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Ruto ruled out any handshake with Odinga, his main opponent, but insisted that he was willing to collaborate with him.

The two leaders were tasked with handling the presidential elections in 2007 and 2022.

After all procedures are followed, Supreme Court will have 14 days to deliver the verdict.

He stated that he called Raila before heading to the Bomas of Kenya

The President-elect noted that he wants an opposition that does its work.

President-elect William Samoei Ruto will go down in Kenya's history as the first deputy President to succeed his boss, President Uhuru Kenyatta.

"My team and I will work very hard to make sure that we do not let Kenyans down,"

On Monday, August 15, Wafula Chebukati announced William Ruto as the President-Elect of Kenya.

200 officers will be attached to the president-elect while another 45 will be linked up with the Deputy president-elect.

He prides himself as a humble politician who was brought up from humble beginnings, selling chickens by the roadside.

William Ruto was declared Kenya's President-elect by IEBC Chairman Wafula Chebukati.

Ruto hired both technocrats and politicians to lead his campaign, dividing the team into regions.

Notably, only one major poll firm put Ruto ahead of Raila prior to the elections.

Raila’s long walk to political retirement traverses over 40 years of political engagements and activism, including his first stab at the presidency in 1997.

A day before the August 9 General Election, opinion polls showed that Raila was heading for a first-time win, trouncing his main competitor, Ruto.

His candidature in 2022 received a boost after President Uhuru Kenyatta endorsed him.

However, he turned around, hatching strategies that touched the nerve of the President and never minced his words.

William Samoei Ruto will go down in Kenya's history as the first second in command to succeed his boss through the ballot. 

He also participated in the 2013, controversial 2007 and 1997 General Elections but lost all.

Chebukati was assaulted but protected by the police prior to making the announcement.

Chebukati confirmed Ruto as the president-elect after garnering 7,176,141 votes.

The DP was hurriedly escorted to safety by Presidential Escort Unit (PEU) officers.

The commissioners stated that the final process of the election was opaque.

Chebukati differed from his four other commissioners.

The former cabinet minister landed the job barely a week after his loss in the Meru gubernatorial race.

The Azimio team claimed that they had received reports that the IEBC system was compromised.

So determined is Mutwiri that ventured into politics at the age of 16 years.

Chebukati is set to make official the results of the presidential elections at 3 pm.

The two had been given a condition to deliver 70 per cent of Western vote. Here is what they achieved.

Wajackoyah called out the journalist, stopping him from taking photos and recording videos of his entourage.