Kenya to charge opposition leader’s sister for attacks on election staff
Nairobi — Kenyan prosecutors will charge the sister of opposition leader Raila Odinga and an opposition senator with incitement to violence after attacks on staff on the election board, the chief prosecutor’s office said on Monday. Odinga has been due to compete against incumbent President Uhuru Kenyatta in a repeat presidential election on October 26, but pulled out earlier this month, saying the vote would not be free and fair and calling for a boycott. Last week, protesters disrupted several election-related events, including a training session of election officials in Odinga’s western stronghold of Kisumu, attacking staff and destroying tents and training materials. The pending charges against Ruth Odinga, a former deputy governor of Kisumu county, senator Fred Outa and unnamed others relate to that incident. They include incitement, destruction of property, obstructing election officers and trespassing in an electoral centre, according to a letter that the director of public pr...
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