Russian president Vladimir Putin has sent his good wishes to Kenya’s president-elect William Ruto.
Through the its embassy in Nairobi, Russia said that it was looking forward to continuing and further developing comprehensive and mutually beneficial cooperation with Kenya.
“The Embassy of the Russian Federation in the Republic of Kenya has the honour to congratulate H.E Dr. William Samoei Ruto upon the announcement of him being elected as President of Kenya,” a statement through the embassy said.
Russia further said that is is confident that the friendly relations between out two countries and people will be reinvigorated and further strengthened.
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In the presidential results, Ruto garnered 7,176,141 votes representing 50.49 percent of the total vote, while his rival, Raila Odinga got 6,942,930, which was 48.85 per cent of the vote.
