POLICE KILL TWO AFTER RE- ELECTION OF KENYATTA IS DECLARED VALID
Kenya’s supreme court upheld Uhuru Kenyatta’s contentious re- election as president Monday, a ruling that triggered fresh bloodshed and seemed all but certain to deepen the country’s protracted political crisis.
Two were killed as police opened fire on opposition protesters, increasing the death toll since Friday to 17.
Having overturned Kenyatta’s first election victory in August, the court’s endorsement of the rerun might once have calmed tensions in a country that was among Africa’s most stable.