Tensions erupt in Kenya as it awaits a decision over vote re-run
Nairobi — Kenyan police fired tear gas at opposition supporters in two cities as the East African nation awaits the electoral commission’s response to Raila Odinga’s withdrawal from a presidential vote re-run that threatens a constitutional crisis. Demonstrators marched in the capital, Nairobi, and the western city of Kisumu to protest what Odinga said is the electoral commission’s failure to ensure that the new vote ordered by the supreme court will be fair. The tribunal annulled the presidential election in August because it failed to comply with the constitution. President Uhuru Kenyatta, who was declared the winner of that ballot, said on Tuesday that the re-run would go ahead, even with him as the sole candidate. Kenyan stocks fell as much as 1.2% and yields on its Eurobonds rose 11 basis points by 1.45pm in Nairobi as the opposition announcement clouded an already uncertain outlook for growth, which is slowing after a prolonged drought. East Africa’s biggest economy and the wo...
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