Jubilee supporters break into songs to celebrate President Uhuru Kenyatta’s re-election

Jubilee supporters broke into songs to celebrate President Uhuru Kenyatta’s re-election at Bomas of Kenya moment after the country’s electoral agency declared him the winner on Monday.

The jubilant supporters who included MPs interrupted the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) chairperson Wafula Chebukati momentarily to sing Jubilee campaign song of “UhuRuto Tano Tena” by Ben Githae.

At another point the supporters, who thronged the auditorium, gave the President a standing ovation while singing “si uchawi” (it is not witchcraft).

In his opening speech Uhuru said “as you all know I have been here before, I hope this will be the last time” in reference to nullification of his win by the Supreme Court.

The President-elect threw guests at the auditorium into laughter when he said the repeat presidential election was full of drama including “threats, violence and witchcraft”.

The event was, however, lowly key event compared to the colour and pomp that marked the August 8 declaration of the presidential election.

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Earlier in the day, there were no much activities at the National Tallying Centre, with desks that were being used by clerks to verify result forms deserted after the process ended.

It was not until around 1pm when IEBC vice chairperson Connie Nkatha made the commission’s first update to announce the results were to be declared at 3.30PM.

Chebukati told the guests that he had been turned to a punching bag by the politicians, who he said accused him of being weak.

 Diplomats lead by US Ambassador Robert Godec was present as well as election observation mission groups.