Nervy times in Kenya's elections
Oil companies will be hoping that the relatively calm passing of the country's presidential elections will pave the way for faster progress towards pipeline exports
What looks like a victory for the incumbent, Uhuru Kenyatta, in Kenya's presidential elections, held on 8 August, has done little to clarify the outlook for the country's nascent oil industry, though pre-election posturing by candidates over the division of oil revenues may die down. Provisional results indicate that Kenyatta won by a clear majority, although opposition leaders have claimed the electoral management system was hacked to produce a fraudulent result. The country's electoral commission has dismissed these claims and observers from the African Union, Commonwealth and other bodies described the elections as credible. Sporadic violence, producing several fatalities, followed the po
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