No, Raila did not admit in his petition that Ruto won elections or that he met the constitutional 50% plus 1 threshold

Claim

Azimio la Umoja presidential candidate Raila Odinga admits in his petition that President-elect William Ruto won the election but did not meet the constitutional 50% plus 1 threshold.

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The iVerify Network of Fact-Checking Desks has fact-checked this content and established that it is Misleading.

To arrive to this conclusion, the iVerify Network of Fact-Checking Desks has conducted the following process. We looked through Azimio la Umoja presidential candidate Raila Odinga’s official social media accounts, where he is known to disseminate official statements, but found no evidence to support the claim.

We also checked the IEBC portal and discovered that the figures do not match.

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IEBC Declaration of results for the election of President

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No, Raila did not admit in his petition that Ruto won elections or that he met the constitutional 50% plus 1 threshold

The figures in the image do not correspond to the final presidential results of the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC).

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