Deputy President William Ruto is edging ahead of his main rival Raila Odinga in Kenya's presidential election, partial official results show in a tight race
The winner of the presidential race needs to secure 50 percent plus one vote and at least a quarter of the votes in 24 of Kenya's 47 counties.
Ruto's party has already won the governorship of Kenya's capital Nairobi, the election commission announced, handing Ruto's party control of East Africa's wealthiest city. Riot police were deployed overnight inside the commission's heavily guarded tallying centre in the Kenyan capital Nairobi after political party agents disrupted the process, hurling rigging allegations at each other.
The poll pitted Odinga, a veteran opposition leader now backed by the ruling party, against Ruto, who was widely expected to succeed President Uhuru Kenyatta until his boss joined hands with former foe Odinga in a dramatic shift of political allegiances.
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