Kenya’s Deputy Presidential candidate Williams Ruto has been declared the winner of the country’s presidential poll.
The media had earlier put Ruto ahead of former Prime Minister, Raila Odinga. This was just as fight broke out at the venue of the announcement of the poll results over allegations of vote rigging.
Reuters reports that in its latest announcement on Saturday of officially verified results with a little more than a quarter of votes counted, the commission put Odinga in the lead with 54% and Ruto on 45%. Subsequent tallies by Kenyan media groups and Reuters, however, put Ruto at 51-52% and Odinga at 48%.
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