Kenyatta follows father to win Kenya's top job


NAIROBI (Reuters) - Kenya's president-elect Uhuru Kenyatta, the wealthy son of the country's independence hero, brushed off international charges of crimes against humanity to present himself as a statesman with the economic skills to help ordinary citizens.

Backed by voters from Kenya's biggest tribe, the Kikuyu, in a nation where ethnic loyalties trump ideology at the ballot box, the 51-year-old listed as Kenya's richest man had his win confirmed by the Supreme Court on Saturday after a legal challenge.

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