President Uhuru Kenyatta took an early lead as results from Tuesday's national elections trickled in, the culmination of a hard-fought contest between the East African nation's foremost political dynasties. Kenyatta had nearly 55 percent of the vote after 9,405 of 40,883 polling stations had reported results, the electoral commission website said at 9pm. Read: Presidential vote results start trickling in as Chebukati hails KIEMSOpinion polls released a week ago put them neck-and-neck. A decade ago, vote tallying was abruptly stopped and the incumbent president declared the winner, triggering an outcry from Raila's camp. The winner needs one vote more than 50 percent, and at least a quarter of the vote in 24 of Kenya's 47 counties.

Source: The Star August 08, 2017 19:41 UTC