Kenya's elections chief declared Deputy President William Ruto the winner of a tight presidential race on Monday, but some senior election officials disowned the result, fuelling fears of violence like that seen after previous disputed polls.
Rival Odinga fails in his fifth stab at presidencyHailing the electoral commission as “heroes”, Ruto said: “There is no looking back. We are looking to the future. We need all hands on deck to move forward.”
Minutes before the chairman of the electoral commission, Wafula Chebukati, announced that Ruto had won, his deputy, Juliana Cherera, had told media at a separate location that she and three other commissioners disowned the results. Saitabao Kanchory, national chief agent for Odinga’s Azimio La Umoja Alliance, told reporters outside the tallying centre that it would continue to “hold Wafula Chebukati … to account to the people of Kenya to deliver a free fair credible election”.
Kenya’s dollar-denominated government bonds fell by as much as 2.9 cents on the dollar, Tradeweb data showed.
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