Kenya braced on Tuesday for a protracted legal battle after William Ruto was declared the victor in a closely fought presidential race over the objections of more than half the electoral commission, stoking fears of political violence.
In the western city of Kisumu and Nairobi's huge Kibera slum, both strongholds of rival candidate Raila Odinga, calm returned to the streets after protesters battled police and burned tyres on the road overnight.
Businesses were open as normal in most of the country, and people in areas that voted overwhelmingly for Ruto were still in a celebratory mood. Makau Mutua, the head of Odinga's campaign think-tank, said officials of his Azimio La Umoja Alliance were discussing a course of action. Neither the chairman of the electoral commission, Wafula Chebukati, who declared Ruto the winner with 50.49% of the vote against Odinga's 48.5%, nor the four commissioners who disowned the results responded to a Reuters request for comment.
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