The United States voiced on Monday its "serious concerns" over the serious political instability resulted from a presidential election in Kenya.
"We do have serious concerns, as I know others do, about irregularities in the vote count, and we think it's important that those concerns... be resolved through constitutional and legal means," State Department deputy spokesman Tom Casey said.
Instead of congratulating on Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki on his re-election, Casey said "I'm not offering congratulations to anybody, because we have serious concerns about the vote count."
State Department spokesman Rob McInturff congratulated Kibaki on his re-election on Sunday and called on all Kenyan parties to accept the results despite opposition allegations of ballot fraud.
Kibaki was sworn in as president in the State House in Nairobi, the capital city, on Sunday, barely an hour after the Electoral Commission of Kenya declared him the winner of the poll.
Kibaki won Thursday's closely contested elections since the east African nation attained independence in 1963.
It was reported that following the presidential election in Kenya, more than 100 people have been killed in clashes between opposition supporters and police in the country.
Source: Xinhua
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