Kenyatta utropas till segrare – oro för nytt våld
Kenyas valkommission har presenterat resultatet av det omtvistade presidentvalet i torsdags – trots att man inte ens har kunnat genomföra något val i 25 valkretsar där det förekommit protester.
Den sittande presidenten Uhuru Kenyatta vann med 98,2 procent av rösterna. Hans främste rival, Raila Odinga, drog sig ur valet och uppmanade sina anhängare att bojkotta det. Nu befarar många att det ska utbryta nya våldsamheter i de valkretsar som inte fått rösta, skriver AFP.
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Uhuru Kenyatta
Wikipedia (en)
Uhuru Muigai Kenyatta (; born 26 October 1961) is a Kenyan politician and the fourth president of the Republic of Kenya. He served as the Member of Parliament for Gatundu South from 2002 to 2013. Currently a member of the Jubilee Party of Kenya, he was previously involved with The National Alliance and before that the Kenya African National Union.
He is the son of Jomo Kenyatta, Kenya's first president, and his fourth wife Mama Ngina Kenyatta. Uhuru was re-elected for a second term in the August 2017 general election, winning 54% of the popular vote. The win was formally declared on national television by the Chairman of the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission Wafula Chebukati. However, Uhuru's election was successfully challenged in the Supreme Court of Kenya by his main competitor, Raila Odinga. On 1st September 2017, the court declared the election invalid and ordered a new presidential election to take place within 60 days from the day of the ruling.
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