Roots Party’s presidential running mate Justina Wamae congratulates William Ruto five days after he was declared President-elect by the IEBC.
Wamae, in a public statement released on Friday, said it took her days to congratulate Ruto as she was still figuring out the arguments raised by different sections of the political pundits on the presidential poll results.
Justina termed the 2022 electoral process as transparent, noting that polling station agents would have raised the alarm of any malpractice play at their various posts.
“It has taken me 4 days listening to the argument from all quotas on whether IEBC was free, fair, and transparent and I can confidently say that the election was transparent because the polling station agents who are supreme in this process would have raised an alarm if the Presiding officer was up to no good,” she said.
“The Returning Officer in the constituency level would have been alarmed and mark you the national tallying center had no power in determining the outcome of the 2022 Presidential election.”
She, therefore, criticized political parties that lost at the polls and have since contested the results saying they will only serve to turn members of the public against the electoral body.
Wamae also mentioned Roots Party, on whose ticket she ran jointly with its presidential candidate Prof. George Wajackoyah, as among the political entities that challenged the Presidential results with suspicion of vote rigging.
“So when I see some parties like Roots Party who as a member can confidently say we were disorganized in regards to agents mobilization stating that votes were stolen is simply preposterous,” noted Wamae.
“As a future leader, we need to stop bashing our institutions which in turn will translate to inciting the public against constitutionally mandated institutions.”
She added: “To our supporters, 61,969 is no mean feat, do not lose hope, what you did make a difference, and building on itself will go into making a difference in the future.”
While congratulating Ruto and his Deputy President-elect Rigathi Gachagua for clinching the presidency, she further asked Kenyans to make peace with them as they build the future.
Wamae vowed to join hands with Ruto and Gachagua to offer support in steering the country forward.
“William Ruto and Rigathi Gachagua are going to be our President and Deputy President respectively and I pray that our wonderful peaceful people of Kenya will accept the verdict,” she stated.
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“Congratulations Ruto and Rigathi on your victory. As the representative of the Kenyan youth, I will support in any way I can to achieve a financially secure Kenya that is dignified across the globe. God bless you and your families as you undertake your new responsibility.”
