Kenya Election: William Ruto Declared Winner
William Ruto has been declared the winner of Kenya’s presidential election, defeating his rival Raila Odinga, promising to work with “all leaders” in the country.
Chairman of the country’s Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission, Wafula Chebukati made the declaration on Monday.
According to him, Ruto had won almost 7.18 million votes (50.49 percent) against 6.94 million (48.85 percent) for his rival Raila Odinga in the August 9 vote.
However, the presidential election contender, Raila Odinga’s chief agent has alleged electoral offenses after Kenya’s electoral commission declared Deputy President Ruto the winner.
Speaking shortly after the results were announced, Saitabao Ole Kanchory told the media in Nairobi: “We have intelligence and reports that their system was penetrated and hacked and that some of the IEBC (Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission) officials actually committed electoral offenses and some of them ought to have been arrested if they were not arrested.”
It was also gathered that violence broke out at the National Tallying Centre after poll results were delayed for several hours.
