..Describes Kenyans as the greatest winners
By Myke Uzendu, Abuja
For a successful conduct of its Presidential election, the Presidential Candidate of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Atiku Abubakar has congratulated William Ruto who was on Monday announced the President elect of Kenya by the electoral commission.
Ruto won with 50.49% of the vote, narrowly defeating veteran opposition leader and former Prime Minister Raila Odinga, who was contesting his fifth election.
By the victory, Ruto will become Kenya’s fifth President since independence, winning the seat on his first attempt just as Kenya First coalition, his party, won a majority of seats in Kenya’s senate, the second highest in the National Assembly.
In a press statement on Tuesday, Atiku said that “The people of Kenya have done well so far with the election process. The announcement of the results and declaration of a winner is the crunch time.
“Even though a winner has emerged, and indeed has to emerge in an electoral contest of this nature, the people of Kenya and certainly its democracy is the greatest winner.
“There can never be any losers if everyone joins hands in working together to improve the well-being of the people. It is imperative that the citizens cutting across all political divides eschew violence and animosity in order to safeguard the gains of the past” he said.
The former Vice President added that whatever issues that arise from an election can always be resolved within the ambits of the law, “As one, Kenyans will be the better for it”.
