Loto won in the Kenyan presidential election, and foreign media worried: the country may fall into turbulence again

[Global Times special reporter Wang Chuanjun in Ethiopia] The results of the votes announced by the Kenya Independence Election and Border Committee (hereinafter referred to as the Election Commission) showed that the presidential election held by the party's candidate and the current vice president Loto on the 9th Winning. Foreign media generally worried that due to controversy due to the results of the election, Kenya may repeat the same mistakes and fall into a state of turbulence again.

Kenya United Democratic Alliance Party candidate and current vice president Loto won in the presidential election held on the 9th. Picture source: Visual China

According to the African News Network on the 16th, the Chairman of the Kenya Election Commission Cage Cattati announced on the 15th that Rudo received more than 7.17 million votes in the presidential election, with an effective voting rate of 50.49%. Another presidential candidate, former Prime Minister Otega received more than 6.94 million votes. However, just a few minutes before the announcement of the election announcement, Cheria, vice chairman of the Election Commission, said at a press conference that 4 of the seven members of the election committee could not recognize the results of the Loto victory. The ticket process is "opaque". In addition, the opposition members conflicted with security personnel outside the National Auto Power Center on the same day, trying to prevent the election committee from announced the results of the election.

Loto, 55, began to be Kenya Agricultural Minister in 2008, served as Minister of Higher Education in 2010, and has been Vice President since 2013. After the results of the general election were announced, Loto vowed to cooperate with Kenya's "all political leaders" and announced that it would not make political revenge. Canjoli, the chief agent of Ortica, accused the election of violations, "intelligence showed that the election system was penetrated and hacked."

Beginning on the 15th, demonstrations occurred in many places in Kenya. In the capital of Nairobi, the supporters of Otega shouted, "Without Laila (Orada), there is no peace!" The night fell temporarily, and people gathered in the Nairobi Bella community to burn the tires. Kenju City Kisu is the base of Outage. Many locals take the streets, throw stones, set fire to the tires and set up roadblocks.

"After the results of the election were announced, the domestic situation in Kenya was at stake." Agence France -Presse reported on the 16th that according to the Kenya Constitution, candidates can question the results of the election for 7 days. ruling. It is reported that the Kenyan people still remember the violent incidents after the results of the 2007 and 2017 elections. After the 2007 election, more than 1,200 people were killed, and more than 100 people were killed after the 2017 election.

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