At least two protesters have allegedly been shot dead by police in Kenya after violence broke out following yesterday’s general election.<br /><br />Upheaval began in the African nation after opposition leader, Raila Odinga, said that the electoral commission’s IT system had been hacked to manipulate the results.<br /><br />Protest of the election results in Kibera section Nairobi, Kenya! https://t.co/cxODYuII8v— Lanier “Issa” Lewis (@IssaKhari) 9 August 2017<br /><br />Protests have been taking place in Nairobi, despite Odinga calling for calm, and police fired shots to disperse opposition supporters in Kisumu, where hundreds of demonstrators could be heard shouting: “No Raila, no peace.”<br /><br />An AFP photographer said that he had seen the body of one protester who had been shot in the head.<br /><br />From a friend: Happening now in #Ayani #Kibera. #Protest #Nairobi #Kenya #Election: pic.twitter.com/aGCi686flh— Charles Newman (@Afritekt) 9 August 2017<br /><br />Kenyan Election Result: Mathare Youths Protest Over Rigging Claims https://t.co/5f87Avpoko pic.twitter.com/zznJlqYmJF— Buzz Kenya (@BuzzKenya) 9 August 2017<br /><br />The official result saw Odinga come a close second to Kenyatta.<br /><br />The leader of the opposition, who heads the National Super Alliance, said that the presidential election was a “complete fraud”, and that a multiplier had given incumbent president Uhuru Kenyatta votes that were not cast.<br /><br />WAFULA CHEBUKATI<br />CHAIRMAN, INDEPENDENT ELECTION AND BOUNDARIES COMMISSION:<br /><br />Chairman of the Independent Election and Boundaries Commission Wafula Chebukati said: “We shall have our own investigative system to kick in. We shall come up with a methodology as to finding out whether or not those claims are correct.”<br /><br />Fears are mounting that the country could once again descend into the chaos it saw in 2007, in which 1,100 Kenyans were killed and 600,000 were displaced following a disputed election.<br />
