- Title: Police teargas deters opposition gathering in Nairobi
- Date: 12th August 2017
- Summary: KIBERA, NAIROBI, KENYA (AUGUST 12, 2017) (REUTERS) NASA (NATIONAL SUPER ALLIANCE) DELEGATION IN VEHICLES RESIDENTS COMING OUT TO WELCOME THE DELEGATION TEAR GAS CANISTERS ROLL ACROSS ROAD AND UNDER VEHICLES VEHICLES TURNING AND DRIVING AWAY, TEAR GAS SMOKE RISING VARIOUS OF POLICE OFFICERS ON STREET VARIOUS OF ARMED POLICE IN BACK VEHICLE POLICE ON SIDE OF STREET
- Embargoed: 26th August 2017 14:28
- Keywords: Kenya election kibera violence police shooting Nairobi rioting Nairobi violence election violence
- Location: NAIROBI, KENYA
- City: NAIROBI, KENYA
- Country: Kenya
- Topics: Government/Politics,Elections/Voting
- Reuters ID: LVA0016TUODHJ
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: A delegation of Kenyan NASA opposition party officials was pushed back by police as they tried to arrive in Kibera, Nairobi, to meet their supporters on Saturday (August 12).
NASA, The National Super Alliance coalition led by Raila Odinga, have rejected the results of the election that confirmed Uhuru Kenyatta as president on Friday (August 11) calling the electoral process a "charade".
Since then sporadic clashes have erupted in different parts of the country in Odinga strongholds like the slum area of Kibera in Nairobi.
The Interior Minister said the situation was largely calm and under control.
Officials and witnesses said Kenyan police had killed at least 11 people in a crackdown on protests at Kenyatta's re-election. - Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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