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Opposition Starts Protests in Kenya as Vote Standoff Deepens
- Electoral commission has less than a month to prepare rerun
- Supreme Court annulled Aug. 8 vote citing ‘irregularities’
National Super Alliance supporters demonstrate in Nairobi on Sept. 26, 2017.
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Kenya’s main opposition group began protests in the capital to press its demand for changes to the electoral commission before next month’s presidential election rerun, as it accused the body of working with the ruling Jubilee Party to prepare another fraudulent vote.
Police fired teargas to disperse hundreds of National Super Alliance supporters who gathered outside the Independent Electoral & Boundaries Commission’s offices in the Nairobi city center on Tuesday. More demonstrations were held in the opposition stronghold of Kisumu, Nairobi-based broadcaster Citizen TV reported.