Police fire shots into the air in Kenya as people march against possible legal changes
Nairobi — Kenyan police fired teargas and shots into the air on Monday as hundreds of demonstrators marched through the capital to protest proposed legal changes that would make it harder for the supreme court to annul an election. The country is due to repeat a presidential election on October 26, after the supreme court nullified an August 8 vote due to procedural irregularities. President Uhuru Kenyatta, who won the August election, will face opposition leader Raila Odinga. At least 37 people were killed in a police crackdown on protests immediately after the August vote, the government-backed Kenya National Commission on Human Rights said in a report on Monday. It is the highest death toll yet given for this violence. Uncertainty over the coming election has created turmoil in the East African nation, which is a regional trade hub and staunch Western ally. Odinga’s opposition alliance is threatening to boycott the October vote unless the electoral board changes some personnel. T...
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