Kenyans Demand End to Political Crisis With Prayers and Protests
- Electoral commission set to announce outcome of vote re-run
- Opposition leader Odinga wants another election within 90 days
A worshipper of Adundo Messiah church reads the bible during the Sunday church service in Kisumu, on October 29, 2017. / AFP PHOTO / YASUYOSHI CHIBA (Photo credit should read YASUYOSHI CHIBA/AFP/Getty Images)
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Reverend David Mwinamo spent Sunday praying with his congregation for a speedy end to Kenya’s protracted presidential election that’s cast the East African nation into crisis.
Two votes since August have failed to produce consensus on who should lead the East African economic powerhouse of about 47 million people. President Uhuru Kenyatta claims a mandate from this month’s rerun election, while opposition leader Raila Odinga is calling for a national defiance campaign against what he describes as an illegitimate administration.