He was speaking at a church service in Nairobi after authorities indefinitely postponed elections in some area under his control.No new date for voting has been announced.

Raila Odinga was calling  for calm after he visited a slum in the Kenyan capital that was hit by violence when a political stand-off over a repeat presidential election fed into rising ethnic tensions.

It is feared that clashes in western Kenya with Odinga supporters facing off against  police might lead to neighbours turning against each other.

Ethnic violence in Kawangware saw the torching of dozens of buildings belonging  to residents from Kenyatta’s Kikuyu group.

One man from Odinga’s Luo tribe was killed after residents from two ethnic clans backing different candidates armed themselves.

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Analysts fear he’s pointing at opposition leader Raila Odinga which could herald a further rise in ethnic tension.

Kenyan politics are divided along ethnic lines with Kikuyu president Uhuru Kenytta opposed by Raila Odinga of the Luo tribe.

The country’s under attack by Somali terror group Al Shabab, who’s admitted to sending fighters to two Kenyan coastal towns killing more than 60 people in recent days.

President Uhuru Kenyatta’s assertion that the insurgency is the work of local dissidents not Somalis has raised political tension in a country angry at security forces for their inability to protect Kenyans.

The Daily Nation newspaper comments today that this dangerous political situation could easily escalate to violence if not well managed.

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