- Title: Kenyan police tear-gas chanting Odinga supporters
- Date: 9th August 2017
- Summary: KISUMU, KENYA (AUGUST 9, 2017) (REUTERS) TYRES BURNING IN MIDDLE OF ROAD POLICE TRUCK POLICE TRUCK PUTTING FIRE OUT PROTESTERS RUNNING MEN THROWING ROCKS POLICE WALKING PAST BURNT TYRES POLICING FIRING TEAR GAS POLICE STANDING IN ROAD / SMOULDERING OBJECTS ON FOREGROUND POLICE WITH RIOT SHIELDS POLICE WALKING
- Embargoed: 23rd August 2017 11:53
- Keywords: Raila Odinga Uhuru Kenyatta Kisumu protesters opposition supporters tear gas
- Location: KISUMU, KENYA
- City: KISUMU, KENYA
- Country: Kenya
- Topics: Government/Politics,Elections/Voting
- Reuters ID: LVA0016TFPG07
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: Police fired tear gas on Wednesday (August 9) in Kisumu, a stronghold of opposition leader Raila Odinga, shortly after he claimed "massive" fraud in Tuesday's (August 8) elections.
Around 100 of Odinga's supporters chanted "No Raila, no peace," as they burned tyres in the streets of the western Kenyan city.
Odinga had urged his supporters to remain calm, but said "I don't control the people".
His deputy Kalonzo Musyoka has also called for calm but said the opposition might call for unspecified "action" at a later date.
As of 0300 GMT, the election commission website put President Uhuru Kenyatta in front. He had 55.1 percent of votes counted to 44 percent for Odinga - a margin of nearly 1.4 million ballots with more than 80 percent of polling stations reported. - Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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