National Super Alliance (NASA) leader Raila Odinga has now declared that he will not withdraw from the fresh presidential election that will take place on October 26.
While speaking to Citizen TV on Friday, Odinga maintained that he would not participate in the poll.
He, however, disclosed that he would not sign the legal document to indicate his official withdrawal from the poll.
"I won't participate in October 26 poll or sign Form 24A to officially withdraw from the race," Odinga stated.
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Earlier in the week, Mr Odinga stated that he had withdrawn from the presidential race because "it is only through his withdrawal that the country would have a free and fair election as per the law."
The NASA leader noted that among the reasons for his pulling out is because IEBC had not addressed the coalition's list of irreducible minimums.
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Following the move by Odinga, IEBC announced that all eight presidential candidates who vied on August 8 would be on the ballot.
On Wednesday, the Commission acknowledged that Odinga had sent a letter indicating his decision to withdraw from the fresh presidential poll.
IEBC, however, stated that the NASA leader had not yet signed the statutory form 24A thus rendering his withdrawal null and void.
It indicated that a candidate can only withdraw his/her candidature after delivering a dully filled form 24A.
The electoral body further divulged that it would gazette the names of the candidates who will vie on October 26 including Odinga and his running mate Kalonzo Musyoka.
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