Kenya's re-run election produces same result as in August, and produces same angry reaction from opposition
ADVERTISEMENTOnly 39% of Kenyans bothered to vote in the re-run Kenyan election, thanks to an opposition boycott. The same man won, sitting President Uhuru Kenyatta, who claimed 98% of the vote. The Supreme Court quashed the August poll after voting irregularities.
“As you all know I have been here before, I hope this is for the last time;” laughed Kenyatta on accepting the victory.
The UK Minister due Africa like Godec admits that #Kenya has deep divisions and calls for dialogue like everyone now. pic.twitter.com/lYOfbZCRXP
— Kenya West© (@KinyanBoy) 30 octobre 2017
Supporters were out on the streets as soon as the result was known but there are fears the fresh vote will have solved nothing. While the opposition leader Raila Odinga branded the election a “farce” his supporters protested, chanting “the people want tear gas” at police in several areas.
Odinga pulled out of last week’s vote, saying the electoral commission had failed to institute reforms to forestall the kind of “illegalities and irregularities” that scuppered Kenyatta’s victory in the August election.
Raila Odinga: If the Western diplomats who pushed for these #ElectionsKE are said to be our friends, then #Kenya does not need enemies. pic.twitter.com/xhKF6zxzEH
— Kenya West© (@KinyanBoy) 29 octobre 2017
Until now the crowds have mostly vented their anger on the police, but there are worries the political dispute could take on racial overtones with at least two deaths this weekend in clashes between rival groups.
Kura Yangu Sauti Yangu press statement on the ongoing mass voter registration process.
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One coalition of civil society organisations that fielded some 2000 election observers reported cases of polling stations where electoral lists did not tallly with votes cast.
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