Uhuru Kenyatta wins Kenya Presidency

He won 50.07% of the vote, officials said, narrowly avoiding a run-off.

But his main challenger, Raila Odinga, alleged massive fraud and said he would challenge the results of the “tainted election” in the Supreme Court.

Mr Kenyatta is set to face trial at the International Criminal Court over violence that followed the 2007 polls.

Supporters of Kenyatta — a man accused by an international court of helping to orchestrate the vicious violence that marred the nation’s last vote — flooded the streets, celebrating in a parade of red, the campaign’s colour.

Less than two hours after the official announcement, Kenyatta’s top opponent, Prime Minister Raila Odinga, said the election process experienced multiple failures and that he would petition the Supreme Court.

Odinga called for calm and asked Kenyans to love one another but said he would not concede because he did not believe he had lost.

“I have stated that nothing could have pleased me more if I had lost fairly,” he said, adding: “We have highlighted so many irregularities with the tallying process.”

Mr Hassan presented the certificate of presidential results to Mr Kenyatta to wild cheers from his supporters.He was accompanied by vice president elect William Ruto and his wife Margaret Kenyatta, who is the First Lady designate

Elections in Kenya had put tension on the East African region made ud of countries Uganda safaris, Kenya Tanzania Rwamda and Burundi. Kenya is the main import and export port through Mombasa and hence the the worry in case violence broke down. This had put tourism at its lowet in the region ince Kenya is regarded as the gate way for this Eat African region. Even Kenya safaris were done less and Ugamda  tours were equally affected.