Eromo Egbejule

In Ruto’s first pres­i­den­tial bid, his­to­ry and hus­tle helped him out­wit the sit­ting pres­i­dent and a po­lit­i­cal vet­er­an.

The elec­tion mon­i­tor­ing group said its in­de­pen­dent pro­jec­tions cor­rob­o­rate of­fi­cial re­sults of Kenyan pres­i­den­tial poll.

Le­gal bat­tles and po­lit­i­cal in­trigue are ex­pect­ed in the com­ing days, now that William Ruto has won the Kenyan elec­tion.

There was dra­ma and dis­agree­ment in parts of the cap­i­tal af­ter Deputy Pres­i­dent Ruto was de­clared pres­i­dent-elect.

The rise in fe­male gov­er­nors from Tues­day’s vote is a small but sig­nif­i­cant im­prove­ment over 2017.

Two days af­ter Kenya’s close­ly con­test­ed pres­i­den­tial elec­tion, of­fi­cial re­sults are still be­ing await­ed.

Tues­day’s vote saw low turnout and of­fi­cial re­sults are ex­pect­ed to be an­nounced on Thurs­day at the ear­li­est.

The vote is seen as a key test of sta­bil­i­ty for East African pow­er­house and a ref­er­en­dum on the pres­i­dent’s lega­cy.