibaki at State House as the outcomes were being counted by the Electoral Commission of Kenya at KICC. We were following the procedures on TV while Kibaki was in his room. He once in a while came down the stairs to see how the activity was going on. Looked exceptionally without a care in the world. Maybe nothing major was occurring,” Kiraitu uncovered in a book composed by writer Njeri Rugene, Beyond Politics.
The lead representative in the book has uncovered that Kibaki was willing to concede if the ECK reported Raila as the winner of the polls.
By 5 pm, the strain began ascending in the statehouse after allies of Raila raged KICC requesting Raila to be pronounced the victor.
“KICC was getting tumultuous. The resistance swarm at KICC was taking steps to consume the country with mass activity, Sierra Leone-style except if Raila Odinga was proclaimed the winner,” the book cites Murungi.
It was at that point that the inward circle of Kibaki began accusing the then Electoral Commission of Kenya (ECK) executive Samuel Kivuitu of postponing the arrival of the results of Tharaka-Nithi which was viewed as one of their fortresses.
At Exactly 5:30 pm, Kivuitu pronounced Kibaki the winner with a 300,000 vote edge against Raila.
“Had the Electoral Commission of Kenya not reported the victor by 6 pm, the nation would have had no head of state or president, and it would be immersed on fire,” Kiraitu guaranteed.
The then-Attorney General Amos Wako tried President Kibaki’s group out ahead to set up the swearing-in service by 6 pm only thirty minutes after the outcomes were delivered.
“Despite the publicity that Kibaki was confirmed around evening time, he was confirmed before 6 pm. The constitution didn’t recommend where the swearing-in should happen,” he countered.
Kiraitu has additionally reprimanded ODM and Kivuitu for the viciousness that shook the nation a while later. He has blamed ODM for spreading purposeful publicity that the decisions were taken.
While then again, blaming Kivuitu for slowing delivering the outcomes.
He demands that Kibaki under the Party of National Unity (PNU) won the polls.
International transporter Kenya Airways (KQ) is set to continue trips to and from London on 4 days.
