Twitter Reacts When Raila Odinga Withdraws From Presidential Race

Raila Odinga. PHOTO| COURTESY

In a SHOCKING announcement to the nation, NASA presidential candidate, Raila Odinga on Tuesday afternoon made the announcement that he would not run for the October 26 election. This announcement comes after NASA demonstrations to force the electoral body's (IEBC) officials to resign entered their third week. For the first time since independence, the country has been thrown into strange and uncharted legal and constitutional waters.

Twitter lit up immediately after the announcement.

With the withdrawal of Baba Raila Odinga from #Ballot2017 , Kenya enters into uncharted Constitutional & Legal waters! God Save Kenya!

— Donald B Kipkorir (@DonaldBKipkorir) October 10, 2017

Raila Odinga and Kalonzo Musyoka withdraw from participation in 26.10.17 election. Fresh elections to be held in terms of Article 138 of The Constitution of Kenya.

— Nelson Havi (@NelsonHavi) October 10, 2017

Raila Odinga is a very smart politician. He knows what he is doing#Ballot2017

— Thee Trend Setter ™ (@xtiandela) October 10, 2017

Raila Odinga: We won the battle for multi party democracy and the new constitution. We will win the battle for a free and fair election

— NTV Kenya (@ntvkenya) October 10, 2017

Nyeri Residents thought Raila Odinga was going to endorse Uhuru Kenyatta. They are crying foul 😂😂😂#Ballot2017

— Charles Mark Dienya (@MarkDienya) October 10, 2017

"We won the battle for multipartism, we won the battle for a new constitution. We will win against election rigging." -Raila Odinga

— RKM™ (@kimaiga_robert) October 10, 2017

Raila Odinga Plan now unzipped
He know Uhuru will beat him again. He want to sheep out and have an excuse to face Ruto 2022 #NASAdemos

— Supreme Nyenjeri (@nyenjeri_sir) October 10, 2017

Ladies, am sure you've never met a man who has a better pull out game than Raila Odinga.

— Jt Mathenge (@jt_mathenge) October 10, 2017

Thank you Raila Odinga for your service to the Nation.

it hurts us but We love you#BabuJaguarFight #Ballot2017 pic.twitter.com/1c1enjbs99

— Gitau (@ItsGitau) October 10, 2017

Raila Odinga said there will be no elections on 26th,Tuju calls for the press &said" who is Raila to say such"
I guess now u are served bruh

— Hassan Abdi (@tunechiiym) October 10, 2017

Uhuru - "If Raila doesn't want elections he should withdraw, we don't care"

Raila Odinga : I withdraw

Uhuru -... https://t.co/DZdwgLzOZi

— EJ Rambim (@Charter10Kenya) October 10, 2017

Even this adamant jubilee mps will one day thank Raila Odinga.He wants to end culture of rigging elections in Kenya..

— J O E L (@thomjoel) October 10, 2017

This man Raila Odinga trending even in US

— Mųtųa (@alfred_jey) October 10, 2017

Although there are several interpretations of what the constitution says about what happens next, this is dependent on many other factors.