Rose funding for charlie rose is provided by the following bank of america, life better connected. And by bloomberg, a provider of multimedia news and Information Services worldwide. Captioning sponsored by Rose Communications from our studios in new york city, this is charlie rose. Glor in an historic ruling in a first for africa on september 1st Kenya Supreme Court annulled the ru89s of the august president ial election. The court ruled that the election which declared incumbent you the incumbent the winner was ruled with illegality. Last week raila odinga withdrew from the vote claiming the rerun will be worse than the previous one, earlier today a Senior Member of Kenya Electoral Commission fled to the u. S. Due to Death Threats ahead of the election. Mean whale the chairman of the commission conceded that he couldnt guarantee the election would be fair. Joining me now to talk about the constitutional crisis looming over kenya is salim loan, he is the Senior Advisor to raila odingo
York city, when we continue. Rose funding for charlie rose is provided by the following bank of america, life better connected. And by bloomberg, a provider of multimedia news and Information Services worldwide. Captioning sponsored by Rose Communications from our studios in new york city, this is charlie rose. Glor in an historic ruling in a first for africa on september 1st Kenya Supreme Court annulled the ru89s of the august president ial election. The court ruled that the election which declared incumbent you the incumbent the winner was ruled with illegality. Last week raila odinga withdrew from the vote claiming the rerun will be worse than the previous one, earlier today a Senior Member of Kenya Electoral Commission fled to the u. S. Due to Death Threats ahead of the election. Mean whale the chairman of the commission conceded that he couldnt guarantee the election would be fair. Joining me now to talk about the constitutional crisis looming over kenya is salim loan, he is the S
Threat. The chairman of the commission conceded he could not guarantee the election would be fair. Is a seniorow advisor and former director of the United Nations news and media division. Welcome. Me how does he feel about the possibility of a new election . Is he agreeing to that . No. He said he would only participate in the election if some changes were made. What would satisfy him and you . It is him and the kenyan people. Riven withon was fraud and illegalities. They annulled it. Ill he says kenyans want is a fair election. They dont want anything more than that. You talk about this moment, it theelectrified africa when Supreme Court did this. It has been going backwards in kenya. Some say they have gone forward because this was the first electronic voting. You believe it was not done in the right way. The evidence of it is massive. Remember, the last previous two elections were both rigged. Mass violence broke out and took the personal involvement of Condoleezza Rice who travel t
Rose funding for charlie rose is provided by the following bank of america, life better connected. And by bloomberg, a provider of multimedia news and Information Services worldwide. Captioning sponsored by Rose Communications from our studios in new york city, this is charlie rose. Glor in an historic ruling in a first for africa on september 1st Kenya Supreme Court annulled the ru89s of the august president ial election. The court ruled that the election which declared incumbent you the incumbent the winner was ruled with illegality. Last week raila odinga withdrew from the vote claiming the rerun will be worse than the previous one, earlier today a Senior Member of Kenya Electoral Commission fled to the u. S. Due to Death Threats ahead of the election. Mean whale the chairman of the commission conceded that he couldnt guarantee the election would be fair. Joining me now to talk about the constitutional crisis looming over kenya is salim loan, he is the Senior Advisor to raila odingo
The election would be fair. Joining me now is a Senior Advisor and former director of the United Nations news and media division. Welcome. Explain to me how does he feels about the possibility of a new election . Is he agreeing to that . Salim no. He said he would only participate in the election if some changes were made. What would satisfy him and you . It is him and the kenyan people. This election was riven with fraud and illegalities. So much so, the Supreme Court, which no one expected, overturned it. They annulled it. He says kenyans want a fair election. They dont want anything more than that. The commission should follow the guidelines of the Supreme Court. You talk about this moment, it has electrified africa when the Supreme Court did this. Here is hope for a continent struggling for democracy. It has been going backwards in kenya. Some say they have gone forward because this was the first electronic voting. You believe it was not done in the right way . The evidence of it i