Published on: 05/09/2022 – 12:36Modified on: 05/09/2022 – 13:16 Kenya’s Supreme Court on Monday upheld the victory of incumbent Vice President William Ruto who won the August 9 presidential election , despite accusations of fraud from his rival, Raila Odinga. In Kenya, the Supreme Court confirmed, Monday, September 5, the victory of outgoing Vice-President William Ruto in the presidential election of August 9 in front of Raila Odinga, a historic figure in Kenyan politics who had denounced fraud. a unanimous decision. The appeals are hereby dismissed. Accordingly, we declare the first respondent (William Ruto) president-elect,” Supreme Court Chief Justice Martha Koome said. September 13. He will become at 55 the fifth president of Kenya since the country’s independence in 1963. Both sides have promised in recent days to respect the decision of the highest court, known for its independence. On August 15, the vice-president outgoing William Ruto was declared the winner of one of the tightest polls in the history of Kenya, with around 233,000 votes ahead (50.49% against 48.85%) over Raila Odinga, 77 years old. For Raila Odinga, this decision confirms his fifth defeat in as many candidacies for the presidency. Post-election crisisRaila Odinga, a historic opposition figure supported this year by outgoing President Uhuru Kenyatta and his powerful party, challenged the results of the last three presidential elections. In 2017, he obtained the cancellation of the election by the Supreme Court, a first in Africa. He had made this new legal battle “a fight for democracy and good governance” against “corruption cartels”. The vote took place peacefully on 9 August. But the proclamation of the results had been chaotic, four of the seven members of the electoral commission (IEBC) had dissociated themselves from the results, accusing their leader Wafula Chebukati of having engaged in an “opaque” process. The proclamation of the election of William Ruto then triggered scuffles in strongholds of supporters of Raila Odinga. Election periods in Kenya have on several occasions been sources of violence. The deadliest, in 2007, left more than 1,100 dead and hundreds of thousands displaced. With AFP