that means president uhuru kenyatta is certain to win.hat's not certain is how kenyans will react to that. more moments of huge importance in china. xijinping appears to be looking beyond another five years in power. bbc chinese tell us how we know. the bbc has lodged an urgent complaint at the united nations against iran over its treatment of bbc persian staff. one of my colleagues from bbc persian on set to give us their first hand account. and we'll look at how a small business in the us state of montana, secured a contract worth hundreds of millions of dollars, to rebuild puerto rico's power network. the kenyan election will go ahead. the kenyan election will go ahead. the polls open on thursday morning. the polls open on thursday morning. the supreme court was supposed to rule on a petition to support in the vote, but five out of the seven judges didn't show up for the hearing earlier which brought us to this point. that leads us the only judges present. that is the two of us. judges present. that is the two of us. and acts 1632 of t

and the incumbent, uhuru kenyatta, was declared the winner. the opposition claimed the result was compromised and the supreme court agreed. it said the election "was not conducted in accordance with the constitution" and that the result was therefore "invalid, null and void." hence the need for a rerun. uhuru kenyatta is unimpressed with mr odinga's announcement. that criticism is not necessarily being listened to by raila odinga's supporters. here's nancy kacungira. his words were that he thinks this election, supposed to be held october 26, will be worse than the first one, on august the 8th, in which the supreme court annulled it and said that there were too many things that went on wrong and this has to be done again. so, raila odinga is saying he does not have enough faith that the rerun will actually be better than the first try. the reasons for this, according to this, are that we have not solved the initial problem. he says the supreme court clearly said there we re supreme court clearly said there were some issues supreme court clearl

uhuru kenyatta won in august, but that was nulled by the supreme court.fter editor for goldstein reports. --africa editor for gold gene reports. reporter: it looks and feels like a boisterous democracy in action. but it is an election with only one side. these are president uhuru kenyatta's supporters, and they are to many the election takes place whatever railia odinga says. >> he is just taking us backwards. to come and bring war. fergal: the supreme court is is seen as having stole their victory in the last election. in the western stronghold, it felt like another country. these views are from the group of the luer and raila odinga. they believe the kikuyu majority wants to marginalize them. what ann't election that is already rate. we want a free and fair it -- already rigged. we want a free and fair election. >> election is not going to happen. fergal: in this volatile atmosphere, it is hard to imagine free and fair elections taking place in opposition strongholds like this. , there will be serious doubts over the legitimacy of the results, certainly

. >> acting president uhuru kenyatta, you will not stop us. will kill us but we will rise again. there is no election tomorrow. that is a guarantee. >> don't bring the ballot boxes here. if you cannot conduct the election in a free manner -- reporter: their anger stems from the failure of the supreme court to consider a petition of thursday's planned vote. several judges failed to show up, making it impossible. only the supreme court has the authority to delay the poll, which was called after an election in august after what it described as you leg or dirties -- allegra area's -- delay green -- >> assurances given to this commission. based on the progress -- the elections are scheduled to go on tomorrow, the 26th of october. reporter: main opposition candidate raila odinga calls for a boycott and new elections in 90 days. >> [inaudible] reporter: president uhuru kenyatta defended the independence of the canyon -- the canyon judiciary -- k enyan judiciary. >> limassol maintain peace -- let s al -- reporter: no matter what the outcome of thursda

with less than forty percent turnout it handed incumbent uhuru kenyatta a landslide. the wake of the vote several protesters died in scuffles with police. so the weekend was largely calm. and whether the specter of two thousand and seven supposed electoral violence in which over eleven hundred people died looms large. leading to calls for procedures to be followed from international courses. would make a recommendation here. that to. bed requests and i. p.. if anybody has any problems with it got to this french presidential election of principle for over. plplease let's go back to te courts and and and and days what of a sunset. kenyatta for his part indicated willingness to do precisely vassal monday night. however here likely face a campaign of civil disobedience from odinga. he's promised to turn his political coalition into a resistance movement. a reminder of a developing story we a tracking for you out of new york city. we're getting reports office shooting in lower manhattan one person has been placed in custody. and the public was asked to avoid in the area an

and kibaka was running against uhuru so there is that rivally. but the rivalry came to a full when kenyatta who had been charged by crimes against humanity and against his running mate, the u.s. at that time in the u.k. took a clear position that they would not be too comfortable with those two running the kenya government, because of charges against humanity. so that was a very rough election and the two had to win it by whatever means. and they rigged it. and so there is some bad blood between the two because raila-- but since then they had a reasonable relationship, their opponents as politics goes. so it is not, there is no personal animosity that is the issue here. the issue is so clear, it is that the rule of law is rapidly unraveling when the chief justice says i'm prepared to die for my views. when this commissioner flees with death threats and poipts out that if this election is held there will be violence. that is what she said. she didn't just flee, she said there will will be violence if this election was held. >> glor: there was alre

in august this man, president uhuru kenyatta, was announced the winner of the elections.upreme nullified the result and ordered a re—run. and last week, this man, the opposition leader raila odinga pulled out of the vote. and now the kenyan electoral commission is warning it can't guarantee that the poll will be credible. under such conditions it is difficult to guarantee a free, fair and credible election. we have had critical changes, free, fair and critical changes, free, fair and critical elections will be compromised. the commissioner went on to say that his attempts to reform the organisation have been blocked. and he urged political leaders to stop interfering in the process. the atmosphere is so tense that a senior member of the electoral commission has fled to the us because of death threats. she spoke to the bbc from new york. you know, i have been agonising for months now about my role at the commission, and my effectiveness at the commission and my safety, actually, and security. and i reached a decision after visiting four counties across the country and seei

uhuru kenyatta, seven million, 483,895.tatorships. 98% for the president, because the opposition boycotted the process they alleged was rigged. the victors sought to dampen the tensions exacerbated by this campaign. let us be peaceful. let us reach out to one another. let us share together. there is no need for violence. the news came at the close of the working day in nairobi, to a population weary from months of political wrangling. there was neither exultation or rage. but differences on the way forward for a divided nation. i'm happy, very happy. actually, i voted. i voted and i'm not regretting. there is no democracy in kenya right now. because he wants power and he is taking it by force. there has been some limited unrest in opposition strongholds. but the kind of energy and organisation that precedes large—scale violence hasn't been obvious so far. and in tense western kenya, there are signs that community peacemaking efforts are working. here, a man from the opposition supporting ethnic group was murdered by neighbo

the incumbent president, uhuru kenyatta, had his win overturned by the supreme court last month. government's legitimacy. the opposition leader raila 0dinga has called the poll a sham. without his participation, the outcome will hardly be representative. a low turnout or no turnout in many areas will lead to questions about the credibility of this election and the political stalemate in this country is a long way from being resolved. anne soy, bbc news, nairobi. our top story this evening: hundreds of thousands of people across the uk are leaving theirjobs every year because of long—term mental health problems. and still to come, cracking down on people smugglers in the uk. a series of overnight raids leads to the arrest of 14 people. coming up on sportsday on bbc news. another day, another managerial sacking, this time at rangers, who part company with pedro caixinha after seven months in charge. it was an assassination that shocked the world. the shooting of us presidentjohn f kennedy by lee harvey oswald in dallas in 1963 has spawned countless conspiracy theories — resulting i

uhuru kenyatta, 7 million, 483,895.98% for the president, because the opposition boycotted the process they alleged was rigged. the victors sought to dampen the tensions exacerbated by this campaign. let us be peaceful. let us reach out to one another. let us share together. there is no need for violence. the news came at the close of the working day in nairobi, to a population weary from months of political wrangling. there was neither exultation or rage. but differences on the way forward for a divided nation. i'm happy, very happy. actually, i voted. i voted and i'm not regretting. there is no democracy in kenya right now. because he wants power and he is taking it by force. there has been some limited unrest in opposition strongholds. but the kind of energy and organisation that precedes large—scale violence hasn't been obvious so far. and in tense western kenya, there are signs that community peacemaking efforts are working. here, a man from the opposition supporting ethnic group was murdered by neighbours who supp

with supporters of president uhuru kenyatta determined to secure him a second victory. that is unknown here is so that they can elect. a presiden who can y who can. prove that it was a night. he became a wound. correctly. these divisions have sparked violence in pockets across the country. in some areas michael dingoes western stronghold of kisumu. polling stations were locked in closed and police fired live rounds that protesters no police issue will be ope. due to new to our mentality and our reaction we got not to allow it if and number do live bit allowed to to. augmented polling station wildeal with them. i can an election officials said not a single ballot box was delivered to the one hundred and ninety polling stations and such. sumo. in light of the violence the head of kenya's election commission said the vote would be pushed back to saturday in four counties. the commission is closer to. and associate the broom stick in a distortion. but that shouldn so good to challenges. odinga has said that he won't participate until the electoral system is fully reformed.

the court annulled the poll in august, which was won by the incumbent, uhuru kenyatta.raila odinga, has pulled out of the re—run of the election and urged his supporters to boycott it. the saudi crown prince has said he's working towards the return of what he calls "moderate islam" to the country. speaking in riyadh, mohammed bin salman said officials would eliminate the remnants of extremism in the near future. analysts say prince mohammed is behind several recent economic and social reforms. russia has vetoed a un security council resolution into the use of chemical weapons in syria. it is the ninth time russia has used its veto to protect its ally. last month the un said forensic investigation said beyond doubt, the syrian air force carried out a sarin gas in april. the olympic torch for next year's winter games has been lit at a ceremony in olympia, in greece. the torch will travel around greece before heading to the host nation, south korea. the pyeongchang winter games begin in february. a year of official mourning in thailand will culminate in a spectacular crema

the opposition leader, raila 0dinga, refused to run in the contest against the sitting president, uhurus are being made on the ground to defuse tension. 0ur africa editor, fergal keane, joined a peace convoy led by two local governors touring the villages in kisumu, appealing for calm. if this country is to end its political crisis, this convoy might be an inspiration. two leaders, from different tribes and with different politics, but one message. governor paul supported the elections. it was important we came here today with a message of peace, he says. the governor is an opposition leader. from today, there will be no more roadblocks, he promised. this is a significant event. because so often in the past, powerful men have used ethnic rivalry to their political advantage. this is quite the opposite. the two governors are going into their respective communities together, to preach a message of tolerance. these farmers say their neighbours stopped the election taking place here. they refused our people to vote. they wouldn't allow you to vote? yeah, and our people don't like it. we dro

vote occurred after kenya's supreme court nullified the august election won by incumbent president uhuru kenyatta. >> sreenivasan: today, spain saw its biggest public display of opposition to secession by the catalonia region. hundreds of thousands of pro-union catalans turned out in the streets of barcelona, the capital of the breakaway region. two days ago, catalonia's regional parliament reaffirmed last month's independence referendum, and spain's central government asserted direct control over the region, dismissing its leaders and calling for new elections. newshour weekend special correspondent malcolm brabant has been covering spain's political crisis and joins us again, from barcelona. >> malcolm, help ition figure o. on the one hand we have cat lonians saying we're free and the government saying no, you're not and we're going to have somebody run this. >> showing how complex this issue is and there were varying estimates how large this crowd was. some saying there was over a million people but the local police saying it was 300,000 people. the main treats of bars lone drns stree

mission enough time to introduce reforms to help deliver a more credible election president uhuru kenyatta was declared the winner of the oldest eight votes fucking protests the supreme court fight his victory citing irregularities. oh voting is wrapped up in liberia's presidential election but those still in line at the polls are being allowed to cost that ballots the vote is the first democratic transfer of power there in seventy three years ellen johnson sirleaf is stepping down after two terms in office the nobel peace prize winner was africa's first female elected head of state u.s. back syrian fighters are preparing for a final push to retake neighborhood still held by i.c.l. in the city of raka the loss of rock of the group self-proclaimed capital would be a strategic blow for the armed group officials from the kurdish led syrian democratic forces say they believe the last phase will take between seven and seven in ten days and wildfires in the u.s. state of california of left at least thirteen people dead and more than one hundred injured more than two thousand homes and businesses

the first vote carried out in august gavave incncumbent president uhuru kenyatta a second presidential term. but it was nullified by t te supreme court of the concerns of procedural failures. in the aftermath e expected. is that the companies did issue. could be divided by a fundamental tenet of democracy. neman it free and fair elections. adding to the confusion and uncertainty the country's parliament cost to election law amendments. one stating that if a candidate with jules the remaining contender would automatically wind. and the second amendment preventing the supreme court from overturning an election in the absence of irregularities. the fallout could have damaging consequences for kenya which has a history of disputed elections and violence triggered by political unrest. well meanwhile the vote count continues following presidential elections in liberia. state media believing that the vote is likely to go to a run off with twenty candidates. the vote debate pick as xslt the nobel peace laureate ellen johnson. fast democrats rendition of power. small west african state has seen

president uhuru kenyatta won the vote in august, but that was annulled by the supreme court, which saidl process. his supporters want the new vote to go ahead. but the opposition, led by raila 0dinga, which has its stronghold in the west of the country, claims the vote won't be fair and shouldn't go ahead. 0ur africa editor fergal keane has sent us this report. it looks, and, when you're in the midst of it, feels like a boisterous democracy in action. but it's an election with only one side seeking votes. these are president kenyatta's supporters. and they demand that elections take place, whatever the opposition leader, raila 0dinga, says. raila 0dinga, he want to come and broke power. he'sjust taking us backwards whereas we want to go forward. he just wants to come and bring war and he can set fire, but he can burn himself. here, the supreme court is seen as having stolen their victory in the last elections. but as we arrived in the opposition stronghold of kisumu in western kenya, it felt like another country. these youths are from the luo ethnic group like raila 0dinga. and believe

to kenya next where uhuru kenyatta has been declared the winner in last week's presidential elections elections which will boycotted by the opposition candidate. right odinga just under thirty nine percent of kenya's eligible voters turned out to cost their ballots and that number is likely to raise questions over the credibility of the vote. kenya's a president meanwhile says that if the results of the repeat election i challenged in court by the opposition he would accept the judgment claim number now reports. little did not. so let me look. onone hundreded million dols onon page nine. he's been declared the landslide winner in kenya's a contender election since august. who through kenyatta one ninety eight percent of the fight with turnout at just under thirty nine percent? numbers have dropped by forty percent since the previous poll. this because he faced no significant challenger followiwing an opposition boycotts. the revolt was also suspended in twenty five oh position constituencies amid security fears. kenyatta says he's willing to hold talks with his opponents after the out

president uhuru kenyatta won the first vote in august, but the result was annulled by the supreme courtll. but the opposition claims any new vote will be rigged with their leader, raila odinga, urging his supporters to boycott the vote. our africa editor fergal keane reports. the president's party turned to god this morning. a prayer meeting by women supporters near the supreme court. hoping thejudges, too, would hear their pleas. nothing is moving at the moment, until we have peace and elections. that's our prayer. in a country where many institutions have been undermined by decades of corruption, the supreme court is seen as an honest and fearless arbiter. but today, as lawyers waited, the extraordinary news that too few judges had turned up to hear the crucial case. this matter cannot, therefore, be heard this morning. it's accordingly adjourned to a date to be taken in the registry. once again, my apologies to all of you. thank you. among those who didn't come was thejeff deputy chiefjustice. her bodyguard was shot and wounded last night. what happened to the deputy chief justice ye

august's poll was won by the incumbent, uhuru kenyatta. he says thursday's re—run must go ahead.aila odinga has pulled out of the re—run, calling it a sham. well all this uncertainty has put the country on edge. this tweet from a journalist with kenya's ntv station: ms mwilu was one of four supreme courtjudges who voted to annul mr kenyatta's win in august. she was not in the car at the time. and this was earlier in the western city of kisumu— when hundreds of supporters of odingya took to the streets to protest against the planned re—run. just a taste of what's been going on in kenya for weeks. here's sophie again on what the security situation looks like ahead of thursday's possible vote. as we speak, security has been beefed up across the country. officials have been accorded security and the internal security minister has assured kenyans that no military will be deployed in any area during this poll. raila odinga, the opposition leader, has called on his supporters to boycott the poll, but he also added a line, boycott the poll but do not leave your home is. so we all wait to

president uhuru kenyatta says kenyans should turn out to vote.ore moments of huge importance in china. xijinping appears to be looking beyond another five years in power. the bbc has lodged an urgent complaint at the united nations against iran over its treatment of bbc persian staff. and we'll look at how a small business in the us state of montana secured a contract worth hundreds of millions of dollars to rebuild puerto rico's power network. let's return to china and the conclusion of the communist party national congress. there's been lots of reaction on social media to the unveiling of the country's new leadership. more reaction from outside of the chinese mainland than inside it. a lot of it has focused on the make up of the committee. the gender balance is way off. this is carrie gracie‘s the bbc‘s correspondent. gender wasn't the only thing generating discussion — their appearance did too. they are very similar, all in their 60s, wearing similar black suits and a range of coloured ties similar to each other and some jokes followed from th

uhuru kenyatta has been re—elected as kenya's president.he vote in last week's election re—run. the opposition boycotted the poll and called on their supporters to do the same. the kenyan electoral commission said the vote has been free, fair and credible. iasa i as a kenyan celebrate our resilience as a nation, but also celebrate our resilience and the resilience of our democracy. the resilience of our democracy. the resilience of our people and also the resilience of our institutions. a chinese modelling agency has denied that a teenage russian model died from overwork. 14—year—old vlada dzyuba died in a chinese hospital, ten days after taking part in shanghai fashion week. local reports in russia suggest she was suffering from meningitis, compounded by exhaustion. but that's been denied by the chinese agency which employed her who insist she worked no more than the legal eight hours a day. president trump has announced that us specialforces in libya have captured a man suspected of being involved in the attack on the us diplomatic compou

we're not just looking for an election, we're looking for a legitimate election, so for the incumbent, uhurua, it's going to be difficult for him to say he has the mandate of the people, without a legitimate election. and for raila odinga, it's going to be difficult to concede that he lost an election if it wasn't legitimate. so, unfortunately, even though the election has happened, we are pretty much back at square one because according to the opposition, this was not a legitimate election and that has been backed up by events of the recent days, the electoral chair, the chair of the electoral body said he couldn't actually certify that they would have a legitimate election. and all the while, there is this huge pressure on these institutions, the electoral commission yesterday had that bizarre situation with the supreme court on the being able to get two of the seven people present. it places big question marks against these institutions. absolutely. and this just a few days after one of the electoral body officials resigned and fled to new york and also one of the justices, one of the dep

the kenyan opposition leader, raila odinga, is expected to give his response later to uhuru kenyatta'sodinga boycotted thursday's re—run of the vote, saying the electoral board hadn't reformed itself after the original ballot. the opposition now has seven days to mount a legal challenge. a chechen man accused of plotting to murder the russian president has been injured and his wife killed. officials said adam osmayev and amina okuyeva's car was ambushed just outside kiev. both had volunteered to serve in the ukrainian military‘s campaign against pro—russian separatists in eastern ukraine. french prosecutors are investigating allegations by two women who say they were raped by tariq ramadan, a renowned oxford university islamic scholar. in a facebook post professor ramadan denied the accusations, calling them "a campaign of lies", and said his lawyer was suing the women for "slander". the bank of england is warning that as many as 75,000 jobs in the city of london could be lost as a result of brexit — if negotiations fail to produce a trade deal with the european union. it's warned fina

uhuru kenyatta meanwhile says voters have the right to boycott the polls but they needed to do it peacefully. we must. and we will. and sure. but the benefits of our nation's progress. i felt. by every kenyan. and that our nation's journey. to becoming a morton twenty first century country. gives every kenyan. the opportunity of pride. and prosperity. for more on this so we can go across our correspondent julia steers in nairobi. juliet what's the mood like in the country in the run up to the vote i people even taking this election seriously. well people are certainly on ads but in terms and whether or not thirty unit seriously that's really divided pretty plainly along party lines so do you believe supporters that the party out. president kenyattand deputyresident rito sated they'll turn up at the poll tomorrow that they are ready to go for them tomorrow is election day. of course right a dingo supporters vowed to boycott the polls tomorrow and for many up an. there were there telling us that they don't believe aree election so. . supporters unloading got are expected you to stay home and a

president uhuru kenyatta won the vote in august, but that was annulled by the supreme court, which saidhis supporters want the new vote to go ahead. but the opposition led by raila 0dinga, which has its stronghold in the west of the country, claims the vote won't be fair and shouldn't go ahead. 0ur africa editor, fergal keane, has sent us this report. it looks, and, when you're in the midst of it, feels like a boisterous democracy in action. but it's an election with only one side seeking votes. these are president kenyatta's supporters. and they demand that elections take place, whatever the opposition leader, raila 0dinga says. raila 0dinga, he want to come and broke power. he'sjust taking us backwards whereas we want to go forward. he just want to come and bring war and he can set fire, but he can burn himself. here, the supreme court is seen as having stolen their victory in the last elections. but as we arrived in the opposition stronghold of kisumu in western kenya, it felt like another country. these youths are from the luo ethnic group like raila 0dinga. and believe president ke

say that he cannot guarantee a credible election he's called for talks between right and president uhuru kenyatta he did meet with my loading guy who said who rate a rate that he wants the election postponed and electoral reforms carried out then he can consider joining rejoining the race who are looking out on the other hand i got his campaign trails he said that he's not going to sit down in boardroom for talks the mandate of the electoral commission is clear the low is clear that an election has to be held within sixty days either electoral commission is not clear about that they need to go back to the supreme court for direction to remove also last night. the c.e.o. of the commission of the commission as retching also stepped aside this is a man that the opposition has always been say among other people should be removed ahead of the election so now he stepped aside but a lot of the supporters really saying that it is too little too late and there cannot be an election on the twenty sixth diaries so what fears do people have especially with the. possibility of violence if the electio

the supreme court annulled the result of the original august poll, which saw uhuru kenyatta declaredbritain's leading defence manufacturer, bae systems, has announced plans to cut almost 2,000 jobs across england. 1,400 are going from its military jet business with factories in lancashire and east yorkshire badly hit. the firm is facing a drop in demand. the trade unions warned that the affected areas would lose highly—skilled jobs as our business editor, simon jack, tels us. a typhoon fighter makes its impressive ascent. but sales of this war plane are going in the opposite direction. a decline in orders and deliveries have led the manufacturer, bae systems, to cut nearly 2,000 jobs, 750 of them in samlesbury and warton in lancashire. kind of expecting it, obviously. you knew before we did. so it's just one of them. we know we've got a world beater with typhoon, and we really should be getting more orders. maybe we will. hopefully, we will. we just have to wait for them to come in. bae accounts for one in four manufacturing jobs in this area and more in the supply chain, butjobs dep

president uhuru kenyatta has urged voters to carry out their constitutional right.ga, has called on his supporters to not participate, saying the election won't be free and fair. a day after his behaviour was rebuked by two senators from his republican party, president trump is stressing party unity and has turned on the democrats. his comments follow revelations that hillary clinton's campaign helped pay for a dossier that claimed russia was trying to get mr trump elected as president and it had compromising evidence against him. i understand they paid a tremendous amount of money and hillary clinton a lwa ys amount of money and hillary clinton always denied it, the democrats a lwa ys always denied it, the democrats always denied it, the democrats always denied it, the democrats always denied it and now only because it's going to come out in a court case they say yes that they did it, they admitted it and they are embarrassed by it but i think it's a disgrace. it'sjust are embarrassed by it but i think it's a disgrace. it's just really, it's a disgrace. it's just r

unhappy at a new election law they fear it could lead to a walkover victory for the current president uhuru kenyatta in the real rerun of the election shed for just over two weeks time opposition leader rollo dingo pulled out of the planned vote on tuesday some of the military ports from nairobi. raila odinga supporters bailey needed any prompting to return to the streets. they're demonstrating against kenya's electoral commission which they believe won't conduct a free and fair rerun of august election. but holding a supporters are divided on him dropping out of the race i think a claim which he lost was great the supreme court laid to rule they'd been irregularities and how the vote was counted and incumbent and should stand in new elections you cannot go to an election has credibility. i think of what i think are the best option but we are not but. because of the pressure so we are out there was just that we are not happy to police earlier flights here against the protesters and then. nairobi was. adamant they only reforms. election. kenya's constitution is not clear on what happens once

opposition strongholds were suspended due to violence so far the election commission is putting president uhuru kenyatta ahead with ninety seven percent of the vote spoke out against the post-election violence that has left at least six people dead. how many i know has the latest now from nairobi. the results been targeted by the independent electoral commission in various parts of the country are dividing the people of kenya just like the election process before you opposition supporters are saying that the governing party they do believe party is tinkering with numbers to make up for very little hope the tunnel will cheat the government we've just come back from interviewing the deputy president of kenya william brutal he says that the time out is forty percent and they are more than ninety five percent of the votes cast and that it's just a matter of time before president who took. him. for another tom in office now what has kenya's most concerned however is the killings that have been going on in some parts of nairobi with some militias allied to politicians cutting out killings of differen

turnout my to represent between we're a sickly looking at two camps those that voted for president uhuru kenyatta and those who stayed away from the polls opposition supporters who heeded the school by the opposition leader raila odinga to boycott the election very much the focus will be going forward will be on the elections that are outstanding in some of those place also other areas where they weren't able to open polling stations due to a number of reasons not just the protests or the clashes that we saw between protesters and police at various points in the country especially in the western part of kenya speaking to kenyans in recent weeks many of them want to move forward there they're tired of being in this eternal election cycle and they wanted to come to an end now looking at this process been extended because of outstanding polling stations this certainly of frustration and that will add to the sort of polarized country that we're seeing when we look at people supporting the opposition and the incumbent president raila odinga bernie has become the first country to withdraw from

turnout might represent your which we're a sickly looking at two camps those that voted for president uhuru kenyatta and those who stayed away from the polls opposition supporters who heeded the score by the opposition leader raila odinga to boycott the election really very much the focus will be going forward will be on the elections that are outstanding in some of those place also other areas where they weren't able to open polling stations due to a number of reasons not just the protests or the clashes that we saw between protesters and police at various points in the country especially in the western part of kenya speaking to kenyans in recent weeks many of them want to move forward there they're tired of being in this eternal election cycle and they wanted to come to an end now looking at this process been extended because of outstanding polling stations there certainly of restraint and that will add to the sort of polarized country that we're seeing when we look at people supporting the opposition and the incumbent president raila odinga a south african court has sentenced to white me

well martin in theory it would look as if president incumbent president uhuru kenyatta would begin his second term in office once the electoral commission tallies the final votes makes a final announcement and he's eventually sworn in with seven point three million votes so far but they are a number of challenges ahead we do know that the electoral commission says that at least three thousand six hundred polling stations haven't open to toll at least on election day and even on this extension on saturday nights out of about forty thousand that represents about one point seven million voters who didn't have the opportunity to vote at all we know the opposition called for this boycott and it appears to be successful considering that raila odinga got about six point seven million votes in august this time around only seventy two thousand of the supporters came out to vote so largely they've heeded the school buy or dinner to stay away from polling stations but also there is an activist who has applied to the supreme court to again have this rerun of an old based on the fact that a dingo w