Kenya police use bullets to disperse protesters amid contested election re-run
Nairobi — Kenyan police used bullets and tear gas on Tuesday to disperse a small demonstration in Nairobi two days before elections, as the main opposition leader appeared to withdraw from a call for his supporters to hold protests during the vote. In the western city of Kisumu, about 2,000 demonstrators marched on the election board offices, witnesses said, responding to Raila Odinga’s appeal for protests against Thursday’s repeat presidential ballot. They dispersed peacefully. Odinga is boycotting the contest against incumbent Uhuru Kenyatta, saying it will not be free and fair because the election board has not made sufficient progress in carrying out reforms he demanded after the original election held in August was annulled. Odinga had urged his supporters to ensure Thursday’s vote did not take place, repeatedly saying there would be "no elections", but on Tuesday, he told the BBC in a radio interview that he was not calling for protests on polling day itself. "We have not told...
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