In his book titled “Why Baba Is Not The 5th”, Saitabao Ole Kanchory, Raila Odinga’s Chief agent in the previous year’s presidential election, has disclosed that his boss was misled into thinking that he would emerge victorious in the polls.
According to Kanchory, there was a well-planned strategy to make Raila believe he was winning the election, even when the situation was unfavorable. Kanchory cites the Bomas of Kenya as the center for rigging the presidential election and elaborates on how attempts to awaken Raila to the truth of the matter fell on deaf ears.
Raila was surrounded by handlers who kept him in the dark about critical information, and he was given false assurances of an imminent win. Kanchory reveals that the plot to beat Raila Odinga was based on convincing him that he could not lose the election and that the government machinery would not allow the election to be stolen from him.
Despite Kanchory’s efforts to persuade Raila to take action against changes made to the verification rules at the auditorium by IEBC chairman Wafula Chebukati, Raila overruled him. Kanchory tried to alert Raila about Chebukati’s misrepresentation of his views to his deputy, but Raila dismissed his concerns.
Kanchory’s attempts to persuade Raila to stage a walkout from the verification floor were futile, as he was reassured by his handlers. The concerns about the electoral process’s integrity were shared with the Azimio top brass, but Raila’s handlers obscured the situation from him.
