Opposition wins landslide victory in 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.

Opposition wins landslide victory in 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.

With most of the votes counted, the 71-year-old economist, who is leader of the National Rainbow Coalition, had a 33 percentage point lead over Uhuru Kenyatta, candidate for the Kenya African National Union, or Kanu – the party that has ruled this East African nation since independence from Britain in 1963, the Institute for Education in Democracy said.

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