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Newshour: 17/08/2022 20:06 GMT: Kenya officials accused of trying to subvert will of people

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17/08/2022 20:06 GMT

17/08/2022 20:06 GMT: Kenya officials accused of trying to subvert will of people

Kenya officials accused of trying to subvert will of people

BBC World Service - Newshour, Kenya officials accused of trying to subvert will of people

Deputy President William Ruto was declared President-elect

Deputy President William Ruto was declared President-elect amid accusations of elections-rigging

A bitter row within Kenya's electoral commission is deepening after its chairman, Wafula Chebukati, accused senior colleagues of trying to alter last week's presidential election result to force a re-run. Mr Chebukati declared William Ruto as the winner on Monday, but four of his electoral commissioners immediately disowned the result.  

Also in the programme: A huge explosion rips through a mosque in the Afghan capital Kabul; and Liz Cheney, critic of Donald Trump, loses her Republican seat in Congress after being defeated by Trump-backed candidate Harriet Hageman. 

(Photo: Kenya's Deputy President William Ruto two days after the electoral commission declared him as the President-elect. Credit: EPA).

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