Kenya's Supreme Court has declared deputy President William Ruto validly elected as the country's fifth president.
Kenyan President-elect William Ruto delivers a speech at the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission National Tallying Centre in Nairobi, Kenya [Tony Karumba/AFP]
Deputy President Ruto, 55, scraped to victory by a margin of less than two percentage points in a tightly-fought race against Odinga, a veteran opposition politician now backed by the ruling party.Odinga filed a petition to Kenya’s top court last month, claiming he had “enough evidence” to show he had in fact won the election, which ranked as one of Africa’s most expensive polls.
She said the technology used by the Independent and Electoral Boundaries Commission met the standards of “integrity, verifiability, security and transparency”. Both the candidates had pledged to respect the verdict, which sparked celebrations by Ruto supporters.After 2017’s annulment, the IEBC was under heavy pressure to deliver a clean poll.
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