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Kenya's Supreme Court upholds Ruto's presidential victory

FILE PHOTO: Kenya's President-elect William Ruto addresses a news conference at his official residence in Karen district of Nairobi, Kenya, August 17, 2022. REUTERS/Monicah Mwangi

Kenya's Supreme Court on Monday upheld the Aug. 9 election of William Ruto as president in a unanimous decision, Chief Justice Martha Koome said, throwing out a petition brought by opposition leader Raila Odinga.

(Reporting by George Obulutsa and James Macharia Chege, Editing by William Maclean)

Kenyan President-elect William Ruto's legal team celebrates the outcome on the day of the ruling on a petition seeking to invalidate the outcome of the recent presidential election, at the Supreme Court in Nairobi, Kenya September 5, 2022. REUTERS/Thomas Mukoya
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