A child was wounded by a stray bullet as opposition protests against a presidential vote re-run raged on Tuesday despite a government ban.

Two-year-old Mary Shantel was playing outside the house with her friends when she was hit by the bullet, her mother, Lydia Kageha said. The child was taken to hospital where doctors removed the bullet lodged in her shoulder.

The incident took place in Kisumu, an opposition stronghold, where another child, a boy shot dead, fell victim to violence a day before.

On Thursday (October 12) the Kenyan government banned demonstrations in the central business district of Nairobi, the coastal city of Mombasa and the western city of Kisumu.

But demonstrations continued and police used tear gas to disperse opposition protesters on Monday (October 16) in the capital Nairobi and other cities.

Kenya’s supreme court nullified the presidential election result in August, citing procedural irregularities and voiding the victory of President Uhuru Kenyatta. The ruling opened the way to a repeat vote on Oct. 26.

But opposition leader Raila Odinga has refused to take part, saying the re-run should not happen until major reforms are introduced to prevent another failed vote. The election board has said the polls will go ahead anyway, pitting Kenyatta against six other candidates, none of whom polled more than 1 percent in August. On Sunday, Odinga repeated his call for more protests. The events in Kenya have raised confusion among voters and fears that politically-driven violence might escalate.

A child who was shot in the shoulder by a stray bullet while playing outside her home as protests raged on in a western city of Kenya survived the gunshot wound on Tuesday (October 17).

The incident took place in Kisumu, an opposition stronghold, where a boy was shot dead during banned protests on Monday (October 16). On Thursday (October 12) the Kenyan government banned demonstrations in the central business district of Nairobi, the coastal city of Mombasa and the western city of Kisumu.

The two-year-old’s mother, Lydia Kageha said her child, Mary Shantel was playing outside the house with her friends when she fell in pain. The child was then immediately transferred to a hospital where a doctor removed a bullet lodged in her shoulder.

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The Kenyan Supreme Court annulled an Aug. 8 vote at the start of September after opposition leader Raila Odinga challenged the re-election of President Uhuru Kenyatta.

Odinga has withdrawn from the repeat poll, saying the election board had failed to meet a list of conditions his coalition said would guarantee fairness. He has called for daily protests to force the reforms.

Reuters