{"id":29512,"date":"2022-08-20T19:04:57","date_gmt":"2022-08-20T19:04:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/malawi-president-chakwera-congratulates-ruto"},"modified":"2022-08-20T20:08:03","modified_gmt":"2022-08-20T20:08:03","slug":"malawi-president-chakwera-congratulates-ruto","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/malawi-president-chakwera-congratulates-ruto","title":{"rendered":"Malawi President Chakwera congratulates Ruto"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Malawi. <\/strong><\/span>President Lazarus Chakwera has congratulated Kenya\u2019s William Samoei Ruto following his election as President of the Republic of Kenya. Chakwera has taken to Facebook this morning to send his congratulatory message to Ruto, who was declared winner of elections yesterday after taking 50.49 percent of the vote.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI warmly congratulate President-Elect William Samoei Ruto of the Republic of Kenya, following his election victory,\u201d the Malawi leader said.<\/p>\n<p>He added: \u201cMalawi stands with the people of Kenya in their aspiration for a peaceful transition &amp; I look forward to working with the new President in taking the solid bilateral ties &amp; intimate cooperation between Malawi and Kenya from strength to strength.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Congratulations @WilliamsRuto of #Kenya for your election victory. #Malawi looks forward to working with you in strengthening bilateral ties &amp; cooperation.#MalawiKenyarelations<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Dr. Lazarus Chakwera (@LAZARUSCHAKWERA) August 16, 2022 In a statement posted on Facebook, Vice President Saulos Chilima has also congratulated Ruto.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe wish our brethren in Kenya peace and prosperity as they look into the future,\u201d said Chilima.<\/p>\n<p>The electoral commission in Kenya yesterday declared Ruto as the winner of the closely contested election. Ruto got 7,176,141 votes while second placed Raila Odinga managed 6,942,930 which represents 48.85%.<\/p>\n<p>During the campaign, Ruto called himself a hustler and promised to revive the economy and to provide opportunities to Kenyans. Easy money, Easy Go! Gemini Major loses Facebook page<\/p>\n<p>Speaking after his election, he said:\u201c There is no room for vengeance. \u201cI am acutely aware that our country is at a stage where we need all hands on deck.\u201d The president-elect is currently the deputy president under President Uhuru Kenyatta.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\">Malawi<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Malawi. President Lazarus Chakwera has congratulated Kenya\u2019s William Samoei Ruto following his election as President of the Republic of Kenya. Chakwera has taken to Facebook this morning to send his congratulatory message to Ruto, who was declared winner of elections yesterday after taking 50.49 percent of the vote. \u201cI warmly congratulate President-Elect William [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":29511,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,7,8,12],"tags":[233,371,533,1676,306,234,369,5083],"class_list":["post-29512","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-head-lines","category-homepage-english","category-policy","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-malawi","tag-elections","tag-kenya","tag-lazarus-chakwera","tag-malawi","tag-social-media","tag-william-ruto"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Malawi President Chakwera congratulates Ruto - 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