Kenya beefing up police presence prior to election

Kenya is bringing in more police force to contain violent outbreaks sparked by the results of Kenya’s presidential election.

Aljazeera is reporting that at least 3 people have been shot dead by police in Nairobi’s Dandora slum. This brings the total number of post-election deaths to 5. 

The violence broke out after the courts confirmed that Uhuru Kenyatta had been elected president leading some supporters of Kenyatta’s opposition to the streets in protest.

This situation pales in comparison to Kenya’s 2007 election where over one-thousand people were killed in post-election violence.

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STORY WRITTEN BY: NATASHA TAGGART