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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. | |
| 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 - or 43.28% of the vote. | |
| However, both candidates have complained of irregularities during the course of the count, since Monday's election. | 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. | 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 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. | 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. | Mr Kenyatta's running mate, William Ruto, also faces similar charges. |
| Both men deny the accusations. | 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. | 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. |
| Countries including the US and UK have hinted that his election as president would have consequences for their relations with the Nairobi government - comments which have been dismissed in Nairobi as unwanted foreign interference in domestic matters. | |
| Technical glitches | |
| Kenya's new electronic voting system was designed to eliminate the chance of vote-rigging and with it any risk of a repeat of the post-poll violence of 2007. | |
| But the count has been plagued with technical glitches, including a programming error that led to the number of rejected votes being multiplied by a factor of eight. By Wednesday, the electronic system was abandoned and the count restarted by hand. | |
| According to Kenya's election rules, the winner needs to poll more than 50% of the vote to avoid a second round run-off next month. | |
| If the election commission confirms that Mr Kenyatta has crossed the 50% threshold by such a narrow margin, observers believe Mr Odinga will undoubtedly challenge the outcome. | |
| The prime minister's Cord alliance had earlier complained that votes from 11 constituencies were missing, in effect leaving him more than 250,000 votes short. | |
| Both men passed a second condition needed for victory - at least 25% of the vote in more than half of the 47 counties. | |
| Are you in Kenya? Did you vote in the presidential election? What is your reaction to the provisional results? Send us your comments using the form below. |