{"id":914821,"date":"2022-01-09T17:19:54","date_gmt":"2022-01-09T17:19:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/news\/2022\/01\/09\/atwoli-clears-air-on-ruto-poll-win\/"},"modified":"2022-01-09T17:19:54","modified_gmt":"2022-01-09T17:19:54","slug":"atwoli-clears-air-on-ruto-poll-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/01\/09\/atwoli-clears-air-on-ruto-poll-win\/","title":{"rendered":"Atwoli clears air on Ruto poll win"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<figure>\n<div class=\"art-img row mx-md-0\">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/irqffknahszufqtcvi61db1738e2e1e.jpg\" class=\"img-fluid w-100\" width=\"800\" height=\"500\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"bg-light mb-3 p-3 row mx-md-0\">\n<p><strong>Cotu Secretary General Francis Atwoli. <\/strong>[Robert Menza, Standard]\n<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"card-text\">Cotu Secretary General Francis Atwoli has sought to clarify his earlier statement on Deputy President William Ruto ascending to the presidency after the elections.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n<p>Atwoli said he has never claimed that the deputy president will not be allowed to take over power even if he wins the August 9 polls. <\/p>\n<p><div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"UuPDQ0Mf_zg\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"&#039;&#039;William Samoei Ruto will be defeated, he will be defeated democratically&#039;&#039;, Francis Atwoli\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/UuPDQ0Mf_zg?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>He said that his position was that Ruto will be defeated in the presidential race.<\/p>\n<p>The Cotu boss made the clarification in reference to\u00a0<em>The Sunday Standard<\/em>\u00a0publication suggesting that there were plans to deny Ruto victory.\n<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat I have said in the past and maintain is that people will turn up in large numbers to vote but William Ruto will not be the winner. He will be defeated,\u201d said Atwoli.\n<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have never said that Ruto will win and not be allowed to take power. My statement is that he will not be president because he will not win,\u201d he maintained. <\/p>\n<p>Atwoli, a fierce critic of Ruto, said Kenya is a democracy that respects the wish of the voters.\n<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf he democratically wins, who am I to deny him opportunity to ascend to power?\u201d\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"mx-auto col-12 row justify-content-between\">\n<div class=\"col-md-6 col-12 row  p-0\">\n<div class=\"col-9 text-left\">\n<h5 class=\"politic-cat\">\n<b>Monitor water pumps remotely via your phone <\/b><br \/>\n<\/h5>\n<p>Tracking and monitoring motor vehicles is not new to Kenyans. Competition to install affordable tracking devices is fierce but essential for fleet managers who receive reports online and track vehicles from the comfort of their desk.\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.standardmedia.co.ke\/politics\/article\/2001433930\/atwoli-clears-air-on-ruto-poll-win\">Source: The Standard Media Kenya<\/a> <a \"><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cotu Secretary General Francis Atwoli. [Robert Menza, Standard] Cotu Secretary General Francis Atwoli has sought to clarify his earlier statement on Deputy President William Ruto ascending to the presidency after the elections.\u00a0 Atwoli said he has never claimed that the deputy president will not be allowed to take over power even if he wins the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[55],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-914821","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-headlines"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/914821","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=914821"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/914821\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=914821"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=914821"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=914821"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}