Kenya is on fire: the elections provoked bloody clashes

For several days, the streets of Nairobi (the capital of Kenya) have been drowned in smoke from burning tires, shop windows have been smashed, stones are flying at the police, they respond with tear gas and rubber bullets. Mass protests were caused by the results of repeated presidential elections. Incumbent President Uhuru Kenyatta won 96 percent of the vote, but citizens consider these data to be falsified.

The first attempt to elect a president took place in August. Kenyatta then received the support of 54 percent of voters. Opposition leader Raila Odinga appealed to the Supreme Court and managed to convince the judges that gross mistakes were made when counting ballots and a hacker attack took place in general. Re-elections were called. After that, Odinga withdrew his candidacy out of some strange populist motives.

Experts believe that the political crisis and street demonstrations, during which two policemen have already died, were orchestrated by the West. We have collected the most expressive photos of what is happening in Nairobi.

Photo: Andrew Renneisen

Photo: Thomas Mukoya

Photo: Dai Kurokawa

Photo: Dai Kurokawa

Photo: Andrew Renneisen

Photo: Marco Longari

Photo: Ben Curtis

Photo: Marco Longari

Photo: Luis Tato

Photo: Dai Kurokawa

Photo: Dai Kurokawa

Photo: Andrew Renneisen

Photo: Dai Kurokawa

Photo: Luis Tato

Photo: Siegfried Modola

Photo: Dai Kurokawa

Photo: Goran Tomasevic

Photo: Thomas Mukoya