Kenyan opposition stronghold Kisumu smoulders after Kenyatta victory

Record ID: 906131

  • Title: Kenyan opposition stronghold Kisumu smoulders after Kenyatta victory
  • Date: 12th August 2017
  • Summary: KISUMU, KENYA (AUGUST 11, 2017) (REUTERS) (NIGHT SHOTS) FIRE BURNING AND PEOPLE IN STREET FIRE BURNING AND PEOPLE IN STREET (AUDIO OF GUN SHOTS) POLICE WATER CANON VEHICLE DRIVING POLICE PATROLLING STREETS KISUMU, KENYA (AUGUST 12, 2017) (REUTERS) SMOKE RISING OVER TREES AND BUILDINGS VARIOUS OF FIRE BURNING AND PEOPLE IN STREET (SOUNDBITE)(English) KONDELE RESIDENT, NAME UNKNOWN, SAYING: "It is not our wish for us to do this but we are very surprised because on 8th of August we woke up early in the morning to go and exercise our democratic rights through voting but we are very surprised to an extend even to the personnel from outside, the observers, international community were even on one side." PEOPLE AND MOTORCYCLE IN STREET BUILDINGS IN AREA, POLICE AND FIRE BURNING IN BACKGROUND GUN'S NOZZLE AND TIRE BURNING, PEOPLE IN BACKGROUND POLICE CLEARING STREET (SOUNDBITE)(Swahili) UMBUNGA RESIDENT, SAMUEL OTIENO, SAYING: "The results announced at night, as Kisumu residents are saying, if worst comes to worse we will have two presidents, Raila (Raila Odinga) here in Kisumu and Uhuru (Ohuru Kenyatta) in central." POLICE CLEARING BLOCKADES IN STREET PROTESTERS HECKLING PROTESTERS THROWING STONES TOWARDS POLICE EXPLODED TEARGAS CANISTER ON ROAD
  • Embargoed: 26th August 2017 09:49
  • Keywords: Kenya Kenyan election NASA oppositon Uhuru Kenyatta Raila Odinga Kenya protest
  • Location: KISUMU, KENYA
  • City: KISUMU, KENYA
  • Country: Kenya
  • Topics: Government/Politics,Elections/Voting
  • Reuters ID: LVA0016TUMWJR
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: When Kenya's President Uhuru Kenyatta secured a second term in office on Friday (August 11) he set off wild street celebrations by his supporters and protests in the strongholds of opposition leader Raila Odinga in the capital and the west of the country.
    In Kisumu, an Odinga stronghold in the west, youths banged drums and tyres burned in the streets in the Kondele district.
    Police were deployed throughout the night and the next day youths set fire to more tyres and laid stones to block roads with some throwing stones at the security forces.
    Election Commission figures show Kenyatta winning 54.3 percent of the vote and Odinga 44.7 percent. Nearly 80 percent of the 19 million registered voters cast their ballots.
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