Kenyatta supporters celebrate election victory

Record ID: 906041

  • Title: Kenyatta supporters celebrate election victory
  • Date: 11th August 2017
  • Summary: (SOUNDBITE) (English) KENYATTA SUPPORTER, ANTHONY KAMAU, SAYING: "We were very sure and we were okay that he was going to win and it has been proved that Uhuru (Kenyatta) is ok for fifteen years to come." KENYAN FLAG / WOMAN CHANTING WE WANT PEACE (SOUNDBITE) (English) KENYATTA SUPPORTER, EDWIN NYAKUNDI, SAYING: "He actually took his time to go around all over Kenya, all over counties to ensure that he has really sold the idea to Kenyans, what he has done for the past five years and for us it is not about chemical science, its about applying sciences and all, it is all about what Kenyans have seen." SUPPORTERS CHEERING VARIOUS OF ELDERLY WOMAN PRAYING
  • Embargoed: 25th August 2017 22:03
  • Keywords: Kenya elections Kenyatta wins celebrations Nairobi dancing cheering
  • Location: NAIROBI, KENYA
  • City: NAIROBI, KENYA
  • Country: Kenya
  • Topics: Government/Politics,Elections/Voting
  • Reuters ID: LVA0026TPRSXZ
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: Kenya's President Uhuru Kenyatta secured a second term in office, results showed on Friday (August 11), setting off wild street celebrations by his supporters and protests in opposition strongholds in the capital and the west of the country.
    Speaking after the result of Tuesday's election was announced, Kenyatta offered an olive branch to the opposition, urging national unity and peace with rivals who have rejected the result and raised the prospect of street protests.
    Many Kenyans fear a repeat of the violence that followed the 2007 disputed election, when about 1,200 people were killed and hundreds of thousands displaced as protests over the result led to ethnic killings.
    Kenyatta got 54.3 percent of the vote, ahead of rival Raila Odinga who secured 44.7 percent, according to election commission figures. Nearly 80 percent of the 19 million registered voters cast their ballots.
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