By Maximilla Wafula
Kenya women leaders on Tuesday called for peace as Azimio rejected the Aug.9 presidential election results.
The women of Kenya under the African Women Leaders Network (AWLN) and the Women Mediation Network (WMN)- Kenya spoke to the media on the just concluded general elections in Kenya.
Dr. Jennifer Riria, Co-Chair, African Women Leaders Network (AWLN) urged candidates who may be aggrieved by the results to seek redress through legal means and avoid actions that may escalate violence.
“As is the case with all competitions including a General Election, the process yields winners and losers,” Riria said.
IEBC’s declaration of 55-year-old William Ruto, the current Deputy President as the winner of Kenya’s presidential elections after garnering about 7.17 million or 50.49 percent of votes cast has triggered an outcry among Raila Odinga’s supporters in western Kenya and Nairobi.
Josephine Sinyo Co-Chair, AWLN said that as Mothers, they are in pain because one of us, mother to our son the late Daniel Musyoka is a broken Mother after losing her son who was only doing his job as a Returning Officer in Embakasi East before he went missing and later found dead.
“Musyoka is just one out of a few others but one too many. We mourn with our sisters. We feel the pain of these dear sisters and pray that no other life is lost because of a mere General Election. We call upon our security apparatus to move quickly with investigations and bring the murderers of our children to book,” she added.