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Kenya’s Opposition Leader Calls For Mass Protest On Election Day

Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga called Wednesday for mass protests on the day of the October 26 presidential election, which he has refused to take … Continue reading Kenya’s Opposition Leader Calls For Mass Protest On Election Day


Protestors stand on a car by a fire as they take part in a demonstration, on October 16, 2017, in Kisumu, to demand the removal of officials from the national election oversight body Kenya’s Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC), allegedly implicated in the manipulation of the votes tally during the last August 8, presidential elections. A young protester was shot dead in western Kenya on October 16, 2017 as hundreds of opposition supporters again took to the streets demanding reforms ahead of a presidential election, witnesses told AFP. Police teargassed a large crowd of protesters in the opposition stronghold of Kisumu, who set tyres alight, blocked roads and pelted policemen with rocks as they kicked off daily protests just 10 days ahead of the election. YASUYOSHI CHIBA / AFP
FILE PHOTO: Protestors stand on a car by a fire as they take part in a demonstration, on October in Kisumu, to demand the removal of officials from the national election oversight body Kenya’s Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC), allegedly implicated in the manipulation of the votes tally during the last August 8, presidential elections. YASUYOSHI CHIBA / AFP

Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga called Wednesday for mass protests on the day of the October 26 presidential election, which he has refused to take part in.

“​Protests will go on, on the 26th (it) will be the biggest demonstrations in the whole country,” he told a rally of thousands of supporters in a suburb of Nairobi.

AFP