Sources: Reuters and Kenya public holidays. Late this afternoon, the Electoral Commission of Kenya declared President Mwai Kibaki the winner of the 2007 polls and he was sworn in shortly after 6pm, Kenyan time. He then proceeded to declare tomorrow, Monday, December 31, 2007, as a one-off public holiday, "to accord all Kenyans the rest they deserved [after] the hectic time the country had during the electioneering period".Note that the re-election of President Kibaki means that the January 2-3 public holiday promised by ODM opposition candidate, Raila Odinga (our news post of November 5), is no longer likely.
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