The Supreme Court of Kenya dismissed multiple petitions on Monday challenging the outcome of the 9 August election, which saw William Ruto, Kenya’s incumbent vice president, emerge victorious.
The court upheld Mr Ruto’s election as Kenya’s next president with this decision.
The decision came three days after lawyers for the two leading candidates and opposing camps of election commissioners presented their cases.
The election which was held on 9 August saw Mr Ruto emerge winner with 7,176,141 votes, 50.49 per cent of the total votes cast, to defeat his closest challenger, ex-Prime Minister Raila Odinga who polled 6,942,930, 48.85 per cent of votes cast. Mr Ruto also achieved the minimum 25 per cent of votes in 39 counties.
The court ruled that the petitioners did not provide a water-tight case to prove that the constitutional threshold was not met.