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A protester has been shot dead in the western Kenyan town of Bungoma, reportedly after he tried to seize a police officer’s gun.
There were clashes in the town between security forces and opposition supporters who were angry about yesterday’s controversial re-run presidential poll.
Election officials say the turnout was sharply down on the initial vote in August.
It was just under 34%, compared with nearly 80% in the election two months ago.
The figures suggest many Kenyans heeded a boycott call by the opposition leader, Raila Odinga.
President Uhuru Kenyatta seems certain to secure a second term.
On Saturday, there will be another attempt to hold the vote in four counties in western Kenya – Migori, Siaya, Kisumu and Homa Bay – where it was disrupted as opposition supporters clashed with police.
