Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga, the presidential candidate of the National Super Alliance (NASA) coalition, stands atop of a vehicle as he addresses supporters after casting his vote during the presidential election in Kibera primary school outside Kibera slums of Nairobi,...
Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga, the presidential candidate of the National Super Alliance (NASA) coalition, stands atop of a vehicle as he addresses supporters after casting his vote during the presidential election in Kibera primary school outside Kibera slums of Nairobi, Kenya August 8, 2017. REUTERS/Brian Inganga
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Police fired tear gas on Wednesday in Kisumu, a stronghold of opposition leader Raila Odinga, shortly after he claimed “massive” fraud in Tuesday’s (August 8) elections.
Around 100 of Odinga’s supporters chanted “No Raila, no peace,” as they burned tyres in the streets of the western Kenyan city.
Odinga had urged his supporters to remain calm, but said, “I don’t control the people”.
His deputy Kalonzo Musyoka has also called for calm but said the opposition might call for unspecified “action” at a later date.
As of 0300 GMT, the election commission website put President Uhuru Kenyatta in front. He had 55.1 percent of votes counted to 44 percent for Odinga – a margin of nearly 1.4 million ballots with more than 80 percent of polling stations reported.
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