Kenya’s peaceful presidential election saw a brief disruption late Saturday when riot police responded to scuffles at the national tallying center amid tensions over the close results.
saw a brief disruption late Saturday when riot police responded to scuffles at the national tallying center amid tensions over the close results.
The electoral commission has seven days from Tuesday’s election to announce results. Chair Wafula Chebukati on Saturday again said the process was too slow, and the commission told nonessential people watching at the center to leave.“We must all avoid raising tensions that could easily trigger violence,” local human rights groups and professional associations said in a joint statement Sunday urging restraint from candidates and their supporters.
Past elections have been marked by political violence, but civil society observers, police, religious leaders and others have said this one has been peaceful. In western Kenya, residents said they were tired of waiting for results, but stressed that they were also sapped from the turbulence of the past.
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