With Kenyatta having narrowly escaped a runoff, Odinga has announced his intention to contest the results. An ongoing trial at the International Criminal Court (ICC) is likely to make Kenyatta's work more difficult. It's been a long week for Kenya: After casting their votes on Monday (04.03.2013), people throughout the country excitedly anticipated the results. The election commission, after several delays, has now, at last, released the information: It's Uhuru Kenyatta who will run the country for the next five years. Having secured 50.07 percent of the vote, he barely escaped a runoff, according to DW. Kenyatta had been in the lead since ballot-counting began, narrowly trailed by his main competitor, outgoing Prime Minister Raila Odinga. But announcement of the partial results was slow. "The votes were to be transmitted electronically," election observer Zakari Mbugwa told DW. "But there were many irregularities. So we had to be patient, until the ballots were counted by hand."
