The opposition which boycotted the poll maintains the elected government is illegitimate.

The Supreme Court’ stamp of approval on the election re-run  clears the way for 55-year-old Uhuru Kenyatta to be sworn in for a second and final term next week.

After hearing two days of arguments, a six-judge bench said two petitions demanding the cancellation of the polls were without merit.

The ruling is unlikely to end the worst political crisis in a decade in east Africa’s richest and most developed economy, which has seen more than 60 people killed in political violence in three months.

Two people were shot dead on Monday during confrontations between police and opposition supporters.

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