Uhuru hits victory mark

 NAIROBI, KENYA: The son of Kenya’s first president has all but secured victory against Raila Odinga and six others to become the country’s Fourth President.

Barring any changes or challenges to a final tally released early this morning, Uhuru will win the presidential vote with a razor-thin margin, ending a dramatic contest against the Prime Minister.

Following delays in tallying and verification, announcement of the final confirmed result of the March 4 presidential election was put off until 11am today. Updates to electoral figures at 2am, however, included the tally from the six constituencies whose results were still outstanding. They were Laikipia North, Emurua Dikirr, Molo, Konoin, Narok West and Turkana Central. Uhuru garnered 141, 447 to push his final tally to 6, 173, 433. Raila secured 58, 485 in the six constituencies to raise his final tally to 5, 340, 546.