Provisional results released by Kenya’s election commission have put the incumbent president, Uhuru Kenyatta, ahead by 54.2% of votes counted, to 44% for Odinga. Kerry, an election observer for the Carter Center, said the Kenyan election commission had an effective system, if fully implemented, to guarantee the integrity of Tuesday’s vote. “We demand the [electoral commission] declare the legitimate results and declare Odinga … the legitimately elected president of Kenya,” Mudavadi said. Opposition supporters in Kibera burned tyres and shouted slogans, hours after clashes between police and protesters erupted in Kawangware, another poor area of the capital. The candidates’ fathers, Jomo Kenyatta and Jaramogi Odinga, went from allies in the struggle for independence from Britain to bitter rivals.

Source: The Guardian August 10, 2017 17:41 UTC