24 Kenyans killed in violence after vote

Violence has intensified in Kenya, with at least 24 people were killed in the country yesterday, including a nine-year-old girl, as outrage over the disputed reelection of President Uhuru Kenyatta unleashed the country’s worst political violence in a decade.

In the slums of Nairobi, police fired tear gas and live ammunition as they attempted to prevent supporters of Raila Odinga, the defeated presidential candidate, from marching on a park in the centre of Kenya’s capital.

Violence also erupted in west Kenya as the opposition — which refused to concede defeat in Tuesday’s election — claimed that more than 100 people had been killed.