{"id":411142,"date":"2017-08-11T13:08:59","date_gmt":"2017-08-11T13:08:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/08\/11\/not-easy-to-lose-an-election-mahama\/"},"modified":"2017-08-11T13:08:59","modified_gmt":"2017-08-11T13:08:59","slug":"not-easy-to-lose-an-election-mahama","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/08\/11\/not-easy-to-lose-an-election-mahama\/","title":{"rendered":"Not easy to lose an election \u2013 Mahama"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\">&#13;<br \/>\n                <\/aside>\n<p><!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 3.4.4--><\/p>\n<p>Former President John Mahama has confessed it is not easy to lose an election, but has urged Kenyans to protect the peace ahead of the declaration of the official results.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is not easy to lose an election [because] it can be very disappointing,\u201d Mahama told the Kenyan media.<\/p>\n<p>Mahama is part of international observers in the Eastern African country monitoring the crucial polls, which have put incumbent Uhuru Kenyatta of the Jubilee Party ahead of his arch rival Raila Odinga of the National Super Alliance.<\/p>\n<p>The opposition is already claiming victory breeding an uneasy calm in the country.<\/p>\n<p>Mahama is appealing to both leaders to remain calm because one earns more respect as a \u201cgracious loser.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAll Kenyans should be patient [and] let the process play out,\u201d Mahama, who lost the 2016 elections to Akufo-Addo stressed.<\/p>\n<p>He added: \u201cParty stakeholders must exercise patience and let\u2019s see that process through\u2026No Kenya blood must be shared because someone disagreed with the electoral process.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"display:none\" rel=\"follow\" href=\"http:\/\/megatheme.ir\/\" title=\"\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633\">\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#13; Former President John Mahama has confessed it is not easy to lose an election, but has urged Kenyans to protect the peace ahead of the declaration of the official results. \u201cIt is not easy to lose an election [because] it can be very disappointing,\u201d Mahama told the Kenyan media. 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