IEBC Kenya election 2022 results: Odinga and Ruto dey tight race as Kenyans wait to see who go be dia fifth president

Kenya Election 2022 live results updates

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Kenyans go to di polls on Tuesday, 9, August, 2022 to elect a new president and members of di national assembly, senators and county govnors wey go run di kontri for di next five years and dem go dey wait for di result afta polls officially close.

Kenya electoral commission on Monday declare Deputy President Williams Ruto as di new elected president wey go lead di east African kontri for di next five years.

Inside di final results wey di kontri wey Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) chair, Wafula Chebukati announce, Ruto beat im main opponent Odinga wit 50.49 % of votes.

Ruto win more dan half of di votes wey dem cast across di kontri.

Four of di seven members of di electoral commission bin refuse to endorse di announcement, saying di results dey "opaque".

"We no fit take ownership ofdi result wey dem go announce sake o di opaque nature of dis last phase of di general election," tok Juliana Cherera, di vice-chairperson of Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC).

How dem call di winner?

Kenya Decides 2022

To win di presidential race for di first round, a candidate need:

  • more dan half of all di votes wey dey cast across di kontri
  • at least 25% of di votes cast in a minimum of 24 counties.

Voters go also dey choose MPs and senators to go di national parliament, county govnors and county assembly members, as well as 47 women representatives to sit for di National Assembly.

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Counting go start for di polling stations shortly afta voting ends. Officials go take a photo of di final tally and send di image to both di constituency and national tallying centres.

To ensure transparency, di media, political parties and civil society groups dey encouraged to run dia own tallies using final results wey dem go declare at di more dan 40,000 polling stations.

But only di electoral commission fit declare di winner of di presidential election afta e verify di physical and digital forms wey dey sent in to di national tallying centre.

Afta di declaration of di winner, dem go swear in di president-elect on di 14th day afta di date of di declaration of results of di presidential election.

And dat na if di results no dey challenged for di Supreme Court or if no runoff dey.

BBC use publicly available data wey we dem get from di official website of di Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) to tally di provisional results of di presidential election.

As di commission dey carry out di verification process, delay fit dey for di way di BBC dey update di data. Under Kenya electoral law, di IEBC go announce di final results of di presidential election.

Check di results hia

Kenya presidential results 2022

In order to win for di first round, one candidate must get 50% plus one of di cast vote and at least 25% of di votes inside 24 out of 47 counties

Last update: 15/08/2022, 18:59:32 EAT

Final results from IEBC

CandidatesVote
William Ruto
50%
50.5%
7,176,141
William Ruto
7,176,141
Kenya Kwanza Alliance
Votes: 7,176,141
At least 25% of county votes 39/47
Railia Odinga
48.8%
6,942,930
Railia Odinga 6,942,930
Azimo la Umoja Coalition
Votes: 6,942,930
At least 25% of county votes 34/47
George Wajackoyah
0.4%
61,969
George Wajackoyah 61,969
Roots Party
Votes: 61,969
At least 25% of county votes 0/47
David Mwaure
0.2%
31,987
David Mwaure 31,987
Agano Party
Votes: 31,987
At least 25% of county votes 0/47
Other candidates
0.6%
93,956
Other candidates 93,956

Move around here to see how dem vote county by county

Who dey di race to run Kenya?

Who is in the race to run Kenya?

Learn more about Kenya’s presidential candidates

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Raila Amollo Odinga

Azimio la Umoja Coalition

  • Age: 77
  • Nicknamed “Baba”
  • Son of former vice-president
  • Trained as an engineer in what was then East Germany
  • Prime minister from 2008 to 2013 in the unity government created after post-election violence
  • Formed alliance with ex-political enemy President Uhuru Kenyatta
  • Four-time unsuccessful presidential candidate
  • Championed multiparty democracy in the one-party era.
  • Detained twice (1982-88 and 1989-91) as a political prisoner.
  • Seen as a formidable campaigner able to draw large crowds.
  • Achieve double-digit economic growth through investment in small business and manufacturing sector.
  • Provide affordable quality healthcare for all.
  • Disburse $50 (£42) a month to two million needy households.

William Samoei Ruto

Kenya Kwanza Alliance

  • Age: 55
  • Worked as a street trader as a teenager.
  • Has a PhD in plant ecology from the University of Nairobi.
  • Served as deputy president since 2013 but fell out with boss President Uhuru Kenyatta.
  • One of Kenya’s biggest maize farmers.
  • Charged by the International Criminal Court over post-election violence – charges later dropped.
  • Portrays himself as champion of the downtrodden.
  • Coined phrase “hustler nation”
  • Owns huge parcels of land but the source of his wealth is a subject of speculation.
  • Praised as an effective agriculture minister from 2008-2010.
  • Seen as a powerful orator and robust media interviewee
  • Give all Kenyans subsidised health insurance cover and a fee waiver for poor households.
  • Allocate $420m annually to support small and medium-sized enterprises.
  • Appoint a gender-balanced cabinet.

George Wajackoyah

Roots Party

  • Age: 63
  • Holds a masters in international development law from the UK’s University of Warwick.
  • Says he has 17 university degrees
  • Worked in police intelligence before he fled the country in 1990 to escape from torture
  • Gained notoriety with eye-catching policies
  • Lived on the streets of the capital as a child and was rescued by Hare Krishna worshippers
  • Partner in a law firm he established in 2018
  • Campaigns wearing a tracksuit, T-shirt and headscarf rather than a smart suit
  • Legalise the farming and production of marijuana for industrial and medical use
  • Switch to a four-day working week from Monday to Thursday
  • Invest in snake farming to extract the venom which can be exported

David Mwaure Waihiga

Agano Party

  • Age: 65
  • Practised law for more than three decades
  • Also an ordained reverend
  • Previously ran for MP, senator and county governor – losing each time
  • Founded Agano Party in 2006
  • Says he brings a “breath of fresh air” to the top of politics
  • First expressed an interest in running for president in 2013
  • Set up an asset recovery agency under the presidency to recover stolen funds
  • Slash income tax by half and get rid of it altogether for medics and police
  • Give incentives to manufacturers and entrepreneurs to create jobs

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