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World A voter casts her ballot in the 2013 Kenyan election
Kenya: Peaceful Elections but Troubles Lie Ahead

After a tense race that has divided the country along ethnic lines, Kenya can now breathe a little. On Saturday Uhuru Kenyatta was declared Kenya’s president elect. Defeating his opponent Raila Odinga by the slimmest of margins, Kenyatta’s victory avoids what would have been a divisive second round run-off vote.

World People queue to vote in Kenya
Kenya: Voters Flood to Polls Despite Violence

Sporadic acts of violence which left 13 dead marred the otherwise peaceful election, the country’s first under its new 2010 constitution. Voters chose candidates for president, members of parliament, county governors, senators, county assembly representatives, and women county representatives.