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Azimio La Umoja-One Kenya coalition deputy presidential candidate Martha Karua has broken her silence following the announcement of the presidential election results. Through Twitter on Monday evening, Karua hinted at challenging President-elect William Ruto’s victory at the Supreme Court.  “…

President-elect William Ruto has ruled out the possibility of having a political handshake with his main competitor Raila Odinga. Speaking during a joint media interview after he was declared the winner of the August 9th presidential election, Ruto stated that he intends to work with Odinga in his…

President-elect William Ruto has pledged to work with all elected leaders in his government as well as the opposition in order to unite Kenyans. In his speech shortly after being declared the winner of the August 9th presidential race, Ruto said he will form an open and all-inclusive government…

Deputy President William Ruto has won the race to be the fifth president of the Republic of Kenya. Ruto, who vied on a United Democratic Alliance (UDA) party, was declared the duly elected fifth president by Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) Chairperson Wafula Chebukati on…

Deputy President William Samoei Ruto has been declared the duly elected fifth President of the Republic of Kenya. Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) Chairperson Wafula Chebukati made the announcement at the Bomas of Kenya at 6.30 pm on Monday. Ruto, who vied under the UDA party…

Outgoing Meru Governor Kiraitu Murungi has landed a State job, days after he lost the gubernatorial election to outgoing Woman Representative Kawira Mwangaza. Murungi was on Monday sworn in by Chief Justice Martha Koome as a commissioner of the Kenya Law Reform Commission (KLRC), according to…

Four Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) commissioners have disowned the results of Tuesday’s presidential election. Led by IEBC Vice Chair Juliana Cherera, commissioners Francis Wanderi, Irene Masit and Justus Nyang'aya, the four said they will not take ownership of the results…

Eight former governors who lost their seats in the 2017 general election have recaptured the positions in this year’s election. They include Kenneth Lusaka (Bungoma), Benjamin Cheboi (Baringo), Joshua Irungu (Laikipia), Nadhif Jama (Garissa), Simon Kachapin (West Pokot), Issa Timamy (Lamu), Julius…

The final presidential election results will be released sohrtly, Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) has said. IEBC had set the results to be announced at 3pm Kenyan time (8am EDT). At the time of this writing (8:35am EDT the announcement had yet to be made. The much-awaited…

Missing Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) official Daniel Mbolu Musyoka is yet to be found three days after his mysterious disappearance. Musyoka, who is the Returning Officer for Embakasi East Constituency, went missing on Thursday before he declared the results of the MP and…