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Police Kill One Protester In Kenya Opposition Stronghold

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On Monday, a young protester was killed in West Kenya, as hundreds of opposition fans again in the streets demanded reforms ahead of the presidential election, AFP witnesses say. Police bumped a large crowd of protesters in the opposition fort of Kisumu, which fired the tires, blocked the roads and rocket policemen until daytime protests began just ten days before the election. One protester, Michael Odiambo, 21, said he saw a police gun down the young man whose body was seen by an AFP photographer. "He ran to hide himself from the police, and the police officer just pointed the gun at him and shot him from a distance, killing him in the throat," he said. Police on Friday killed two protesters in the town of Bondo, the rural home of Opponent leader Raila Oding, about 50 kilometers from Kisumu. "How long will that meaningless police kill (resume)? The police can not shoot at protesters every other time. Is it a crime to protest?" Asked Margaret Akinyi, a vegetable retailer in Kisumu. She said the young protestant he killed on Monday was "knocking down the bullet next to me and we all had to run away. He's dead." In Nairobi, a small crowd of protesters quickly scattered. The local human rights group said that 37 people died immediately after the August 8th election, which later annulled the Supreme Court, which ordered a re-run. The joint report by Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International was announced on Monday that it confirmed 33 deaths before the police. Kenya's chief of police, Josip Boinnet, said this report was "completely misleading and grounded on lies", adding that the police were aware of only 12 deaths they were investigating. The latest protests come because Kenya is intricate for presidential elections to be held on October 26th. Last week, Oding announced a withdrawal from the race, claiming it legally compels the Independent Election Commission and the border to start all blacklisting. He hopes to get more time to reform after the Supreme Court rejects the first election due to irregularities in the counting process and bad management of IEBC. But it seems that IEBC encourages voting plans, saying only that Oding did not have to submit the required form to officially exit the race. Oding hopes to keep pressure from the streets, raising protests three times a week to each day.


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