Slog ner protester brutalt – med batonger och tårgas
Med tårgas och batonger stoppade kenyansk polis hundratals oppositionella demonstranter från att storma valkommissionens lokaler i Nairobi. Även under protester i städerna Kisumu och Kisii använde polisen tårgas för att skingra massorna.
– Polisen sätter in onödigt överdriven kraft mot fredliga demonstranter, de är inte berättigade alls, säger förre premiärministern Raila Odinga, som utlovar nya protester varje måndag, till AFP.
Odinga förlorade presidentvalet 2013 och anklagar valkommissionen för att vara partisk till president Uhuru Kenyattas fördel.
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Valet i Kenya 2013
Wikipedia (en)
General elections were held in Kenya on 4 March 2013. Voters elected the President, members of the National Assembly and new Senate, as well as County Governors and Representatives. They were the first elections held under the new constitution, which was approved in a 2010 referendum, and were also the first run by the new Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC).
The presidential elections were effectively a contest between Uhuru Kenyatta of the National Alliance (TNA) and Raila Odinga of the Orange Democratic Movement (ODM), with incumbent President Mwai Kibaki having served two terms and not being eligible for re-election. Kenyatta was backed by the Jubilee Alliance, whilst Odinga was supported by the Coalition for Reforms and Democracy (CORD). Kenyatta was declared the winner with 50.5% of the vote, meaning a second round of voting was not needed. Odinga unsuccessfully contested the results in the Supreme Court.
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