Kenyan Court Backs President's Vote Win, Ending Uncertainty
- Supreme Court says Kenyatta’s victory in vote rerun legitimate
- President has task of pacifying country that’s deeply divided
Uhuru Kenyatta casts his ballot paper in August 2017.
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Kenya’s top court upheld Uhuru Kenyatta’s presidential-election win, ending three months of electoral uncertainty that have slowed growth in East Africa’s biggest economy. Stocks gained the most in two months.
Kenyatta won the rerun fairly and electoral authorities’ failure to hold polling in the country’s western region didn’t invalidate the outcome, the Supreme Court ruled Monday, rejecting all of the petitions challenging the vote.