Wednesday, March 6, 2013
Kenya Election 2013 Results: Kenyatta Leads Odinga
The latest results from Monday’s Kenyan elections show Uhuru Kenyatta maintaining his lead in the race for president.
With about 40 percent of polling stations reporting Tuesday, Kenyatta
led his main opponent, Prime Minister Raila Odinga, 53 percent to 41
percent.
If neither man wins a majority, Kenya will hold a run-off election in April.
Kenyatta, who is Kenya’s deputy prime minister, had strong support in
the areas north of the capital, Nairobi, while Odinga was winning in
districts of western and southern Kenya.
Some 14 million Kenyans were eligible to vote in the elections for
president, parliament, and other key offices. Both Odinga and Kenyatta
have promised to respect the result of the vote.
Kenyatta is facing trial at the International Criminal Court on
charges he helped organize ethnic violence that followed the 2007
presidential poll.
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