Jubilee Coalition presidential candidate Uhuru Muigai
Kenyatta has been elected Kenya’s fourth president after defeating Raila
Amollo Odinga of CORD Coalition in a hotly contested general election.
According to official results released by the Independent
Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC), Kenyatta had won 50.07 percent of
the vote to surpass the 50 percent plus one constitutional requirement mark in order to avoid a runoff.
The 51-year-old outgoing deputy prime minister garnered 6,173,433
votes out of a total of 12,338 million votes while CORD’s Raila garnered 5,340,546.
The Commission pronounced Uhuru the President of the Republic of Kenya today afternoon.
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