Photos: Kenya elects new president – Uhuru Kenyatta
March 9, 2013
President-elect Uhuru Kenyatta (R) greets his supporters with his running mate, former cabinet minister William Ruto after attending a news conference in Nairobi March 9, 2013. Kenyatta, indicted for crimes against humanity, was declared winner of Kenya's presidential election on Saturday with a tiny margin, just enough to avoid a run-off after a race that has divided the nation along tribal lines. REUTERS/Siegfried Modola ( KENYA-ELECTIONS/ )
Supporters of Kenyan Prime Minister Raila Odinga gesture in the Mathare slum in the Kenyan capital of Nairobi March 9, 2013. Kenyan Prime Minister Raila Odinga will not concede this week's election and will launch a legal challenge if rival Uhuru Kenyatta is officially declared president, an adviser said on Saturday. REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic ( KENYA-ELECTIONS/ )
Supporters of Kenyan Prime Minister Raila Odinga look out from the balconies of a building in the Mathare slum in the Kenyan capital of Nairobi March 9, 2013. REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic ( KENYA-ELECTIONS/ )
Supporters of Kenyan presidential candidate Uhuru Kenyatta celebrate upon learning of his victory in Kenya's national elections on March 9, 2013 in Kiambu, north of Nairobi. AFP PHOTO / SIMON MAINA/AFP/Getty Images ( 518026093 )
Newly elected President Uhuru Kenyatta (R) and running mate William Ruto (L) are pictured, following his victory in Kenya's national elections in Nairobi on March 9, 2013. Kenyatta will face charges at the International criminal court in July 2013. The elections have been marred by long delays as votes were counted and verified. AFP PHOTO/ Carl DE SOUZA/AFP/Getty Images ( 518029915 )
Supporters of Kenyan Prime Minister Raila Odinga look at a newspaper in the Mathare slum in the Kenyan capital of Nairobi March 9, 2013. REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic ( KENYA-ELECTIONS/ )
Supporters of Kenyan Prime Minister Raila Odinga chant slogans before the announcement of the presidential election results in Kenya's western town of Kisumu, 350 km (218 miles) from the capital Nairobi March 9, 2013. REUTERS/Thomas Mukoya ( KENYA-ELECTIONS/ )
Supporters of Kenyan presidential candidate Uhuru Kenyatta touch his picture on an election poster as they celebrate upon learning of his victory in Kenya's national elections on March 9, 2013 in Kiambu, north of Nairobi. AFP PHOTO / SIMON MAINA ( 518026068 )
Supporters of Kenyan Prime Minister Raila Odinga look out from the balconies of a building in the Mathare slum in the Kenyan capital of Nairobi March 9, 2013. REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic ( KENYA-ELECTIONS/ )
Kenyan police officers pull back from an angry mob protesting over the results of the presidential elections at Kondele slum in Kisumu after the official declaration of the final results of the presidential elections on March 9, 2013. AFP PHOTO / TILL Muellenmeister/AFP/Getty Images ( 518033408 )
Supporters presidential candidate Uhuru Kenyatta hold his portrait as they celebrate his victory on March 9, 2013 at his hometown in Gatundu following the general elections. Raila Odinga. AFP PHOTO/Tony KARUMBA/AFP/Getty Images ( 518024501 )
Riot police and civilians remove a barricade along a road as tension arises after Uhuru Kenyatta was declared winner of Kenya's presidential election, in Nyallenda slums in Kenya's western town of Kisumu, 350km (218 miles) from the capital Nairobi, March 9, 2013. REUTERS/Thomas Mukoya ( KENYA-ELECTIONS/ )
Demonstrators chant slogans as tension arises after Uhuru Kenyatta was declared winner of Kenya's presidential election, in Kenya's western town of Kisumu, 350km (218 miles) from the capital Nairobi, March 9, 2013. REUTERS/Thomas Mukoya ( KENYA-ELECTIONS/ )
A man carrying a child walks towards riot police as tension arises after Uhuru Kenyatta was declared winner of Kenya's presidential election, in Nyallenda slums in Kenya's western town of Kisumu, 350km (218 miles) from the capital Nairobi, March 9, 2013. REUTERS/Thomas Mukoya ( KENYA-ELECTIONS/ )
Thousands of supporters of Presidential candidate Uhuru Kenyatta celebrate as they hear of his victory in Kenya's national elections in Nairobi on March 9, 2013. AFP PHOTO/ Carl DE SOUZA/AFP/Getty Images ( 518021256 )
Riot police walk past residents as tension arises after Uhuru Kenyatta was declared winner of Kenya's presidential election, in Nyallenda slums in Kenya's western town of Kisumu, 350km (218 miles) from the capital Nairobi, March 9, 2013. REUTERS/Thomas Mukoya ( KENYA-ELECTIONS/ )
People watch supporters of Kenya presidential candidate Raila Odinga as they chant in the Mathare slum in Nairobi as they await the announcement of the results of the Kenyan presidential elections by the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) on March 9, 2013. Kenyan media reported that Uhuru Kenyatta had claimed an overall majority in the elections early this morning, and an official announcement is awaited soon. People here were chanting "No Raila [Odinga], no peace." AFP PHOTO/PHIL MOOREPHIL MOORE/AFP/Getty Images ( 518023512 )
A riot policeman points at demonstrators as tension arises after Uhuru Kenyatta was declared winner of Kenya's presidential election in Kenya's western town of Kisumu, 350km (218 miles) from the capital Nairobi, March 9, 2013. REUTERS/Thomas Mukoya ( KENYA-ELECTIONS/ )
Uhuru Kenyatta shows the certificate confirming him as Kenya's new President elect delivered by Isaack Hassan, Chairman of the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) at Bomas, in Nairobi, on March 9, 2013. Uhuru emerged as winner of the 2013 general election by a slim margin, and the opposing CORD Coalition have said they will contest the result. AFP PHOTO / WILL Boase/AFP/Getty Images ( 518029206 )
Riot police search for demonstrators as tension arises after Uhuru Kenyatta was declared winner of Kenya's presidential election in Kenya's western town of Kisumu, 350km (218 miles) from the capital Nairobi, March 9, 2013. REUTERS/Thomas Mukoya ( KENYA-ELECTIONS/ )
A supporter of presidential candidate Uhuru Kenyatta cheers while waiting for him to give a speech in Nairobi March 9, 2013. REUTERS/Siegfried Modola ( KENYA-ELECTIONS/ )
Supporters of candidate Uhuru Kenyatta wait for him to show up and give a speech in Nairobi March 9, 2013. REUTERS/Siegfried Modola ( KENYA-ELECTIONS/ )
Supporters of Kenya's Prime Minister Raila Odinga wave at the police in the Mathare slum in the Kenyan capital of Nairobi March 9, 2013. REUTERS/Karel Prinsloo ( KENYA-ELECTIONS/ )
An artist known as solo7 paints a peace message on the tarmac in the Kibera slum in the Kenyan capital of Nairobi March 9, 2013. REUTERS/Karel Prinsloo ( KENYA-ELECTIONS/ )
Supporters of Kenyan Prime Minister Raila Odinga gesture in the Mathare slum in the Kenyan capital of Nairobi March 9, 2013. REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic ( KENYA-ELECTIONS/ )
President-elect Uhuru Kenyatta greets his supporters in the company of his wife Margaret after attending a news conference in Nairobi March 9, 2013. REUTERS/Siegfried Modola ( KENYA-ELECTIONS/ )
Riot policemen keep watch over supporters of presidential candidate Uhuru Kenyatta as they wait for him to show up and give a speech in Nairobi March 9, 2013. REUTERS/Siegfried Modola ( KENYA-ELECTIONS/ )
Riot policeman keep watch over supporters of presidential candidate Uhuru Kenyatta as they wait for him to show up and give a speech in Nairobi March 9, 2013. REUTERS/Siegfried Modola ( KENYA-ELECTIONS/ )
Police officers with the General Service Unit stand by a burning roadblock set up by protesting supporters of Kenyan presidential candidate Raila Odinga, shortly after the announcement that his opponent Uhuru Kenyatta had won the presidential election, in Kisumu, Kenya Saturday, March 9, 2013. Uhuru Kenyatta - the son of Kenya's founding father and a man accused by an international court of helping orchestrate the vicious violence that marred the nation's last vote - was certified as the winner on Saturday of Kenya's presidential election by the slimmest majority - 50.07 percent. (AP Photo) ( Kenya Election )
General Service Unit (GSU) soldiers sit at the back on a pick up at the Tononoka grounds in Mombasa to ensure safety following the results of the general elections on March 9, 2013. AFP PHOTO / IVAN Lieman/AFP/Getty Images ( 518023801 )
Supporters of presidential candidate Uhuru Kenyatta celebrate as they hear of his victory in Kenya's national elections in Nairobi on March 9, 2013. AFP PHOTO/ Carl DE SOUZA/AFP/Getty Images ( 518024248 )
Supporters of Kenyan presidential candidate Uhuru Kenyatta watch TV and celebrate after the announcement of his victory in Kenya's national elections on March 9, 2013 in Kiambu. AFP PHOTO / SIMON MAINA/AFP/Getty Images ( 518026579 )
Supporters of Kenyan presidential candidate Uhuru Kenyatta follow preceedings on TV before the announcement of his victory in Kenya's national elections on March 9, 2013 in Kiambu. AFP PHOTO / SIMON MAINA/AFP/Getty Images ( 518026807 )
Supporters of Kenyan presidential candidate Uhuru Kenyatta celebrate after the announcement of his victory in Kenya's national elections on March 9, 2013 in Kiambu. AFP PHOTO / SIMON MAINA/AFP/Getty Images ( 518027061 )
People on a street watch on television sets in a shop Kenya's president-elect, Uhuru Kenyatta's speech after he was declared winner on March 9, 2013 of a presidential election in Nairobi. AFP PHOTO/Tony KARUMBA/AFP/Getty Images ( 518028584 )
Kenyan Presidential security escort newly elected President Uhuru Kenyatta's car after he gave a speech following his victory in Kenya's national elections in Nairobi on March 9, 2013. AFP PHOTO/ Carl DE SOUZA/AFP/Getty Images ( 518028674 )
Raila Odinga, outgoing Prime Minister of Kenya, addresses members of the press at Creative Hub in Lavington, Nairobi, on March 9, 2013 after Uhuru Kenyatta was elected Kenya's new president despite facing an international crimes against humanity trial. During his speech Raila Odinga questioned the results of the general election, saying that the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) had "failed" to run the process in a credible manner. AFP PHOTO / WILL Boase/AFP/Getty Images ( 518029415 )
Kenyan soldiers watch as supporters of Kenyan presidential candidate Uhuru Kenyatta celebrate at the Catholic University where Uhuru Kenyatta gave his acceptance speech of his victory in Kenya's national elections on March 9, 2013 in Nairobi. AFP PHOTO / GEORGINA Goodwin/AFP/Getty Images ( 518029729 )
Newly elected President Uhuru Kenyatta (L) hugs running mate William Ruto (R) after making a speech following his victory in Kenya's national elections in Nairobi on March 9, 2013. AFP PHOTO/ Carl DE SOUZA/AFP/Getty Images ( 518029779 )
Newly elected President Uhuru Kenyatta (C) and running mate William Ruto (L), and MP Mike Sonko (R) are pictured, following Kenyatta's victory in Kenya's national elections in Nairobi on March 9, 2013. AFP PHOTO/ Carl DE SOUZA/AFP/Getty Images ( 518030024 )
Supporters of outgoing Prime Minister and presidential candidate Raila Odinga react after the announcement by the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) of the results of the Kenyan presidentital elections in the Mathare slum of Nairobi on March 9, 2013. Uhuru Kenyatta was named outright winner of the elections with an overall majority of 50.07%, but his opponent, Raila Odinga, has said that he will contest the results in the Supreme Court. AFP PHOTO/PHIL MOORE/AFP/Getty Images ( 518030159 )
Kenya's President-Elect Uhuru Kenyatta clasps his hands together as a gesture to supporters after leaving the National Election Center where final election results were announced declaring he would be the country's next president, in Nairobi, Kenya Saturday, March 9, 2013. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis) ( Kenya Election )
A supporter (L) of outgoing Prime Minister and presidential candidate Raila Odinga reacts after the announcement by the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) of the results of the Kenyan presidential elections in the Mathare slum of Nairobi on March 9, 2013. U AFP PHOTO/PHIL MOORE/AFP/Getty Images ( 518030214 )
Kenyan presidential candidate Uhuru Kenyatta (C) adresses the crowd after his victory in Kenya's national elections on March 9, 2013 at Catholic University in Nairobi. AFP PHOTO / JENNIFER Huxta/AFP/Getty Images ( 518032406 )
A Kenyan soldier watches as supporters of Kenyan presidential candidate Uhuru Kenyatta celebrate at the Catholic University where Uhuru Kenyatta gave the acceptance speech of his victory in Kenya's national elections on March 9, 2013 in Nairobi. AFP PHOTO / Jennifer Huxta/AFP/Getty Images ( 518032630 )
Kenyan soldiers are deployed in front of supporters of Kenyan presidential candidate Uhuru Kenyatta at the Catholic University where Uhuru Kenyatta gave the acceptance speech of his victory in Kenya's national elections on March 9, 2013 in Nairobi. AFP PHOTO / Jennifer Huxta/AFP/Getty Images ( 518032743 )
Supporters of outgoing Prime Minister and presidential candidate Raila Odinga protest in the streets at Nyalenda slum in Kisumu after the announcement by the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) of the results of the Kenyan presidential elections on March 9, 2013. AFP PHOTO / TILL Muellenmeister/AFP/Getty Images ( 518033535 )
A supporter of Kenyan presidential candidate Uhuru Kenyatta sells Kenyan flags at the Catholic University where Uhuru Kenyatta gave the acceptance speech of his victory in Kenya's national elections on March 9, 2013 in Nairobi. AFP PHOTO / GEORGINA Goodwin/AFP/Getty Images ( 518032944 )
A local church leader (2ndR, back) appeals a crowd of angry residents to stay calm at Kondele slum in Kisumu, ahead of the official declaration of the final results of the presidential elections on March 9, 2013. AFP PHOTO / TILL Muellenmeister/AFP/Getty Images ( 518033781 )
A Kenyan police officer stands nearby a burning road block which was set up by an angry mob at Nyalenda slum in Kisumu after the official declaration of the final results of the presidential elections on March 9, 2013. AFP PHOTO / TILL Muellenmeister/AFP/Getty Images ( 518033976 )
Supporters of outgoing Prime Minister and presidential candidate Raila Odinga protest at Nyalenda slum in Kisumu with a sign reading 'Kisumu is not Kenya' after the announcement by the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) of the results of the Kenyan presidential elections on March 9, 2013. AFP PHOTO / TILL Muellenmeister/AFP/Getty Images ( 518033808 )
Police officers with the General Service Unit engage in running battles with supporters of Kenyan presidential candidate Raila Odinga, shortly after the announcement that his opponent Uhuru Kenyatta had won the presidential election, in Kisumu, Kenya Saturday, March 9, 2013. (AP Photo) ( Kenya Election )
Guests read a newspaper at the ceremony held at the National Election Center where final election results were announced declaring Uhuru Kenyatta would be the country's next president, in Nairobi, Kenya Saturday, March 9, 2013. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis) ( Kenya Election )
Kenyan presidential candidate Raila Odinga, who lost the presidential election, speaks to the media in Nairobi, Kenya Saturday, March 9, 2013. Odinga says he will not concede defeat and will contest the election result in court, saying that "democracy is on trial" after the country's election process experienced multiple failures. (AP Photo/Sayyid Azim) ( Kenya Election )
Kenya's President-Elect Uhuru Kenyatta gestures to supporters as he leaves the National Election Center where final election results were announced declaring he would be the country's next president, in Nairobi, Kenya, Saturday, March 9, 2013. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis) ( Kenya Election )
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