'The US influenced outcome of Kenya's presidential election,' Winnie Odinga now claims

EALA MP nominee Winnie Odinga now claims that the United States government influenced the outcome of the August 9 presidential election in favour of President William Ruto.

Speaking in an exclusive interview on Citizen TV's Newsnight Show on Tuesday, Winnie alleged that the Joe Biden-led nation meddled in Kenya's polls to deny Azimio la Umoja chief Raila Odinga a win at the ballot.

Noting that she felt devastated when the outcome of the presidential polls was announced since she was part of Raila's presidential campaign team, Winnie likened the Western nation's alleged interference in Kenya's polls to a person playing a virtual reality game.

"Have you ever worn virtual reality glasses? That is what Kenya is to them. You put it on and you play. Kenya is like a PlayStation to them," she said.

When asked by show host Waihiga Mwaura to rate the West's alleged level of interference in the outcome of the presidential elections on a scale of one to ten, Winnie said 13 to further put her point across.

She likewise chimed in on allegations purporting that she knowingly sabotaged Raila's candidature by micromanaging the former premiere's communication team into oblivion.  

"This is my father and I don't think anyone worked harder on that campaign than me except him. People were there for their own agendas; they were there to sabotage us and do all sorts of things but I prepared him (Raila) as best as I could for him to succeed," she said.

"He is my father; every one can call him 'baba' but he is my father. I don't see any problem with being overprotective. When people look back they always look for somebody to blame. As much as I love campaigns, I was hardly on the campaign trail."

Winnie went on to state that she believes that the rumours were fuelled by her detractors owing to the fact that she led Raila's campaign communication team brilliantly.

"You've heard politicians say I kept him away from them but they were out in the field with him. They were with him more than I was and I think it's a lot of mud-slinging. A lot of people are perhaps threatened because a lot of our skills came out," she said.  

"The campaign was about 80 per cent young people and you know people don't like being seen as irrelevant or to shape the status quo so perhaps as things are transitioning, they are just trying to silence me but I am going to keep doing what is right for this country."