PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION
Uhuru Kenyatta named winner of Kenya's election rerun
Nairobi — President Uhuru Kenyatta was announced the landslide winner of a chaotic Kenyan election rerun that his rival, Raila Odinga, rejected as a sham. Kenyatta won 7.48-million votes, or 98.3% of the total cast on October 26, Wafula Chebukati, the chairman of the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission, said on Monday in Nairobi. The turnout was 38.8%, down from 79% in the August 8 contest. That vote also handed victory to Kenyatta, but the Supreme Court nullified the result because proper voting procedures were not followed — a decision that is unprecedented in Africa. "I am satisfied that we were able to meet the conditions that enabled the commission to deliver what to us, and I believe to all Kenyans and observers, is a free, fair and credible election," Chebukati said. "The commission ensured that everything required of us by law be put in place for the conduct of the election." The results declaration does not signal an end to a political crisis that has dragged do...
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