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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