Turnout in Kenya’s re-run election much lower than in last August’s annulled poll
The turnout after hours of voting in Kenya’s controversial re-run Presidential election has been much lower than in the August poll annulled by the Supreme Court. In the opposition strongholds of Kibera in Nairobi and Kisumu in the west of the country, there have been clashes with police. Although opposition leader Raila Odinga has withdrawn […]
Security tightened as polls open for Kenya’s election re run
Polls have opened in Kenya and authorities have tightened security for the country’s re-run Presidential election. The outcome is a certain victory for President Uhuru Kenyatta seeking a second term. The big unknown is how the people will respond to this. The failure of Kenya’s Supreme Court to hear an application for a delay in […]
Police shoot dead one protestor against Kenya’s re-run election
One man’s been shot dead by police trying to control opponents of today’s re-run Presidential election in Kenya. The fatality was in Kisumu, a stronghold of opposition leader Raila Odinga who’s boycotting the poll necessitated by the Supreme Court annulling the August election won by President Uhuru Kenyatta. Amnesty International’s calling on Kenyan police to […]
All is peaceful and calm as Kenyans vote, says Uhuru Kenyatta
Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta’s cast his ballot in the re-run election he’s bound to win. He says most of his country is calm and peaceful as it goes to the polls, however police have fired live round into the air in efforts to control demonstrators in the opposition stronghold of Kisumu. Security concern has led […]