Results of Kenya's presidential election re-run started to trickle in on Friday, with early estimates of the turnout at below 35 per cent, dealing a blow to President Uhuru Kenyatta's hopes for a decisive second-term mandate. With nearly all followers of opposition leader Raila Odinga heeding the veteran's call for a boycott, Kenyatta's victory is not in question. The first election, in August, was annulled by the courts because of procedural irregularities, denying Kenyatta a simple victory over his long-term political rival. Fifty people have been killed, mostly by security forces, since the original Aug. 8 vote. If they fail to provide a clear path out of the crisis, including an order for another re-run, many Kenyans are fearing protracted political stalemate between the Kenyatta and Odinga camps.

Source: CBC News October 27, 2017 06:22 UTC