PHOTO:Violent clashes in Kenya turns deadly as Riot Police clash with protesters over election body

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According to report, Opposition supporters in Kenya flee from tear gas grenades fired by riot police during a protest in downtown Nairobi on Monday, May 16, 2016. 

Kenyan police have tear-gassed and beaten opposition supporters during a protest demanding the disbandment of the electoral authority over alleged bias and corruption. 

Kenyan police fired tear gas and water cannon on Monday at stone-throwing crowds protesting in central Nairobi against an election oversight body they say is biased and should be scrapped, Reuters witnesses reported.
Officers armed with batons confronted hundreds of protesters outside the offices of the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC), the third clash over the issue in less than a month. The opposition leader said more protests would follow.
Kenya will not hold its next presidential and parliamentary polls until August 2017, but politicians are already trying to galvanize their supporters in a nation where violence erupted after the 2007 vote and the opposition disputed the 2013 result.
The opposition CORD coalition — led by Raila Odinga, who lost the 2013 vote and unsuccessfully challenged the result in court — has accused the IEBC of bias and said its members should quit. IEBC officials have dismissed the charge and say they will stay.
“For free and fair election, IEBC must go,” read a banner held aloft by one demonstrator on Monday.
As the number of protesters grew, police fired tear gas and water cannon at them from trucks parked nearby. A Reuters witness saw one protester carrying a bag of stones, while others threw them at police ranks. Police struck some protesters with batons.
“Despite the use of undue force by police, our peaceful pickets shall continue every week until the IEBC is reformed,” Odinga wrote on Twitter. (Reuters)


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