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Ruto Secures Majority Threshold, Declared Kenyan President-Elect

Deputy President William Ruto has been declared President-Elect after sailing past the '50 per cent plus one' constitutional threshold that requires a winner in a presidential election to garner 50 per cent of votes cast and an additional vote to avoid a runoff, Capital FM reports.

The United Democratic Alliance (UDA) candidate garnered 7,176,141 (50.49 per cent) votes beating his closest challenger, Azimio's Raila Odinga, who managed 6,942,930 votes (48.85 percent). Odinga, a veteran opposition leader, was making his fifth stab with the backing of the ruling Jubilee Party led by President Uhuru Kenyatta.

The declaration of Ruto as President-Elect was made by the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) after a nearly 6-day tallying exercise at the National Tallying Center at Bomas of Kenya in Nairobi.

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Wafula Chebukati chair of the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) presenting a certificate of election to William Ruto, after he was was declared winner of the Presidential contest by the IEBC.

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Anti-riot police officers inside the auditorium of the Bomas of Kenya.

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