Shops and schools in Kenya reopened on Thursday despite a fresh round of opposition protests that have led to deadly clashes and sparked appeals for dialogue to end the crisis. The toll adds to more than a dozen fatalities since March, when Odinga mounted his campaign, triggering alarm in the international community. His Azimio alliance on Wednesday evening urged “Kenyans to come out in an even bigger way tomorrow”. “Today it is near to normal, not normal yet, but we are getting there,” he told AFP. Opposition protests following Odinga’s election loss in 2017 continued until he brokered a surprise pact with his erstwhile foe, former president Uhuru Kenyatta, that became known as “the handshake”.

Source: The Guardian July 20, 2023 23:15 UTC