Kenyan Opposition Begins Protests Over Election Impasse
- Foreign ambassadors express concern at deteriorating politics
- One protester dies as demonstrations held in Nairobi, Mombasa
Protesters run away from tear gas in Nairobi, Kenya on Sept. 26, 2017.
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Kenyan opposition supporters began protests to demand an overhaul of the electoral authority as foreign ambassadors called for a resumption of negotiations on how a rerun of the country’s annulled presidential election will be handled.
Police fired teargas to disperse National Super Alliance protesters in the capital, Nairobi, and the western city of Kisumu, as dozens of people marched through the port city of Mombasa. The main business lobby group warned that uncertainty about the vote is damaging the economy.