The Supreme Court has released a summary of the judgment that was read out earlier dismissing Raila Odinga's challenge to the election result.

Although the phrases "wild goose chase" and "hot air" don't appear here but were heard earlier, the summary still gives a flavour of the unanimous opinion of the court.

The terms "not persuaded" and "no credible evidence" really stand out.

Mr Odinga has said that while he respects the result, he disagrees with it.

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Kenyan TV stations are keeping an eye on President-elect William Ruto's official residence, where he is expected to speak, as well as on the celebrations in parts of the country.

Citizen (above) and KBC (below) have gone for a split-screen look carrying live pictures giving people a flavour of the party as well as the build-up to the speech.

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During her ruling earlier, the chief justice had referred to the split screens when the election results were announced last month. One side showed the announcement and the other showed the electoral commissioners disputing it.

Earlier, the Supreme Court comprehensively rejected any arguments that there were problems with the result.

The wife of Kenya's president-elect, Mama Rachel Ruto, has also celebrated the Supreme Court's decision to uphold her husband's election victory by quoting from the Bible.

"Let us hold tightly without wavering to the hope we affirm for God can be trusted to keep His promise", she tweeted, which is a verse from Hebrews 10:23.

"Congratulations Bill my love. God has done it. I am proud of you! May He give you the grace & wisdom to lead Kenya into greatness! You were born & destined for this!" she also said.

Mr Ruto is expected to make an address from his official home in Karen, Nairobi, soon.

Kenya's president-elect has reacted to the Supreme Court upholding his presidential win on Monday by referencing the Bible.

"With men it is impossible, but not with God: for with God all things are possible," William Ruto tweeted, which is verse from Mark 10:27.

It is fast getting a lot of retweets.

The comments are full of loyal supporters sending their congratulations to him.

The losing candidate of Kenya's presidential election, Raila Odinga, has said he respects the Supreme Court's decision not to uphold his challenge to the announced results of the presidential election giving William Ruto the victory, but stated that he "vehemently disagrees".

"We find it incredible that the judges found against us," Mr Odinga said in a statement posted on Twitter.

"This judgement is by no means the end of our movement," he continued.

Kenya's President-elect William Ruto is due to make a speech in the wake of the Supreme Court's ruling confirming his victory.

The red carpet has been rolled out and a lectern has been set up at Mr Ruto's official residence in a suburb of Nairobi.

He will speak "any moment now", Citizen TV reports.

Backers of William Ruto om the capital, Nairobi, have been pictured celebrating the Supreme Court's decision to uphold his victory in last month's presidential election.

Members of Mr Ruto's legal team held up their hands in victory in the court.

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Meanwhile women on the streets of Nairobi were also cheering the result.

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Members of the legal team of William Ruto - who has been confirmed as the president-elect - have been giving their own press conference outside the Supreme Court.

Veronica Maina who is the secretary general of Mr Ruto's United Democratic Alliance said: "We are very excited – we thank all the Kenyans who participated in the electoral process. The court has done its part and now it’s time for the president-elect to take up the reins."

She also tweeted after the court ruling:

Earlier, we told you the streets of Eldoret were full of jubilant voters after the Supreme Court rejected Raila Odinga's election challenge, upholding William Ruto's victory.

But the story is quite different in one of Mr Odinga's strongholds, Kisumu.

Shops are locked and businesses have been closed.

People in the town of Eldoret, Rift Valley, have been pictured celebrating the Supreme Court's decision to reject Raila Odinga's election result challenge.

The town is known to be a stronghold of president-elect, William Ruto.

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One of the lawyers acting for Raila Odinga - James Orengo - is giving a press conference outside the Supreme Court.

Talking about the judgement he says: "The rule of law should prevail – the court normally has the last word in the law of the land, but as citizens we are entitled to disagree and disagree very vehemently."

Anne Soy
BBC News, Nairobi

The Supreme Court unanimously upheld the outcome of last month’s presidential election.

Chief Justice Martha Koome dismissed all claims by Raila Odinga and other petitioners and said they failed to prove their claims.

In a strongly worded judgement, the court rejected the evidence and arguments by the petitioners, which it described at one point as "hot air, red herrings and forgeries".

On the four of seven commissioners of the electoral body who disowned the results, the court asked: “Are we to nullify the outcome of an election on the basis of a last-minute boardroom rupture whose details remain scanty?”

The judges found that it would amount to upsetting the sovereign will of the people.

President-elect William Ruto will be sworn in next Tuesday as prescribed by the constitution.

This was Raila Odinga’s fifth unsuccessful bid to become president, and in his words, at the age of 77, the final attempt.

Martha Karua, the running mate of Raila Odinga, has tweeted that while she respects the Supreme Court, she disagrees with its ruling upholding the victory of William Ruto.

Kenya Supreme Court has rejected Raila Odinga's challenge to the presidential election result meaning that Willian Ruto is confirmed as the winner of the 9 August poll and is the president-elect.

The Supreme Court finds that petitioners did not provide a watertight case for the nullification of results on the basis that the 50%-plus-one constitutional threshold for an outright win was not met.

It says that William Ruto did get more than 50% plus one votes.

The chief justice is now turning to whether William Ruto did really get more than 50% of the votes cast, thus avoiding a second-round run-off.

The Supreme Court finds that the power to verify and tally presidential election results vests not in the chairperson but in the commission. In line with earlier court decisions – the chairperson cannot arrogate to himself the power to verify and tally the results to the exclusion of others.

But the judges took cognisance of the fact that the four commissioners who disputed the final results had taken part in earlier verifications and tallying of the results.

The four commissioners did not produce any document showing the result was compromised and they did not explain why they took part in a verification process which they then said was "opaque", the chief justice says.

But the judges are critical of the governance of the electoral commission which could produce such a split.

However, this was not enough to nullify the outcome of the poll, the chief justice concludes in this section.

The chief justice is addressing whether the chairperson of the electoral commission can verify, tally and declare results without consulting other commissioners.

The context here is that four of the seven electoral commissioners had said the process was "opaque" and disputed the results.

Not a single document has been produced by Raila Odinga's team that there was ballot stuffing, the chief justice says.

The chief justice said the postponement of elections in some areas did not result in voter suppression to the detriment of Raila Odinga.

The court finds that there were no discrepancies between the votes cast for the president and those cast for the other positions, the chief justice says.

She says the electoral commission has explained categories of voters who only vote for president such as prisoners and diaspora voters.

The court also found that the postponement of the election in some constituencies did not affect the outcome of the presidential vote.