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© Reuters. Kenya's President-elect William Ruto speaks after the Supreme Court upheld his win in Nairobi, Kenya September 5, 2022. REUTERS/Monicah Mwangi By George Obulutsa and Ayenat Mersie NAIROBI (Reuters) -Supporters of Deputy…

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…

William Ruto has been declared the winner of Kenya’s 2022 presidential election. The close results have been queried, raising the risk of a prolonged political transition. But, if cleared, Ruto is set to inherit an economy that’s not in…

Kenya’s founding father Jomo Kenyatta once wrote that his Kikuyu ethnic group, the country’s largest, governed itself according to “democratic principles”. But, in a country whose electorate has long voted on ethnic lines and for…

The writer was a member of the Commonwealth Observer Group for the Kenya elections. The views expressed here are her ownI was watching the latest election results in the hair salon of my Nairobi hotel. Like everybody else in Kenya, I…