Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta has congratulated his Senegalese counterpart Macky Sall for winning the February 24 election to earn a second mandate.
Sall won with over 58% of the votes ahead of second placed Idrissa Seck, who garnered 21 percent of the vote.
“I convey my hearty congratulations to H.E. Macky Sall following his re-election for a 2nd term in office as the President of the Republic of Senegal. The peaceful election is a highlight of a robust democratic foundation which has earned Senegal recognition as a model of stability,” President Kenyatta said via his official Twitter handle.
https://twitter.com/UKenyatta/status/1101481770019639296
Senegal’s presidential election was the second in Africa this year, coming after fellow West African country Nigeria, in which President Muhammadu Buhari also retained his seat for a second term.
Supporters of Sall, who was first elected in 2012, hailed his performance in the country’s infrastructural sector as well as the economy.
The 57-year-old has also been congratulated by Ghanaian President Nana Akufo-Addo, who said his re-election was “well-deserved, and a vindication of the trust and confidence reposed in him.”
