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| Kenyan Attorney General Amos Wako has called for an independent investigation into vote results that led to President Mwai Kibaki's disputed re-election. | |
| Mr Wako said on national television that "a proper tally of the valid certificates returned and confirmed should be undertaken immediately". | Mr Wako said on national television that "a proper tally of the valid certificates returned and confirmed should be undertaken immediately". |
| It came as police fired water cannon and tear gas at protesters in Nairobi. | It came as police fired water cannon and tear gas at protesters in Nairobi. |
| More than 300 people have been killed and at least 70,000 driven from their homes across Kenya since Sunday. | More than 300 people have been killed and at least 70,000 driven from their homes across Kenya since Sunday. |
| The violence was triggered by claims of vote rigging in the 27 December presidential election. | |
| Police dispersed opposition supporters on Thursday as they tried to hold a banned rally in the Kenyan capital. | |
| The Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) has claimed its leader Raila Odinga is the "people's president" and the true winner of last week's poll. | |
| Samuel Kivuitu, head of Kenya's election commission, told the BBC on Wednesday he could not say for sure if Mr Kibaki had won the poll fairly. |