A millionaire opposition leader who cast himself as a champion of the poor appears poised to win the closest presidential election in Kenya’s history, according to preliminary and unofficial media tallies.

Excusez Moi ended a long losing run when finally coming good for Australian ace Kerrin McEvoy in the £60,000 (€88,000) William Hill Great St Wilfrid Stakes at Ripon.

Kenyans soundly rejected a constitution that critics said did too little to limit presidential powers, its chief proponent President Mwai Kibaki conceded today.

FORMER Kenyan President Daniel Arap Moi accepted bribes, a company chief at the centre of the East African nation’s biggest financial scandal told an inquiry yesterday.

Former Kenyan President President Daniel arap Moi accepted bribes, a company chief at the centre of the East African nation’s biggest financial scandal told an inquiry today.

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.

VETERAN politician Mwai Kibaki and his opposition alliance won a landslide victory in Kenyan elections, breaking the ruling party’s 39-year grip on power, results showed yesterday.

Uhuru Kenyatta – outgoing President Daniel arap Moi’s handpicked successor - conceded defeat today to veteran opposition leader Mwai Kibaki in historic Kenyan elections.

Veteran politician Mwai Kibaki and his opposition alliance have won a landslide victory in Kenyan elections, breaking the ruling party’s 39-year grip on power, according to figures from an independent body monitoring the election.

Veteran politician Mwai Kibaki and his opposition alliance appeared to be headed for a landslide victory in historic elections in Kenya, breaking the ruling party’s 39-year grip on power, according to partial results.

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”.

Kenya’s main opposition alliance holds a clear lead in the run-up to December 27 general election in which it hopes to break the ruling party’s 39-year grip on power.

Two people were killed today in a car crash involving Mwai Kibaki, Kenya’s main opposition candidate in this month’s presidential election.

Kenyan President Daniel arap Moi today sacked his longtime deputy and ally George Saitoti in a growing dispute over who will succeed the despot when his term runs out in January.