Odinga says the polls will not be free and fair with the current election commission in office and wants at least half the board to be replaced. Kenyan police have launched an internal investigation after graphic video footage of riot police beating and kicking an apparently unconscious man on the sidelines of an election protest caused outrage. After a few seconds, the police were shown sprinting away, leaving the young man limp and motionless on the ground. The footage appeared to show officers chasing a man in a green T-shirt as he fled a building near the commission’s headquarters. Kenyan police have a poor rights record and regularly top the list in surveys of the least trusted professionals.

Source: The Guardian May 17, 2016 07:46 UTC