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Kisumu county governor Dr. Anyang Nyong’o has announced one week of mourning in his county after one person was shot dead and more than 20 injured as police repulsed anti-election protesters in Kisumu on Thursday. Demonstrators resisting the repeat presidential election in the region engaged police…

Several businesses and homes in Nairobi’s Kawangware were looted and set ablaze on Friday evening. Area residents say three people were killed in the violence and dozens of others injured. All shops at the junction of routes 46 and 56, including butcheries, hotels and salons were razed down,…

Opposition leader Raila Odinga has told National Super Alliance (NASA) supporters that he will make an announcement on Monday on the way forward after Thursday's repeat presidential election. Addressing supporters in Kibera, Nairobi on Friday, the former Prime Minister thanked supporters for…

The Independent electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) has called off the repeat presidential election earlier scheduled for Saturday to a later date. The IEBC on Thursday re-scheduled the election in Kisumu, Homa Bay, Saiya and Migori counties to Saturday for security concerns. Nyanza leaders…

The high court on Friday threw out a case by Starehe MP Charles 'Jaguar' Njagua to block the re-scheduled repeat election in four counties in Nyanza. Justice John Mativo declined to issue orders blocking the poll,even after certifying two cases against the re-scheduled poll as urgent, and asked…

Activist Okiya Omtatah has filed a petition at the Supreme Court seeking for the nullification of the repeat presidential election held on Thursday. Okiya argues that the poll should be annulled on grounds that the withdrawal of National Super Alliance (Nasa) presidential candidate Raila Odinga and…

National Super Alliance (NASA) leader Raila Odinga says that a presidential election will be held within the next 90 days. The former Prime Minister further rubbished the decision by Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) to postpone the repeat election in four counties in Nyanza to…

Taita-Taveta Governor Granton Samboja defied calls by National Super Alliance (NASA) leaders to boycott Thursday's repeat presidential election. Samboja, who was elected on Kalonzo Musyoka's Wiper Democratic Party, cast his ballot on Thursday at Mwakishimba Primary School in Taita Taveta.…

A section of Church and political leaders drawn from Nyanza have opposed plans by the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) to conduct the repeat presidential election in the region on October 28th (Saturday). On Thursday, the electoral commission postponed the poll in four…

The United Kingdom has warned tourists against traveling to the western region of Kenya due to the charged political environment witnessed in the region in the wake of controversial repeat presidential election. Citing protests and violence witnessed in the area in recent times, the UK said there…