Opposition Stronghold: Supreme Court and Voter Turnout

opposition stronghold: While most of Kenya was peaceful, voter turnout was relatively low even in some regions considered to be strongholds for President Uhuru Kenyatta, who was declared the winner of an Aug. 8 election that later was nullified by the Supreme Court in a decision seen as precedent-setting for Africa, according to CTV. Polling stations in some areas supporting opposition leader Raila Odinga didn't open at all because of sporadic unrest in which police fired bullets and tear gas at stone-throwing protesters who heeded his call for a boycott and maintained the election was not credible. At least four people were killed. Voting in four counties, including the opposition stronghold of Kisumu, will be held Saturday, said Wafula Chebukati, chairman of Kenya's electoral commission. It said another person was shot dead in Homa Bay in western Kenya when hundreds of people tried to force their way into a police base. A police statement late Thursday said one person died of a gunshot wound in Kisumu County when about 300 people stormed into a vote counting centre. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.