Western Kenya's Anti-Electoral Commission Protests

Protesters erect roadblocks in Kisumu, Kenya during anti-electoral commission demonstrations ahead of the upcoming re-run presidential election. October 2, 2017. (VOA/J.Craig)

A fire set by protesters in Kisumu, Kenya, during anti-electoral commission protests on October 6, 2017, ahead of the upcoming re-run presidential election. (VOA/J. Craig)

A man sits outside looted Tumaini supermarket in Kisumu, Kenya, during anti-electoral commission protests on October 6, 2017, ahead of the upcoming re-run presidential election. (VOA/J. Craig)

Protesters break a water line in the center of Kisumu, Kenya, during anti-electoral commission protests on October 6, 2017, ahead of the upcoming re-run presidential election. (VOA/J. Craig

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

Protesters demonstrate outside electoral commission office in Kisumu, Kenya on October 6, 2017, ahead of the upcoming re-run presidential election. (VOA/J. Craig)

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)

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)

Mechanics in Vihiga county, Kenya, display signs they made in support of opposition candidate Raila Odinga and his NASA coalition ahead of the upcoming re-run presidential election. October 6, 2017. (VOA/J. Craig)