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Reuters
Reuters
Politics
By Duncan Miriri

Explainer-The legal procedure for contesting Kenyan election results

People react after the announcement that Kenya's Deputy President William Ruto and presidential candidate for the United Democratic Alliance (UDA) and Kenya Kwanza political coalition, is declared the winner of the presidential elections, in Kisumu, Kenya August 15, 2022. REUTERS/Monicah Mwangi

The chairman of Kenya's election commission declared Deputy President William Ruto president-elect on Monday after a closely fought contest against opposition leader Raila Odinga.

Odinga has said he would mount a legal challenge to the outcome, calling the results "null and void." He has been down this road before, having petitioned the court twice, in 2013 and 2017, when the presidential election was overturned.

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