Supporters of Kenyan president Uhuru Kenyatta's Jubilee Alliance cheer at an election rally today. There are concerns about violence and the fairness of the election, which is due to take place on Tuesday BEN CURTIS/APBritain has ploughed almost £30 million of aid money into preparations for the Kenyan elections, which many fear will be rigged or beset by violence. The Department for International Development (Dfid) has said that the funding is integral to ensuring there is no repeat of the 2007 election, when 1,300 people were killed in post-poll violence. “This programme will help to secure credible, well managed and non-violent elections in Kenya in 2017,” Dfid said, rating the risk as “high”. Mandarins have admitted, however, that the West has little influence over the country’s political leaders or confidence…

Source: The Times August 04, 2017 16:01 UTC