NAIROBI, Kenya — Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga was greeted in the city's Kibera slum Sunday afternoon with roars of "Baba" (Papa) and "No Raila, No Peace," after a weekend of violent street demonstrations that left at least 24 dead and 100 more injured. Surrounded by thousands of supporters, Odinga called on his base to await further marching orders in their boycott against what his campaign calls "sham presidential results."The embattled four-time presidential candidate doubled down on his party's claims of election fraud and struck out at newly re-elected President Uhuru Kenyatta's government, further stoking fears that the violence that engulfed Nairobi's largest slums over the weekend will spread beyond Odinga strongholds."People are willing to die" in the demonstrations, said Morris Onyango, 43, in Kibera. "We believe the tallying was rigged."The fight against the so-called stolen election, held on Aug. 8, turned bloody on Saturday as protesters and looters faced blasts of tear gas and live rounds as police cordoned off both slums. Odinga declared Monday a day of mourning to honor those who died on Saturday.Continue reading on VICE NEWS.
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