NAIROBI, Aug. 15 (Xinhua) -- Kenya's veteran opposition leader Raila Odinga who was last week trounced by President Uhuru Kenyatta during a hotly contested race for the top seat on Tuesday postponed the announcement of his eagerly awaited future plans.
Odinga garnered 6.76 million or 44.74 percent of total votes cast compared to Kenyatta who garnered 8.20 million or 54.27 percent of the more than 15 million votes cast during the Aug. 8 polls.
The 72-year-old Odinga who was running for presidency under the National Super Alliance (NASA) party is yet to concede defeat, citing irregularities in the tallying of votes.
NASA National Campaign Committee chairman Musalia Mudavadi said Odinga will "issue a comprehensive statement" on Wednesday.
"Owing to the urgency, complexity and delicate nature of issues NASA Summit is handling, our consultations are on-going and progressing well," Mudavadi said in a statement issued in Nairobi.
"We regret that the consultations are taking longer than anticipated and NASA will therefore not address Kenyans as projected today. NASA will issue a comprehensive statement to the nation tomorrow (Wednesday)," he added.
On several occasions last week, Odinga and his lieutenants alleged that the presidential results were manipulated in favor of the incumbent through an elaborate scheme by hackers who gained entry into the electoral body's servers.
His chief agent declined to sign presidential results declaration forms issued by the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) on Friday ahead of declaration of Kenyatta as the winner of the tight race.
Sporadic riots erupted in perceived opposition strongholds of Nairobi's informal settlements and Western Kenyan towns when the Chairman of IEBC declared the 55-year-old Kenyatta the winner of presidential election.
Running battles between police and rioting mobs throughout Friday night and Saturday left an unknown number of casualties in Nairobi's Kibera and Mathare slums as well as western Kenyan town of Kisumu.
The international community and rights groups condemned chaos that ensued after the announcement of presidential results and urged dialogue on both sides of the political divide to restore normalcy.
