Kenyan president urged to concede poll defeat
Kenya’s opposition candidate called on President Mwai Kibaki to concede defeat today, accusing him of fraud as a chaotic vote count sparked a second day of deadly violence that has killed at least 14 people.
Raila Odinga said the government had lost all legitimacy and could not govern, three days after the vote.
Mr Odinga had a razor-thin lead of 38,000 votes, but the electoral commission suspended announcing results last night, promising to look into allegations of fraud.
Nine people were killed in a Nairobi slum today, bringing the death toll around the country to at least 14 since yesterday, said police official Joshua Omukulong.
