William Ruto Wins Kenyan Elections
Kenya’s incumbent Vice President, William Ruto, has been declared the winner of the just concluded presidential election in the East African country.
Mr Ruto polled 50.49 per cent of the total votes cast (7,176,141) to defeat his closest challenger, ex-Prime Minister Raila Odinga who polled 48.85 per cent ( 6,942,930) of votes cast.
Ruto also achieved the minimum 25 per cent of votes in 39 counties.
Announcing Mr Ruto as President-Elect, Wafula Chebukati, chairperson of the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC), said, “in accordance with the Constitution and the law, chairperson of IEBC hereby declare that Ruto William Samoei has been duly elected as the President of the Republic of Kenya under the provision of Article 138 of the Constitution of the Presidential ...