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| Kenya election: Uhuru Kenyatta 'wins vote count' | Kenya election: Uhuru Kenyatta 'wins vote count' |
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| Kenya's Deputy Prime Minister Uhuru Kenyatta appears to have won the presidential election by the tightest of margins, provisional results indicate. | Kenya's Deputy Prime Minister Uhuru Kenyatta appears to have won the presidential election by the tightest of margins, provisional results indicate. |
| After all the votes were counted, he had polled 50.03% of the vote, 4,109 votes over the threshold required for outright victory. | After all the votes were counted, he had polled 50.03% of the vote, 4,109 votes over the threshold required for outright victory. |
| But the official result will not come until 11:00 on Saturday (08:00 GMT). | But the official result will not come until 11:00 on Saturday (08:00 GMT). |
| Rival candidate Raila Odinga is likely to file a legal challenge if he loses. | Rival candidate Raila Odinga is likely to file a legal challenge if he loses. |
| Mr Kenyatta won 6,173,433 votes out of a total of 12,338,667, well ahead of the prime minister, who polled 5,340,546. | |
| However, both candidates have complained of irregularities during the course of the count, since Monday's election. | |
| If Mr Kenyatta is confirmed by Kenya's Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC), he could face difficult relations with Western countries. | |
| He faces trial at the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague in July for crimes against humanity. | |
| He is accused of fuelling communal violence after the 2007 election that saw more than 1,000 people killed and 600,000 forced from their homes. | |
| Mr Kenyatta's running mate, William Ruto, also faces similar charges. | |
| Both men deny the accusations. | |
| The ICC has agreed to postpone Mr Ruto's trial by a month until May after his lawyers complained of not having enough time to prepare his defence. |