News about Uhuru Kenyatta

At the height of controversies surrounding allegations of voter manipulation and a postponement of the announcement, Nairobi's election results center saw a brawl between officials, with William Ruto controversially proclaimed the winner. Four out of seven election commissioners said they did not know the results nor take part in the announcement, and supporters of rival presidential candidate Raila Odinga were up in arms. The scuffles, which culminated in chairs flying and punches, occurred as it appeared that a backer of Raila Odinga threatened to prevent the head of the election commission from speaking out. Despite Mr Ruto's arrival at the national tallying center at 1 p.m. local time for the anticipated announcement, Mr Odinga did not turn up. Mr Odinga's chief election agent said he would not ask him to attend the tallying because his team was unable to verify some of the findings. We can't take responsibility of the outcome that will be revealed,' Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) vice chair Juliana Cherera told reporters, 'opaque's process was 'opaque'.