Tag: #KenyaDecides

#KenyaDecides: Kenyatta wins again, rakes in 98 percent of total vote

Oct 31, 2017

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by

Olaotan Falade

in Nigeria, World

Kenya’s incumbent President Uhuru Kenyatta won 98 percent of the vote in a repeated election in which an opposition boycott helped lower turnout to 39 percent, the electoral commission said on Monday. The announcement touched off small protests in a few opposition strongholds but also celebrations in pro-Kenyatta areas. Veteran opposition leader Raila Odinga said…