“I hereby declare that Ruto William Samoei has been duly elected as the president of the republic of Kenya.”<\/p>– IEBC chairperson, Mr. Wafula Chebukati<\/strong><\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n Ruto received 7,176,141 votes, representing 50.49%, while Raila Odinga received 6,942,930 votes, representing 48.85%.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In his first address to the Kenyan nation, the newly elected William Ruto promised to work with all Kenyans for a better country and also thanked the outgoing president, Uhuru Kenyatta, promising to build on what he has done.<\/p>\n\n\n\n “I thank my boss, Uhuru Kenyatta, who has worked with me. I want to commit that I\u2019ll build on the foundation that Uhuru and I put together and take this country to the next level.”<\/p>– His. Excellency William Ruto<\/strong>, 5th Kenya\u2019s President-elect<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n During his campaign, Ruto had made Kenya’s class divisions the centrepiece of his campaign to become Kenya’s fifth president, promising to reward low-income “hustlers”.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Once in office, Ruto will have to confront an economic and social crisis in East Africa’s most advanced economy, where poor Kenyans, already reeling from the impact of COVID-19, have been hit by global rises in food and fuel prices.<\/p>\n\n\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/iuea.ac.ug\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Mr.-Wafula-Chebukati-declare-the-official-presient-of-Kenya-1.jpg\")