Kenya protest: Violence follows re-election of President Uhuru Kenyatta

For them, this is not just another election. We are not done yet. We will not give up.

After keeping the world waiting for hours, Kenya’s Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission finally declared President Uhuru Kenyatta victor of the country’s disputed election.

The opposition earlier on Friday said it had asked for access to the commission’s servers to confirm whether the alleged hacking took place, and it said it would accept the results even if they showed that Kenyatta won. His challenger Raila Odinga called the election a “charade”.

Odinga spoke Sunday to a cheering crowd in Nairobi’s Kibera slum, an opposition stronghold and a frequent scene of clashes between stone-throwing protesters and police firing live ammunition and tear gas.

Presidential spokesman Manoah Esipisu said any peaceful protests are a constitutional right and would be protected by police. ‘The police will not tolerate breaches of the peace; instead, they will protect the lives and property of Kenyans; and they will restore law and order’.

Esipisu said Kenyans had made their choice and elected Kenyatta.

Protests erupted in and around Kisumu, wherein one person was killed overnight, police said. It is my hope that during your second term in office, we shall continue to work together towards strengthening the friendly relations between our two nations. Hundreds of thousands of Kenyans were displaced during the protests. “Let us always remember that we are brothers and sisters”.

Those opposing the reelection have justified their protest, declaring that the election was rigged and opposition leader Raila Odinga was the actual victor.

NASA had repeatedly complained that there were anomalies in the results that IEBC was streaming on its portal and wanted them audited before a final result could be announced.

If he tells us to go on the streets, we will go on the streets.

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Protests erupted in Odinga’s strongholds in western Kisumu county and poor areas of Nairobi nearly immediately after the election results were declared Friday, with gunshots ringing out and fires in the streets.