A newspaper vendor in Nairobi is seen selling a newspaper reporting on the win of Kenya Kwanza alliance William Ruto as Kenya's president elect. PHOTO: GETTY IMAGES
In the western city of Kisumu and Nairobi’s huge Kibera slum, both strongholds of rival candidate Raila Odinga, calm returned to the streets after protesters battled police and burned tyres on the road overnight.
The dramatic events of Monday, in which Ruto was declared president by a tiny margin as a split emerged in the electoral commission overseeing the August 9 vote, has raised fears of bloody violence like that seen after previous disputed polls.
The four commissioners who disowned the election results also urged the parties to pursue any disputes through the courts.
