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| Kibaki named victor in Kenya vote | Kibaki named victor in Kenya vote |
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| Kenya's President Mwai Kibaki won Thursday's closely-fought election, the electoral commission has declared. | |
| The announcement came after opposition leader Raila Odinga accused Mr Kibaki of electoral fraud and called for a full re-assessment of the results. | The announcement came after opposition leader Raila Odinga accused Mr Kibaki of electoral fraud and called for a full re-assessment of the results. |
| Mr Odinga had led since vote counting began, but saw his advantage evaporate as later votes were added. | |
| The count was badly delayed, sparking violence in which at least 10 people are reported to have been killed. | |
| Opposition heckling | |
| Mr Kibaki won 4, 584,721 votes, beating Mr Odinga by more than 230,000 votes, the Electoral Commission of Kenya (ECK) said. | |
| Kalonzo Musyoka, another presidential contender, got 879,903 votes. | |
| The ECK announcement was delayed, following chaotic scenes at the commission's headquarters in the capital, Nairobi. | |
| Just minutes after ECK head Samuel Kivuitu began reading the poll results, an opposition member approached the podium, shouting "Justice!" and "This is not a police state!" | |
| Pandemonium broke out, as other members of Mr Odinga's Orange Democratic Movement got to their feet and began shouting, the BBC's Adam Mynott reports from inside the ECK headquarters. | |
| Mr Kivuitu had to be led away from the building by police, only to return later and announce Mr Kibaki as the winner of the poll. |