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Significance
With some polls still putting Ruto ahead, the contest remains too close to call.
Impacts
A close election increases the risk of controversies and that losing candidates will reject the result.
Kenya has never held a second-round run-off, and the parties and IEBC would find it a major challenge to be ready in time.
The Roots Party’s explicitly anti-foreigner campaign increases the risks of xenophobic violence.
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