Kenya opposition supporters resume ant-IEBC demos
Friday October 06 2017
Kenya's opposition National Super Alliance (Nasa) supporters returned to the streets on Friday in efforts to push for reforms at the electoral commission ahead of the repeat presidential poll slated for October 26.
They staged protests in the capital Nairobi, Kisumu and Kakamega in western Kenya, and at the coastal city of Mombasa.
Nasa leaders, led by presidential candidate Raila Odinga, have called for demos twice a week — on Mondays and Fridays — demanding changes at the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) including the firing of its CEO Ezra Chiloba and 10 other officials accused of bungling August 8 election.
Kisumu
In Kisumu, a port city on Lake Victoria, transport was paralysed as youth lit bonfires and barricaded roads using rocks and burning tyres.
Business was also brought to a standstill after some protestors broke into a supermarket in the central business district and looted.
A guard watches over a section of Tumaini Supermarket that was attacked and looted during Nasa's anti-IEBC demos on October 6, 2017. PHOTO | JUSTUS OCHIENG' | NATION MEDIA GROUP
They also destroyed water lines in the city centre, forcing the utility provider Kiwasco to cut supply to estates.
Kisumu utility provider Kiwasco has cut water supply to estates after protestors destroyed some of its line in the city centre during the anti-IEBC protests on October 6, 2017. PHOTO | JUSTUS OCHIENG'
Similar demos were held in Homa Bay, a town on the south shore of Winam Gulf of Lake Victoria.
Nasa protesters block main roads in Homa Bay town as they demand resignation of IEBC CEO Ezra Chiloba. PHOTOS | BARACK ODUOR | NATION MEDIA GROUP
Some of the photos from protests in Mombasa, Kakamega and Nairobi.
Nasa supporters march in the streets of Mombasa as they head to IEBC offices in the town. PHOTO | KEVIN ODIT | NATION MEDIA GROUP
Anti-IEBC demos kick off in Kakamega town. PHOTO | BENSON AMADALA | NATION MEDIA GROUP
Nairobi Woman Representative Esther Passaris (centre) leads Nasa supporters as they march towards the IEBC headquarters at the Anniversary Towers on October 6, 2017. PHOTO | SAMWEL OWINO | NMG