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IEBC announces presidential results, Uhuru Kenyatta takes lead

Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) Chair Wafula Chebukati has finally blown the trumpet of the 2017 presidential election verdict were he announced Mr Uhuru Mwigai Kenyatta as the fifth president of the republic of Kenya.

Uhuru Kenyatta who vied on Jubilee ticket garnered a total of 8,203, 290 votes representing 54.27 % against his incumbent NASA competitor Raila Odinga who managed 6,769,224 votes a 44. 74% representation of the total votes casted.

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