By Drazen Jorgic and Joseph Akwiri NAIROBI/MOMBASA, Kenya (Reuters) - Kenya's tourism industry may be a swift winner from the election of Uhuru Kenyatta, owner of hotels and a vast business empire, as east Africa's biggest economy seeks to benefit from a vote that avoided a re-run of bloodshed of five years ago.

Kenyan police beefed up security Sunday after a court decision upholding Uhuru Kenyatta's presidential vote win drew his rival's supporters into the streets, sparking riots that left two dead. Raila Odinga had challenged the result of the March 4 poll hoping for a rerun but while he begrudgingly accepted the Supreme Court's decision on Saturday, youths in his strongholds were enraged. Riots broke out immediately after the ruling, leaving two dead and seven wounded in the city of Kisumu, Joseph Ole Tito, police chief for the western Nyanza region, said.

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The White House congratulated Uhuru Kenyatta on Saturday for winning Kenya's presidential vote and urged Kenyans to accept the results peacefully after a Supreme Court verdict upheld them. "We also congratulate the people of Kenya on the peaceful conduct of the election and commend Raila Odinga for accepting the Supreme Court's decision," White House Press Secretary Jay Carney said in a statement.