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Matches in DBpedia 2015-10 for { ?s ?p "Uhuru Muigai Kenyatta (/uhʊrʊ-keɪnjɑːtɑː/); (born 26 October 1961) is the 4th and current President of Kenya, in office since 2013. He is the son of Jomo Kenyatta, Kenya's first president, and his fourth wife Ngina Kenyatta. He is an alumnus of Amherst College Uhuru attempted to join elective politics in 1997, vying for the Gatundu South Constituency seat, but he was unsuccessful. In 2001, he was nominated as a Member of Parliament, and he joined the Cabinet as Minister for Local Government. He would also later be elected First Vice Chairman of KANU.In 2002, Moi endorsed Uhuru Kenyatta as KANU's presidential candidate. Uhuru finished second to Mwai Kibaki, with 31% of the vote. He conceded defeat and took up an active leadership role as Leader of the Opposition.In the run up to the 2007 general election, he led KANU to join a coalition (called Party of National Unity “PNU”) with President Mwai Kibaki who was running for a second term against Raila Odinga. PNU won the controversial 2007 elections but the dispute over the poll resulted in the 2007-08 Kenyan crisis. Under an agreement between the two parties to end the chaos, Raila was made Prime Minister and Uhuru Kenyatta became the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister For Finance.ICC Prosecutor Luis Moreno Ocampo charged Uhuru, who was a PNU leader, as an indirect co-perpetrator in the violence that followed the 2007-08 Kenyan crisis, and the charges were confirmed on 23 January 2012. The Prosecutor also charged William Ruto who had been a supporter of ODM in the 2007 election. Uhuru resigned as Minister of Finance upon the confirmation of the charges but maintained his innocence. The charges were dropped on 13 March 2015 for lack of evidence.Uhuru Kenyatta was elected president of Kenya under The National Alliance (TNA), which was part of the Jubilee Alliance with his running mate William Ruto's United Republican Party (URP). Uhuru and Ruto won 50.07% of votes cast, with closest rivals, Raila Odinga and running mate Kalonzo Musyoka of the Coalition for Reforms and Democracy garnering 42%. Raila disputed the election results at the Supreme Court which however held (7 – 0) that the elections were free and fair. Uhuru Kenyatta was therefore sworn in as President on 9 April 2013.Uhuru Kenyatta is married to Margaret Gakuo Kenyatta. They have three children, Jomo, Jaba and Ngina."@en }

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