Kenyatta said despite the fact that his major competitor went to court demanding the presidential election be nullified and was granted that annulment, Odinga chose to ignore the rest of the ruling which ordered a fresh election in 60 days conducted by IEBC.
"Thereafter he chose to abandon the fresh poll. You cannot choose the opportunity to exercise a right and abscond from the consequences of that choice," Kenyatta said.
Kenyatta thanked the many voters who turned up in the fresh elections to exercise their democratic right despite violent intimidation.
"I celebrate our resilience as a nation. I celebrate the resilience of our democracy, the resilience of our people and the resilience of our institutions," he said. "Our democratic resilience will not tire. It will not give in to obvious provocations and a base invitation to politics of darkness."
"For those who voted for Jubilee by way of re-validating our Aug. 8 victory, I thank you. Now we can begin the process of re-imagining our nationhood," Kenyatta said, referring to his ruling party.
IEBC Vice Chairperson Consolata Nkatha said the election failed to take place in 25 constituencies, all located in Odinga's political bedrock of Western Kenya, after protesters prevented polls opening by blockading polling stations or intimidating voters.
The commission said those results from Kisumu, Migori, Siaya and Homabay counties would not affect the final outcome so it could proceed with its announcement.
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