Kenya's Opposition Leader Raila Odinga Withdraws From Election Re-run.
Speaking in Nairobi, Kenya, on Tuesday, Odinga said, "After deliberating on our position in respect of the upcoming election.
we believe that all will be best served by [the party] vacating its presidential candidature in the election scheduled for 26 October 2017.
Kenya's Supreme Court last month annulled the August presidential poll, won by incumbent President Uhuru Kenyatta, due to widespread irregularities in the counting process.
Odinga and his National Super Alliance (NASA) had pledged not to take part in the vote re-run unless reforms were made to the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC).
People are asking why is it that you go to court , the court rules in your favour and you come and withdraw from the election, and this election has been set because of the petition that you have filed.
"But Odinga says that the IEBC has refused to even listen to the some of the demands - demands that the NASA coalition says are reasonable - that they have been making."
In another development on Tuesday, Kenyan opposition legislators said they would boycott parliament over proposed election law amendments in advance of the election re-run.
The poll pitting Kenyatta against Odinga must be held by the end of October, according to the Supreme Court ruling.
Judges ordered the re-run after nullifying Kenyatta's win in the August 8 vote, citing procedural irregularities.
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