Uhuru Kenyatta won last week's rerun presidential election in Kenya, which was boycotted by the main opposition group, the election commission has said.

KENYA’S President Mwai Kibaki named political rival Raila Odinga as head of a power-sharing cabinet on Sunday, ending weeks of impasse that threatened to undermine economic recovery after a deadly post-election crisis.

MWAI KIBAKI took the oath of office as Kenya’s third president from a wheelchair yesterday as hundreds of thousands of his supporters roared their approval in a downtown park.

Political veteran Mwai Kibaki has taken an early lead in landmark elections in Kenya that mark the end of President Daniel arap Moi's 24-year rule.

On a day many thought they would never see, Kenyans headed to the polls today to determine who will succeed President Daniel arap Moi – the leader of the East African nation for the past 24 years and one of Africa’s few remaining “big men”.