Supporters of the National Super Alliance (Nasa) on Monday returned to the streets as the opposition stepped up its push for reforms at the electoral commission ahead of repeat presidential election.
They protested in the capital Nairobi, Lamu, Kisumu, Kakamega, Homa Bay and Mombasa on Monday morning, heeding the call of the leaders to protest thrice a week— on Mondays, Wednesday and Fridays.
The demonstrators said they want the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) reformed, and its CEO Ezra Chiloba and 10 other officials accused of bungling August 8 poll shown the door.
The opposition, led by Raila Odinga, wants both systems and personnel changes at the commission, including the dropping of Dubai-based ballots printer Al Ghurair and technology supplier OT-Morpho of France.
In Kisumu, transport was paralysed and businesses closed in some parts of the lake-side town out of fear of looting.
The youths chanting anti-IEBC slogans lit bonfires and barricaded the roads using rocks and burning tyres.
Business owners and traders Homa Bay town and Kisumu kept off their premises following the fresh wave of protests.
The protesters poured in to the streets, burning tyres, carrying twigs and placards, and honking horns as they marched towards IEBC offices.
Kisumu Woman Rep Rosa Buyu and MPs James Nyikal (Seme), Onyango Koyoo (Muhoroni) and Aduma Owuor (Nyakach) and several MCAs led the demos in the lakeside county.
Anti-riot police officers have begun patrolling the town to battle the protesters.
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