William Ruto was declared winner of Kenya’s presidential elections after he garnered 7,176,141 votes, equivalent to 50.59% of valid votes cast, beating former Prime Minister Raila Odinga who had 6,942,930 votes representing 48.85%.
The 55 year old has served as Kenya’s Deputy President of Kenya since 2013.
Wafula Chebukati, the chairman of Kenya’s electoral commission (IEBC) declared William Ruto as president-elect and his running mate Rigathi Gachagua as the deputy president-elect, respectively.
The electoral agency said voter turnout came in at 65% of 22.12 million registered voters.
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