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President Uhuru Kenyatta Wins Disputed Election Re-run and Kenyans React on Twitter
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1 year agoon
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President Uhuru Kenyatta casts his vote during the general elections. Kenyatta was the declared the winner of the disputed rerun of Kenya’s presidential election.
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Despite low voter turn out, Kenya’s electoral commission has declared President Uhuru Kenyatta the winner of a re-run of the country’s presidential election.
He won 98% of the vote with turnout at just under 39% – less than half that recorded in August’s vote, according to the election commission.
Mr Kenyatta was also declared the winner in the August vote, which was annulled because of “irregularities”.
The unprecedented decision from the Supreme Court cancelling the result did not attribute any blame to President Kenyatta’s party or campaign.
Twitter Reactions to Kenya’s Election Results
There have been mixed reactions as expected on Twitter. While some refuse to concede to Kenyatta’s victory, there are those who really just want the country to get past this bump and move forward.
Does it matter whether the turnout was 2.5 million as the lord of poverty alleges? It would still be a win for Uhuruto. Kenya must move on
— Alex Kamweru (@akamweru) October 31, 2017
#PresidentElectKeThe Way Jubilee People keep saying "The People of Kenya have Spoken" as if the rest of us are Penguins of Madagascar.
— Papa Laz (@hacktivist254) October 31, 2017
Amos Kimunya: In an election, you can either win or lose & when you lose you should accept defeat #PowerBreakfast
— Citizen TV Kenya (@citizentvkenya) October 31, 2017
DON'T forget that with 40% turn out, @UKenyatta has garnered more votes than @RailaOdinga could get with 80% turn out.#KenyaElection
— Sen. Aaron Cheruiyot (@Aaroncheruiyot) October 27, 2017
Article 138 (2) of our Constitution is crystal clear. Whatever Chebukati will be purporting to declare at Bomas this afternoon cannot be results of a presidential election in Kenya. Until and unless my Ugunja people participate, NO presidential election can be complete.
— Hon. Opiyo Wandayi (@OpiyoWandayi) October 30, 2017
With 98% win, Uhuru now joins dictator Kagame in ranks as #Kenya joins election landslide Hall of fame 100%-Ethiopia,98%-Rwanda,94%,Sudan,87%-Djibouti
— Kenya West© (@KinyanBoy) October 30, 2017
We have lost much but gained a lot since the first election of 8/8. With the 26/10 election behind us my fellow country men & women let us move forward with purpose & vision as one country,one people, one nation led for 5 yrs by HE @UKenyatta deputised by @WilliamsRuto viva Kenya
— Ahmednasir Abdullahi (@ahmednasirlaw) October 30, 2017
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DRC’s First Post Independence President-Elect Gets Backing From African Leaders After Contested Poll
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1 month agoon
January 21, 2019
FILE PHOTO: Felix Tshisekedi, leader of the Congolese main opposition party, the Union for Democracy and Social Progress who was announced as the winner of the presidential elections gestures to his supporters at the party headquarters in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo, January 10, 2019. REUTERS/Olivia Acland/File Photo
Democratic Republic of Congo’s president-elect Felix Tshisekedi received a chorus of congratulations from African leaders on Sunday and Monday in a growing sign that his disputed election win will not be questioned internationally.
Regional support is crucial for Tshisekedi after a disorganized election on Dec. 30 that runner-up candidate Martin Fayulu says was rigged and that Congo’s Catholic Church contested. Many worry that outgoing president Joseph Kabila will continue to hold sway, limiting Tshisekedi’s power.
The new president will be the first to take power through an election since Congo’s independence in 1960, when Prime Minister Patrice Lumumba was toppled in a coup after less than three months in office. Congolese and their neighbors are anxious that the process remain peaceful in a country that has drawn regional armies into its civil wars over the decades.
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South African Teacher Sends Photo To Parents And Gets This Unexpected Reaction
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1 month agoon
January 10, 2019By
Staff WriterA teacher at South African school, Laerskool Schweizer Reneke, took this photo and shared it with parents on WhatsApp in an effort to reassure them that their children’s first day of school was going smoothly. However, the teacher did not have the intended outcome as the photo revealed a detail that was unexpected. The students were separated by race in the classroom.

Students at Laerskool Schweizer were sent back home after South Africa’s North West Education Department suspended the teacher,
Ellen Barkhuizen, who is suspected to have separated the children according to race at the school.
Barkhuizen is reported to have taken the photo of the separated children, which is circulating on social media and has gone viral.
According to TimesLive, when parents complained to the school, they were sent a different picture after the children’s break showing that they had been “moved to different seating spaces to ensure they were not separated according to race”.

BLACK PARENT REACTS
The school has been suspected of discrimination by parents for some time. One parent had this to say to SABC News.
“I have applied on time, but I was so surprised when they said they can’t accept my child, he is on the waiting list. So, I requested to see the list of
WHITE PARENTS REACT
Speaking to SowetanLIVE, some of the white parents said black parents who are not happy about how the school operates, must take their children to township schools.
If you are not happy here, take your child to another school, nobody is forcing you. Now they want to make this as if it is racism, everyone just wants to make white people racists. We are not racists, we just want what is best for our children,” said one parent.
“Blacks don’t put their children first, we put our children first, and their safety and education
GOVERNMENT REACTS
After meeting school staff and education department officials,
North West education MEC Sello Lehari confirmed that the teacher in question had been suspended.
“As
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Liberian President Weah Opens Church and Delivers Inaugural Sermon
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2 months agoon
January 4, 2019Liberian president, George Weah, has proven that he is not only a former soccer legend but one with another mission – to be a preacher.
The 51-year-old, whose footballing career played a huge role in his landslide election victory, recently opened his own church and gave an inaugural sermon.
On December 31, 2018, during a watch night service to usher in the new year, the Liberian leader held a service and dedication ceremony for the church – The Forky Jlaleh Family Fellowship Church.
The ceremony was attended by a host of government appointees, including the Speaker of the country’s Legislature, Bhofal Chambers and the Senate Pro-Tempore, Albert Chie, Liberian media, Front Page Africa reported.
In his first sermon on the theme: “Life is a business; what you do with your life will make you profitable or unprofitable”, President Weah encouraged his congregation to be committed and passionate about their objectives in 2019.
To his officials, the former football legend urged them to show commitment to their roles and abstain from sabotaging his administration.
“You work with government then you want to sabotage the government. You are a Minister in the government but you want to sabotage the government. You are an executive then you want to sabotage the government. You want to sit right here so that government work. You are also part of the government”.
“Let’s forget about all the setbacks in 2018 and focus on the prosperous New Year, what God gave you is enough,” he said.
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