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Issued on: 05/09/2022 - 13:16 Kenya’s Supreme Court on Monday upheld William Ruto’s victory in the August 9 presidential election, ending weeks of political uncertainty and…

NAIROBI: Kenya's veteran opposition leader Raila Odinga filed a challenge to the results of this month's presidential election in the Supreme Court on Monday (Aug 22), his legal team said, sharpening a political clash that has gripped East…

Opposition figure Raila Odinga said Tuesday that he would challenge the results of Kenya‘s close presidential election with “all constitutional and legal options” after Deputy President William Ruto was declared the winner, bringing…

"In our view, there is neither a legally and validly declared winner nor a president-elect," the former Kenyan prime minister said of the results announced by the electoral commission chairman on Monday,The Independent Electoral and…

NAIROBI: Kenya was calm on Tuesday, a day after Deputy President William Ruto was declared the winner of the narrow presidential election over longtime opposition figure Raila Odinga- a vote closely watched in the East African country that…

"We are going to make it very difficult in this election for people to go to court to challenge the results that we have, because we are so transparent that even if they want to go to court, they would be very embarrassed to do so," one of…

"I want to announce to the nation that Bomas of Kenya is a scene of crime" said Saitabao Ole Kanchory, before the microphone was switched off and he was led away. Bomas is the name of the cultural centre in the capital, Nairobi, which is…

Mr Odinga - a long-serving opposition leader, nicknamed Baba ("father") by his supporters, is running for president for a fifth time. Mr Ruto, who has tried to emphasise his connection with ordinary Kenyans by calling himself a "hustler",…

In Kenya's vote-rich Kikuyu community, opinion is sharply divided over outgoing President Uhuru Kenyatta's move to back his one-time rival Raila Odinga, rather than his deputy William Ruto, as his successor in the tightly-contested election…

On Monday, Raila Odinga appointed Martha Karua to the position, making her the first woman to run for a presidential ticket of a major political party. Karua is a former justice minister from the Central Region, a critical electoral…