Kenya elections 2022

Provisional results suggest a tight presidential race in Kenya between Deputy President William Ruto and former prime minister Raila Odinga.

Mr Ruto, 55, who has tried to emphasise his connection with ordinary Kenyans by calling himself a "hustler", is taking his first stab at the presidency. - at least 25% of the votes cast in a minimum of 24 counties. To win the presidential race in the first round, a candidate needs:

"It is clear that elections are won at the polling stations so once the results are declared here they are treated as final.So whatever outcome that will ...

But corruption has remained endemic and the effects of the pandemic, the war in Ukraine and the ongoing drought have exacerbated already glaring inequalities and dominated the campaign. "I hope this time it will be better," he pleaded from Kibera, a huge slum in Nairobi. Of the 22.1 million voters, just over half had cast their ballots by 4:00 p.m. (13:00 GMT). But the country feared on Wednesday that it would once again be caught up in a familiar post-election saga, with every election since 2002 contested in this East African country considered a democratic anchor in the region. In 2017, turnout was close to 80%. But the August 2017 presidential election was invalidated by the courts for "irregularities" and then rescheduled, denting the reputation of the IEBC. The second, William Ruto, a 55-year-old sulphurous businessman, a Kalenjin who is running in opposition to the "dynasties" embodied by Mr. Kenyatta and Mr. Odinga, heirs of two families at the heart of Kenyan politics since independence in 1963.

Kenya's much-anticipated elections were marred by low voter turnout, allegations of voter bribery and technology failure.

Analysts say result too close to call, with poor turnout amid cost of living crisis and soaring unemployment.

Ruto has run his platform on the economic empowerment of the poor, promising to set up a fund for small businesses. Odinga has promised quality healthcare for all and social support for the poor, including a £40 monthly stipend for the most vulnerable households. To win the elections in the first round, the candidates would need to secure more than 50% of total votes cast, and at least 25% of votes from 24 of Kenya’s 47 counties.

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And demography, voters’ age, ethnicity and other factors, will be the main wildcard in this election. In the last presidential election, in 2017, international observers endorsed the integrity of the outcome, which was subsequently overturned after Odinga brought a case that succeeded in nullifying the result, owing to serious irregularities. “Our third head of state is to retire peacefully, that’s a positive,” notes John Githongo, the renowned corruption fighter who is now working on the Odinga campaign, in an interview. He will have to find a way to make basic foodstuffs more affordable, wean Kenya off its dependence on food imports, and stabilise the price of fuel, all without increasing the national debt or fueling inflation. Odinga is the head of the Orange Democratic Movement and the leader of Azimio La Umoja (loosely translated as “Resolution of Unity”), a coalition of parties running on a single ticket. For decades after Kenya gained its independence in 1963, the Kenya African National Union reliably dominated, owing to its use of questionable practices, some violence, and a persistently splintered opposition.

By Biodun Busari. The Deputy President of Kenya, William Ruto is leading with 991,413 votes in the presidential election that took place yesterday in Kenya.

The security operatives nabbed are Nicholas Nyamuya (34) and Sawia Mutes Kirunda (26) were in charge of Utange polling station in Kisauni, Mombasa. According to a Kenyan online newspaper, Nation, Ruto who did not receive the support of his principal, President Uhuru Kenyatta is leading the race with 51.43% votes. The Deputy President of Kenya, William Ruto is leading with 991,413 votes in the presidential election that took place yesterday in Kenya.

Two days after Kenya's general election officials were collating results on Thursday but had yet to announce who is leading the presidential race in East ...

"People are just looking for the absence or presence of violence and as a Kenyan it's a really demoralising standard to be told we should only aspire to the bare minimum," she said. The winning candidate must get 50% of the vote plus one to win, and at least a quarter of votes in 24 out of Kenya's 47 counties. The elections have largely been peaceful so far; major protests and clashes usually only follow result announcements. Veteran opposition leader and former political prisoner Raila Odinga, 77, is making his fifth stab at the presidency. Outgoing President Uhuru Kenyatta has reached his two-term limit. “There is so much impatience due to media reports, because they are varying.

The August 9 election was the most boring Kenya has had – but this may in fact be just the thing the country needs.

This radical honesty on the part of the IEBC seems to have caught the media by surprise, accustomed as they were to merely repeating official tallies, and they have struggled to cope with the avalanche of documents. It has been, in many ways, a very un-Kenyan election and those of us who have forged careers pointing out the deficiencies of the system have suddenly, and happily, found themselves with very little to say. Since then, beginning with the adoption of a new constitution in 2010, Kenya has been slowly and purposefully reinventing itself and its democracy. And for that, Kenyans have the tenacity of civil society activists to thank. Media houses started to tally them up independently with (gasp!) the encouragement of the IEBC! By the second day, it was being described as the most boring election Kenya has had. The body managing the election, the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC), at first seemed to be its usual bumbling, hapless self, with early reports of failure of voter identification kits, misplaced and misprinted ballot papers.

Kenya's elections chief has warned the media not to announce the winner of the presidential poll before his own organisation does.

But na only di electoral commission fit declare di winner. Di media tally say di two leading candidates - Raila Odinga and William Ruto - dey neck and neck. " ...

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Adhiambo, a voter registered in Eldoret, a stronghold of its most famous son, Deputy President and presidential candidate William Ruto, left her town for the ...

“We elected our leaders and have no further power from there as voters. As observers, citizens and those in neighbouring countries watch for the outcome of the elections, there have been calls for peace, given Kenya’s history of disputed elections, which have sometimes resulted in violence. To win the presidency, either candidate must get more than 50 percent of the vote and at least 25 percent in at least 24 out of Kenya’s 47 counties.