Kenyan police disrupt opposition protestpublished at 12:30 British Summer Time 6 October 2017
Police in Kenya have fired tear gas at opposition protesters in the capital, Nairobi.
They had gathered for the second time this week to call for changes in the electoral system before the presidential election re-run.
Opposition coalition Nasa had earlier shared these pictures of some of its leaders and supporters marching in the capital:
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Local media are also reporting that demonstrations are taking place in the coastal city of Mombasa and in the western city of Kisumu.
The Daily Nation paper says that protesters in Kisumu broke into a supermarket and have also destroyed a water pipeline that has disrupted the supply in parts of the city:
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Opposition leader Raila Odinga has been warning that he will not take part in the 26 October presidential election re-run unless changes are made to the electoral system.
He also wants officials of the electoral commission, whom he accuses of bungling the 8 August election, to be fired.