Kenya's opposition leader calls mass protests on election day
18 Oct 2017 / 22:24 H.
Kenya's opposition leader Raila Odinga of the opposition National Super Alliance (Nasa) coalition gestures as he speaks to supporters during a rally at Kamukunji Ground in Nairobi on Oct 18, 2017. — AFP
NAIROBI: Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga called Wednesday for mass protests on the day of the Oct 26 presidential election, in which he has refused to take participate.
"Protests will go on, on the 26th (there) will be the biggest demonstrations in the whole country," he told a rally of thousands of supporters in a suburb of Nairobi.
Odinga said last week he was withdrawing from the election, accusing the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) of failing to reform since the Supreme Court last month annulled the results of a previous vote and ordered a re-run.
He vowed on Wednesday there would be "no election" on Oct 26, but did not give details on how he planned to prevent the poll from taking place. — AFP