Tensions in Kenya as law is changed ahead of election re-run
Nairobi — On Thursday, Kenya’s opposition called for demonstrations against the government after the ruling party moved to change the electoral law ahead of next month’s presidential election re-run. After a case brought by opposition leader Raila Odinga, Kenya’s supreme court annulled last month’s presidential election, won by Uhuru Kenyatta, citing widespread mismanagement by the electoral commission. Odinga said the proposed changes to the election laws were an attack on democracy and the constitution that must be resisted. "I call on this generation to resist, to rise up and resist. We are calling our people to action," he told a press conference in Nairobi. "Enough is enough. On Monday we will begin the demonstrations," Odinga said, reiterating a call for biweekly protests, every Monday and Friday. "Kenya is bigger than Uhuru Kenyatta and William Ruto," he said, referring to the country’s deputy president. This week, MPs from the ruling Jubilee Party introduced a bill seeking t...
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