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Kenya's police have clashed with protesters on the second day of opposition protests against last month's disputed elections. Kenya's police have fired into the air to disperse opposition supporters in cities across the country on the second day of protests against disputed polls.
Tear gas was fired at hundreds of demonstrators in Nairobi's Mathare slum, reports Reuters news agency. A BBC correspondent says two people have been shot in Nairobi's Kibera slum and there are clashes in Kisumu in the west as police try to clear barricades.
Opposition leader Raila Odinga has told the BBC that the international community should impose sanctions.Opposition leader Raila Odinga has told the BBC that the international community should impose sanctions.
He says that he was cheated of victory by President Mwai Kibaki. The European Parliament is to vote on an aid freeze. The European Parliament is due to vote on whether to freeze aid to Kenya.
On the first day of the protests on Wednesday, at least three people were killed.On the first day of the protests on Wednesday, at least three people were killed.
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The police have banned all public protests. More than 600 people have died in violence since Mr Kibaki was declared the victor.The police have banned all public protests. More than 600 people have died in violence since Mr Kibaki was declared the victor.
Mr Odinga is demanding a recount of the vote, saying he will stop disputing the result if it shows Mr Kibaki won.Mr Odinga is demanding a recount of the vote, saying he will stop disputing the result if it shows Mr Kibaki won.
He also said he was prepared to join a transitional coalition government under President Kibaki to organise a new presidential election within three or six months. "We are ready to enter into a transitional coalition government with Mr Kibaki which will create an enabling environment including a truly independent electoral commission for a rerun of the presidential elections within an agreed period of time, three months or six months from now," he told the BBC.
Live rounds 'Defying instructions'
In the western opposition stronghold of Kisumu two people were killed on Wednesday, when police broke up a rally of up to 1,000 demonstrators. The BBC's Noel Mwakugu in the capital, Nairobi, says there is also a standoff in the city's Mathare slum.
Protesters have been kept away from central Nairobi Youths are burning tires and barricades and police have been firing into the air in an attempt to clear them.
In an unconfirmed post to the BBC News website, a reader in the south-western town of Mbita Point said three people had been killed there in clashes with police. In the western opposition stronghold of Kisumu, where two people were killed on Wednesday, residents of Kondele slum set up barricades on a main highway, which officers have been trying to clear.
Mr Odinga's Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) tried to lead some demonstrators to Nairobi's central Uhuru (Freedom) Park but were blocked by riot police firing tear gas. Kisumu's most senior police officer, Grace Kahindi, told the BBC that local officers had ignored orders only to use tear gas and batons in putting down Wednesday's protests, but would be more closely supervised.
Unconfirmed reports from the city's Kibera slum suggest three protesters suffered gunshot wounds during demonstrations. "The specific instructions were very clear: teargas and batons. That's what we said. We're also trying to find out why because we were not there," she said.
"We are determined to continue with the fight," one of Mr Odinga's top allies, William Ruto, told reporters. But correspondents say gunshots can already be heard in different areas of the city.
"We will not allow Kibaki to make this country a dictatorship."
Police also broke up rallies in Eldoret, in the Rift Valley area worst hit by violence, and in the coastal resort of Mombasa and other towns.
UN aid appealUN aid appeal
The UN has launched a $34m humanitarian appeal for Kenya, to help those affected by the violence following the disputed election. As the EU decides whether to freeze aid, Mr Odinga called for tougher measures from the outside world.
Kenyan refugees have been receiving food aid in Uganda "Sanctions is one way of putting pressure on Mr Kibaki to know that it is not going to be business as usual with the rest of the world, unless and until he agrees to a peaceful resolution to this artificially instigated crisis," he said.
Meanwhile, the UN has launched a $34m humanitarian appeal for Kenya, to help those affected by the violence following the disputed election.
A quarter of a million people have left their homes and 6,000 have fled to neighbouring Uganda.A quarter of a million people have left their homes and 6,000 have fled to neighbouring Uganda.
Kenya was one of Africa's thriving economies and its bread basket has traditionally been the Rift Valley, where maize is grown, but the tribal violence there is affecting the country's ability to feed itself. Kenya is East Africa's most developed economy and its bread basket has traditionally been the Rift Valley, where maize is grown, but the ethnic violence there is affecting the country's ability to feed itself.
Sir John Holmes, the UN's Emergency Relief Coordinator, said the money the UN was seeking over the next six months would be mainly used for food aid.Sir John Holmes, the UN's Emergency Relief Coordinator, said the money the UN was seeking over the next six months would be mainly used for food aid.
"We then have an item of some $6.5m for emergency shelter, so the idea of this is to provide basic tents, plastic sheeting, for up to 100,000 people," he explained. "We then have an item of some $6.5m for emergency shelter, so the idea of this is to provide basic tents, plastic sheeting, for up to 100,000 people," he said.