Saitabao Ole Kanchory, a Kenyan attorney is famously known for his role as Raila Odinga’s Chief agent in the 2022 presidential elections.
Ex-Prime Minister Raila Odinga faced off against now-President-elect William Ruto in the 2022 national elections. Kenyans were treated to a variety of performances as opposing teams attempted to outwit each other at the tallying center.
At the center of this tug-of-war at the Bomas of Kenya was the then-unknown Saitabao Ole Kanchory, the man Odinga had appointed as his national chief agent.
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Saitabao Ole Kanchory Background
Kajiado County is where Saitabao Ole Kanchory was born and nurtured. He attended Olkejuado High School before enrolling at the University of Nairobi to pursue a bachelor’s degree in law. The Kenya School of Law awarded him a Postgraduate Diploma in Law. He is currently a High Court of Kenya counsel and the Managing Partner of Kanchory & Co. Advocates.
Becoming Raila Odinga’s Chief Agent
At an event conducted at the Bomas of Kenya on June 5, 2022, former Prime Minister and presidential aspirant Raila Odinga nominated Saitabao Ole Kanchory as the Azimio la Umoja One Kenya Alliance national head agent.
He was deputized by Dr. Caroline Karugu, Deputy Governor of Nyeri County, Dr. Oduor Ongwen, and Professor Isiah Kindiki, the brother of William Ruto’s chief agent Kithure Kindiki. He also named lawyer Paul Mwangi as his legal advisor in the team that would represent him at the Bomas of Kenya during the vote tallying.
Supervising the 2022 presidential elections
On August 13, 2022, unrest erupted at the tallying center after several Azimio coalition officials claimed that there were abnormalities in the verification process. According to the Star newspaper, several IEBC personnel conspired with their opponents to tamper with the findings and sneak in forms 34 A. Raila’s chief agent, Saitabao Ole Kanchory, then entered the VIP dais, grabbed the microphone, and declared, “The Bomas is a crime scene.”
Kanchory reported to the press on August 15, 2022, just before the official announcement of the presidential results, that his team did not have verifiable presidential results and that they had sought in vain to reach IEBC Chairman Wafula Chebukati.
“The agents were assured of receiving Form 34C, which contains the election results.” But the chairman has avoided us all day…” He has purposefully kept himself isolated,” he explained.
Wafula Chebukati would later emerge and declare William Ruto of the United Democratic Alliance (UDA) as the President-elect.
Kanchory would then post on social media, “Wafula Chebukati results are irregular, illegal, and fake.” They are obtained through a convoluted, irregular, and illegal procedure. “Four out of six commissioners have disowned and condemned them,” he stated on Twitter.
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Saitabao Ole Kanchory Spilling the Beans
After the outcome of the 2022 presidential election in which Raila lost to Ruto, Kanchory promised to give a detailed account of how Raila ended up losing the election despite receiving support from the former head of state Uhuru Kenyatta.