Photos of the protests in Kisumu and surrounding areas. Kisumu is located in the western part of Kenya, an opposition stronghold.
Western Kenya's Anti-Electoral Commission Protests
- By Jill Craig
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Crossroads of Jomo Kenyatta Highway and Oginga Odinga Street in Kisumu, Kenya, as seen during protests on October 6, 2017. The sons of Kenyatta and Odinga, Kenya’s first president and vice-president, are the two main candidates in Kenya’s upcoming re-run
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Protesters demonstrate outside electoral commission office in Kisumu, Kenya on October 6, 2017, ahead of the upcoming re-run presidential election. (VOA/J. Craig)
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Police guard electoral commission office in Kisumu, Kenya during protests on October 6, 2017, ahead of the upcoming re-run presidential election. (VOA/J. Craig)
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Pro-opposition signs in the back of a truck after police confiscated them from opposition supporters in Vihiga County, Kenya, ahead of the upcoming re-run presidential election. October 6, 2017. (VOA/J.Craig)