(16 Aug 2022)
RESTRICTION SUMMARY:
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Narobi – 15 August 2022
1. Various of scuffles between security and election officials
Headline: Kenya's Ruto declared President in chaos
ANNOTATION: Scuffles broke out in the auditorium minutes before Kenya's Deputy President William Ruto was announced the winner of the presidential race.
2. SOUNDBITE (English) Wafula Chebukati, Chair of Kenyan Electoral Commission: ++PART OVERLAID++
"(I)…hereby declare that Ruto William Samoei…has been duly elected as the President."
3. Various of Ruto's supporters celebrating in the streets, waving flags and pictures of Ruto
ANNOTATION: Ruto narrowly defeated his rival Raila Odinga, son of Kenya's first president and vice president. Odinga was running for the president for the fifth time.
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Francis Irungu, Ruto supporter:
"The reason as to why I believe in William Ruto is because he believes in the hustler nation. Hustler nation means everybody in his own hustle, in his own small business. He believes even in the wheelbarrow economy. But you know the others, they are called what? Dynasty. These are people who don't even know the price of bread. They don't even know the price of anything."
5. Various of officials from Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) arriving for press conference
ANNOTATION: Before the announcement, four of the seven electoral commissioners said they could not support the "opaque nature" of the final steps.
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Juliana Cherera, vice chairperson of electoral commission:
" We therefore cannot take ownership on the results that is going to be announced."
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Kisumu – 15 August 2022
7. Police firing at Raila Odinga supporters
8. Fire burning in the streets
ANNOTATION: Chaos erupted in Nairobi and Kisumu, both Odinga's strong holds. Odinga supporters shouted "No Raila, no peace!" and burned tires.
9. Supporters in the street
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Kibera – 15 August 2022
10. Tires burning in street
ANNOTATION: In the 2007 election, more than 1,000 people were killed after Odinga claimed victory had been stolen from him.
11. People gathering in the street
ANNOTATION: The 2017 election results were overturned by the high court because of irregularities.
12. Aerial shot of people gathering in street and burning tires
ANNOTATION: Kenyans hoped to see calm prevail this time.
STORYLINE:
In a chaotic announcement that could foreshadow a court challenge, Kenya's electoral commission chairman on Monday declared Deputy President William Ruto the winner of the country's close presidential race over five-time contender Raila Odinga.
The outcome was a triumph for a candidate who shook up the East African nation's politics by appealing to struggling Kenyans' economic concerns instead of their ethnic allegiances.
Ruto received about 50.5% of the vote to nearly 49% for Odinga in last Tuesday's balloting, the chairman said.
But just before the declaration, four of the seven electoral commissioners told reporters they could not support the "opaque nature" of the final steps, without giving details.
Screams and scuffles broke out in the auditorium, the lectern was tossed from the stage, and police rushed in to restore order as a choir continued to sing.
Minutes later, commission chairman Wafula Chebukati announced the official results and said the two commissioners who stayed behind with him had been injured.
Odinga's campaign alleged that unspecified "electoral offenses" were committed and that a winner was illegally declared without a quorum of commissioners.
Kenyans had hoped to see calm in this election.
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