Former Kenyan Prime Minister, Raila Odinga, will participate as the keynote speaker at the 14th edition of the annual LEADERSHIP Conference and Awards. The event, which is billed to be held on January 31, 2023, at the International Conference Centre, Abuja, is…
Kenya election 2022: Supreme Court confirms William Ruto’s victory against Raila Odinga
Kenya’s Supreme Court has ruled that William Ruto was properly elected president, dismissing several petitions seeking to annul the result of the 9 August election. His rival, Raila Odinga, and others had alleged there had been massive fraud. But in…
Kenya election 2022: Supreme Court confirms William Ruto’s victory against Raila Odinga
Kenya’s Supreme Court has ruled that William Ruto was properly elected president, dismissing several petitions seeking to annul the result of the 9 August election. His rival, Raila Odinga, and others had alleged that massive fraud, including tampering with results…
Kenya’s Odinga files court petition against presidential election result
Kenya’s defeated presidential candidate Raila Odinga has filed an online petition to the country’s top court, his lawyer told AFP Monday, challenging the result of the August 9 election that handed victory to his rival William Ruto. Odinga, a veteran…
Kenya’s president-elect will ‘engage’ in any court challenge
Kenyan president-elect William Ruto says that if there’s a court challenge to the election results, “we will engage in those” as East Africa’s most stable democracy awaits a likely petition from losing candidate Raila Odinga. Ruto spoke to journalists on…
Results declared by Kenya electoral body null and void, says Odinga
Presidential candidate and former Prime Minister Raila Odinga has described the Kenya presidential election as null and void. Oding, who spoke at a press conference after the announcement of the election results, described the election results as a disregard for…
Ruto declared presidential race winner after chaos over vote count
Kenya’s Deputy President William Ruto was able to hold on to a lead over longtime opposition leader Raila Odinga. Election officials had said they could not “take ownership” of the results, citing an “opaque” process. Kenya’s electoral commission chair announced…
Tight race for Kenya presidency – official results
With almost half of the results from Kenya’s presidential election now confirmed, the two main candidates are running neck and neck. Deputy President William Ruto has taken a slight lead over ex-Prime Minister Raila Odinga – 51% against 48%. The…
Kenya Elections 2022: Raila Odinga and William Ruto in tight race for president
Logistical delays and a failure of the identification kit in some parts of the country marred a largely peaceful election day in Kenya. Polls are now officially closed but voting has been extended in places which opened late. This vote…