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Nairobi, Kenya | AFP |  Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga is expected to unveil his next move Wednesday to contest a presidential poll he claims was rigged in favour of President Uhuru Kenyatta. The 72-year-old cried foul shortly after vote counting began in last Tuesday’s election, sparking deadly protests in …

 POSTPONED: Kenya’s Odinga to unveil next move over vote dispute on Wednesday  Tweets about Odinga Tweets about Raila ****** Odinga’s options, NGOs deregistered Nairobi, Kenya | AFP |  Kenya’s opposition leader Raila Odinga will this week announce his strategy for contesting his election loss, a decision with the potential to …

VIDEO: President Uhuru asks police to exercise restraint Kampala, Uganda | NTV UGANDA | Kenya’s President-Elect Uhuru Kenyatta has asked Kenya’s police force to exercise restraint as they handle election protesters. In his address outside the President’s Office , Kenyatta also urged losers of the disputed elections to use constitutional means …

Nairobi, Kenya | AFP |  Kenya’s general elections on August 8 saw President Uhuru Kenyatta re-elected, while his Jubilee Party and its allies also made big gains at the county level, resetting the political balance. – Jubilee gains, NASA losses – Jubilee and allied candidates won 27 of the 47 …

Nairobi, Kenya | AFP |  Kenya’s President Uhuru Kenyatta on Monday appealed to the opposition to hold legal demonstrations, not street protests, and allow Kenyans to get back to normal life after last week’s disputed vote. “To our friends who have yet to accept the outcome, we continue to appeal …

Nairobi, Kenya , Kenya | THE INDEPENDENT |  State House Spokesperson Manoah Esipisu has urged Kenyans to go back to work following the final declaration of Presidential results on Friday. “It’s time to get back to work and move Kenya forward,” Esipisu said at a first post-election press briefing. Uhuru Kenyatta was declared winner with 54.3% …

Nairobi, Kenya | AFP |  Churches preached peace on Sunday in Mathare, a Nairobi slum that has been hit by days of violent demonstrations since last week’s disputed presidential vote, but it was opposition leader Raila Odinga the people were desperate to hear from. Odinga had been silent since the …

Nairobi, Kenya | AFP |  Kenya’s opposition leader Raila Odinga vowed Sunday not to back down over an election he claims was stolen from him and urged his supporters to boycott work until he announces his strategy next week. The 72-year-old told his supporters to stay at home and out …

Kenya’s Odinga to announce strategy on ‘stolen’ poll Tuesday Nairobi, Kenya | AFP |  Kenya’s defeated opposition leader Raila Odinga said Sunday he would announce his strategy on Tuesday after an election he claims was stolen from him, and told his supporters to stay away from work. “We had predicted …

Nairobi, Kenya | AFP | Seven people have been killed in Kenya’s flashpoint west since protests erupted after the announcement of disputed poll results, police sources said Sunday, taking the total number killed across the country to 16. “We have three bodies that were taken to the main mortuary in …