Post election .........

So what was hoped wouldn't happen is happening in Kenya; the election result is being disputed.   I think I said a day or so ago that whatever the result, it was essential that the losers accepted the result with good grace.    But .... when you add in corruption, and the death about ten days ago of Chris Msando  (the head of information, communication and technology), and the wish of the alliance of Kenyatta supporters to continue to rule Kenya (for ever ?) rather than allow the Luo people and their associates to control the country .... its a mess.   Nasa flag bearer Raila Odinga (of the Luo alliance) has claimed IEBC systems were hacked using the identity of the late Chris Msando to manipulate General Election results. We'll never know who killed Msando; such murders and assassinations are never solved.

So .... in Kisumu today ....

Police have dispersed crowds of youths who staged protests in Kisumu and Homa Bay over alleged electoral fraud in favour of President Kenyatta. In Homa Bay, the protesters barricaded major roads in the lakeside town, paralysing transport.  They also lit bonfires in the streets to express their anger in what they termed as a “rigged election”.

In Kisumu, a majority of businesses remained closed as protests rocked parts of the town in agitation against alleged rigging of the presidential poll.

Residents opted to stay away from the Central Business District, with the police shooting tear-gas in the air to disperse irate youths.    The demonstrators also lit tyres on roads leading to informal settlements of Manyatta, Obunga and Carwash Estate.

Some of the affected businesses were major supermarkets, banks, markets, eateries, schools and small-scale businesses, which closed down out of fear of attacks and looting.

There were bonfires lit at the Kondele roundabout, forcing vehicles plying the Kisumu-Kakamega road to use alternative routes.  Some of the feeder roads within the town were also barricaded by the youths.  A majority of the streets within the CBD were also deserted.

(Information from the Daily Nation)

I just hope and pray that things calm down quickly, and that there isn't a repeat of the dreadful happenings of 2007.   We need to get a full and honest report from the IEBC (Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission) as soon as possible, and people need to believe it .... which will be difficult for disappointed voters.