No, ODM leader Raila did not claim that President Ruto received 8.1 million votes and the ODM leader received 5.9 million votes.

Claim

Azimio leader Raila Odinga claims President William Ruto garnered 8.1 million votes in the 2022 general election, whereas he garnered 5.9 million votes.

Rating Justification

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 discovered the original footage, which was posted on Kenya Digital News’ YouTube channel on March 13, 2023, and covered Azimio leader Raila Odinga’s live rally at Mtwapa Grounds in Kilifi County, where he clearly stated from minute 56:00 to minute 56:24 that President William Ruto received 5.9 million votes in the 2022 general election, while the ODM leader received 8.1 million votes.

Evidence and References

ODM leader Raila’s speech in Kilifi County

Methodology

True

The claim is rigorous and the content is demonstrably true.

Half True

The statement is correct, although it needs clarification additional information or context.

Unproven

Evidence publicly available neither proves nor disproves the claim. More research is needed.

Misleading

The statement contains correct data, but ignores very important elements or is mixed with incorrect data giving a different, inaccurate or false impression.

False

The claim is inaccurate according to the best evidence publicly available at this time.

Retraction

Upon further investigation of the claim, a different conclusion was determined leading to the removal of the initial determination.

Toxic

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