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Scores of people have been killed across Kenya in violence blamed on the disputed presidential election. Nearly 100 people have been killed across Kenya in violence blamed on the disputed presidential election.
A BBC reporter has seen 43 bodies with gunshot wounds in a mortuary in the opposition stronghold of Kisumu. A witness said police shot protesters. A BBC reporter at a mortuary in the opposition stronghold of Kisumu saw 43 bodies with gunshot wounds. A witness said police had shot protesters.
There have been running battles in Nairobi slums. The local KTN television station says 124 have died nationwide. There were running battles in Nairobi slums, and violence was reported in the coastal town of Mombassa.
President Mwai Kibaki has been declared the winner but Raila Odinga says he was robbed of victory by election fraud. Mwai Kibaki was officially re-elected president while Raila Odinga says he was robbed of victory by voting fraud.
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There have been violent clashes in slums in the resort town of Mombasa and several other towns around the country. Mr Odinga has called for a million-strong rally by supporters in Nairobi on Thursday.
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The AFP news agency quotes police as saying that 40 people have been killed in Nairobi. Police banned his supporters from holding a mass alternative inauguration ceremony in the centre of the capital on Monday, a day after Mr Kibaki was sworn into office again.
There have been running battles in the slum of Kibera, between police firing live rounds and teargas and protesters armed with clubs and machetes. Shortly after first light, thousands of angry Odinga supporters had started setting fire to buildings in Nairobi's vast Kibera slum while gangs of youths blockaded a nearby main road.
Large numbers of paramilitary police have been put on stand-by by the government. Police fired live rounds and tear gas at protesters armed with clubs and machetes, and residents were allegedly warned to stay indoors or be shot.
In other developments: In the coastal town of Mombassa, angry crowds on the streets set fire to cars and buildings and at one point hundreds of frightened tourists were trapped at the airport, unable to leave by plane or road.
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  • European Union election observers have raised doubts about the officially announced results
  • The government has banned live broadcasts linked to the election
  • The police have banned a planned alternative inauguration ceremony to be held in central Nairobi for Mr Odinga
  • The police have urged people to stay away from central Nairobi
  • Mr Odinga said there was no difference between Mr Kibaki and "military dictators who have seized power through the barrel of the gun"
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Those killed in Kisumu include two women and three children, reports the BBC's Noel Mwakugu.
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An eye-witness told him that police fired indiscriminately, even after the protesters started running away in the Kisumu suburbs of Manyatta and Nyamasira.
  • The US embassy in Nairobi voiced concern at "serious problems" with the vote-counting process hours after Washington congratulated Mwai Kibaki
  • European Union election observers raised doubts about the officially announced results
  • The government banned live broadcasts linked to the election
    • 'Peaceful mass action'
    Mr Odinga said he and his colleagues would not be intimidated by violence, and he urged people to join mass, peaceful protests at the election result.
    OFFICIAL RESULTS Mwai Kibaki (pictured): 4,584,721 votesRaila Odinga: 4,352,993Kalonzo Musyoka: 879,903 Kibaki: Dream or nightmare?Odinga: King-makerOFFICIAL RESULTS Mwai Kibaki (pictured): 4,584,721 votesRaila Odinga: 4,352,993Kalonzo Musyoka: 879,903 Kibaki: Dream or nightmare?Odinga: King-maker
    "We are calling our people to conduct themselves constitutionally and we are therefore going to call for mass action countrywide, peaceful mass action, peaceful demonstrations," he said.
    Those killed in Kisumu include two women and three children, the BBC's Noel Mwakugu reports.
    Police fired indiscriminately, even after the protesters started running away in the Kisumu suburbs of Manyatta and Nyamasira, an eye-witness told him.
    Local police chief Grace Kahindi said she had no knowledge of any deaths.Local police chief Grace Kahindi said she had no knowledge of any deaths.
    A daytime curfew (0600-1800 local time, 0300-1500 GMT) has been imposed in the town. A daytime curfew (0600-1800 local time, 0300-1500 GMT) was imposed in the town.
    "Police have been ordered to shoot violators," an unnamed senior police official told AFP. In Nairobi, the national police chief, Maj Gen Hussein Ali, warned that "nobody in the country [would] be allowed to take the law into their own hands to visit death and destruction on anybody else".
    There have also reports of trouble in Bungoma, Busia, Eldoret, Kericho and Kakamega. Trouble also flared up in Bungoma, Busia, Eldoret, Kericho and Kakamega, reports say.
    The violence was stoked by opposition claims that the results were rigged. Some of the violence took an ethnic dimension with the Luo community seen as pro-Odinga and the Kikuyus viewed as Kibaki supporters.
    Some of the violence has taken an ethnic dimension.
    The Luo community are seen as pro-Odinga, while the Kikuyus are seen as supporters of Mr Kibaki.
    AFP reports that supporters of the president have been celebrating in the streets of towns in the Central Province - Mr Kibaki's home region.
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    The police have cordoned off Nairobi's Uhuru Park, where Mr Odinga's supporters had planned to hold a rival swearing-in ceremony. European Union monitors were barred from counting centres in the Central Province, chief EU election observer Alexander Graf Lambsdorff told the BBC.
    The police have warned officials of Mr Odinga's Orange Democratic Movement they will be arrested if they turn up. HAVE YOUR SAY It's a sad day for democracy in Kenya Arthur, Nairobi class="" href="http://newsforums.bbc.co.uk/nol/thread.jspa?forumID=3991&edition=1">Send us your comments
    HAVE YOUR SAY It's a sad day for democracy in Kenya Arthur, Nairobi class="" href="http://newsforums.bbc.co.uk/nol/thread.jspa?forumID=3991&edition=1">Send us your comments Chief EU election observer Alexander Graf Lambsdorff told the BBC that his monitors had been barred from counting centres in the Central Province. Results declared by the electoral commission in Nairobi from one constituency differed from those announced locally, he said.
    He also said that results from one constituency had been declared by the Electoral Commission of Kenya in Nairobi, which were different from those announced in the same constituency at local level. He reported seeing altered voting forms where "all the changes favoured the same candidate".
    He said the anomalies amounted to 20,000-25,000 votes in just one constituency. Anomalies amounted to 20,000-25,000 votes in one constituency alone, he continued.
    Mr Kibaki's national margin of victory was 230,000 votes.Mr Kibaki's national margin of victory was 230,000 votes.
    "I myself have seen forms which have been changed and no-one could tell me who had done the changes," he said. Elections chief Samuel Kivuitu has admitted some problems, including a reported voter turnout of 115% in one constituency, the Associated Press reports.
    "Interestingly enough, all the changes favoured the same candidate."
    Elections chief Samuel Kivuitu has admitted some problems, including a reported voter turnout of 115% in one constituency, reports the AP news agency.
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