Kenya election: Uhuru Kenyatta defeats Raila Odinga
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[url]http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-40905379[/url]
[quote]Kenya's President Uhuru Kenyatta has been re-elected following Tuesday's election, officials say.
Mr Kenyatta, in office since 2013, took 54.3% of votes, ahead of his rival Raila Odinga, with 44.7%.
After the announcement, Mr Kenyatta called for unity, telling opposition supporters: "I reach out to you... We are all citizens of the same republic".
But the opposition rejected the results even before they were declared, calling the process a "charade".
However, it has been endorsed by international observers. Mr Kenyatta said they had ensured a "free, fair and credible election".[/quote]
Yo you think Trump is some shit get a load of this shit, Kenyatta v Odinga has been going on for years in Kenya. Odinga ran for President in 2007, but he lost to a candidate endorsed by Kenyatta, and then he rejected the result. This plunged the country into crisis, hundreds were killed and there was almost a civil war. To fix this, the entire constitution was rewritten.
In 2013 he stood against Kenyatta, lost again, disputed the results at the Supreme Court, and lost.
Now he has stood against Kenyatta again, lost again, and is calling the whole process rigged even though it's been endorsed by international observers. There have been violent protests and no one knows where this will lead.
Meanwhile Kenyatta was indicted by the ICC on charges relating to the 2007 election violence, but the case collapsed after he became President and information was withheld from the investigators ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ he's just won a second term, but is term limited so no more elections for him
Will Raila Odinga stand again next time at the age of 77? Tune in in 2022 to find out
African politics are so interesting as many are developing nations and due to this the politics of the region are ever shifting. One election black Trump is in office the next is black Lenin. I find it so cool to see politics in such a barebones state. It just sucks that you can only occasionally find detailed documentation or information on current events in the south African countries and most of it is written in the aftermath.
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