Leaders congratulate Ruto as win is upheld

Several leaders have congratulated President elect William Ruto's win which was upheld by Supreme Court of Kenya on Monday.

Reading the verdict on Monday, Chief Justice Martha Koome said Ruto garnered 50 percent plus one votes cast. 

Ruto had garnered 7.1m while Raila Odinga garnered 6.9m as declared by the IEBC.

Koome said rejected votes cannot be taken into account when calculating whether a presidential candidate attained 50%+1 of the votes cast in accordance with Article 138 (4) of the constitution.

She further said there was no evidence of discrepancies in the some of the nine issues raised by the petitioners.

Here are some of the congratulatory messages: