Kenya police attacks opposition supporters and ex Prime Minister Raila Odinga’s Car

 

Kenyan police reportedly fired live bullets at opposition leader and former Prime Minister Raila Odinga in central Nairobi on Monday.
Hundreds of protesters outside the offices of the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC), were confronted by armed officers, the third of such clash in less than a month.

Kenya will hold its presidential and parliamentary elections in August 2017, but politicians are already trying to rally round their supporters

 

The opposition CORD coalition, led by Raila Odinga who lost the 2013 election 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.
 
A banner held aloft by one protester read on Monday “For free and fair election, IEBC must go,”. Police fired tear gas and water cannon from trucks parked nearby at protesters as they grew in numbers. Some protesters were struck with batons by the police.