Kenya - Elections: Related Violence Continues.
Kawangware: At least one person was killed and several businesses burned down as opposition protesters and pro-government supporters clashed.
Kenya's police force spent most of Friday night trying to keep the two sides apart as this East African nation awaits the announcement of Thursday's presidential poll result.
There was a heavy presence of security forces in the neighbourhood on the western part of the Kenyan capital on Saturday as groups of young men stood on the side of the road.
According to an eyewitness, who refused to name says, "they threw three petrol bombs on the market, which burnt all the shops. I don't have the money to rebuild anything. They left us with nothing."
Opposition protesters have taken to the streets demanding reform of the electoral commission following the annulment of the August 8 presidential poll result by the Supreme Court.
Election.
President Uhuru Kenyatta won the annulled election, garnering 54 percent of the votes cast with opposition leader Raila Odinga securing almost 45 percent.
Odinga urged all his supporters not to take part in the repeat poll, saying it will not be free and fair.
Since Thursday's vote, more than six people have been killed and more than 40 injured in political violence.
Kenya's economy has slowed down and businesses continue to pay a heavy price as the political crisis shows no sign of ending.
The government had projected the economy would rise 5.7 percent in the first quarter of this year, but it only grew 4.7 percent.
Kawangware: At least one person was killed and several businesses burned down as opposition protesters and pro-government supporters clashed.
Kenya's police force spent most of Friday night trying to keep the two sides apart as this East African nation awaits the announcement of Thursday's presidential poll result.
There was a heavy presence of security forces in the neighbourhood on the western part of the Kenyan capital on Saturday as groups of young men stood on the side of the road.
According to an eyewitness, who refused to name says, "they threw three petrol bombs on the market, which burnt all the shops. I don't have the money to rebuild anything. They left us with nothing."
Opposition protesters have taken to the streets demanding reform of the electoral commission following the annulment of the August 8 presidential poll result by the Supreme Court.
Election.
President Uhuru Kenyatta won the annulled election, garnering 54 percent of the votes cast with opposition leader Raila Odinga securing almost 45 percent.
Odinga urged all his supporters not to take part in the repeat poll, saying it will not be free and fair.
Since Thursday's vote, more than six people have been killed and more than 40 injured in political violence.
Kenya's economy has slowed down and businesses continue to pay a heavy price as the political crisis shows no sign of ending.
The government had projected the economy would rise 5.7 percent in the first quarter of this year, but it only grew 4.7 percent.
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