Barring any changes or challenges to a final tally released early this morning, Uhuru wins 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.
If the figures stand, Uhuru will go over the constitutional threshold of 50 per cent plus one by a narrow margin of 4,100 votes.
The Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission will make the official declaration of whether he has secured the vote at 11am after verification of the results by all parties.
Earlier, addressing the media at about 15 minutes past midnight, IEBC commissioner Yusuf Nzibo said the electoral body and political party agents needed more time to audit the results before a final declaration could be made.
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