"Rather than grasp the opportunity offered by this new election, he has made no attempt to win votes. Instead he has sought to remove his name from the ballot, called for a boycott of the vote and appealed not to the people but to the international community."

- Washington Post editorial by Uhuru Kenyatta

 

"And Kenyatta probably did win the August vote, as evidenced by his support throughout the country, higher turnout in his strongholds, and the strong local performance of Jubilee in local contests. Recall that the Supreme Court attributed no blame to Kenyatta in its decision to annul the election, and did not suggest his margin of victory was in doubt."

- African Arguments opinion piece

 

"To dispel any suspicion that it is quietly intervening in Kenyan politics in a similar, if subtle, way now, the US must do all it can to ensure that Kenyans get the "free, fair, and credible election" Washington says it wants."

- NY Review of Books editorial

 

"As tensions mounted, Kenneth Flottman sat in Nairobi and grew increasingly frustrated. He had in his hands the results of an exit poll, paid for by the United States government, that supported the initial returns favoring the challenger, Raila Odinga."

- NYT article from 2009