Kenyan opposition leader Odinga calls for fresh elections

Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga has called for calm as a standoff over the country’s presidential election continues. <br /><br />Odinga withdrew from the race and his supporters boycotted Thursday’s rerun vote, causing turnout to plummet. <br />In response to outbreaks of violence, Kenya’s election board indefinitely delayed voting in many areas <br /><br />Now Odinga’s described the process as a circus and called for another contest within 90 days.<br /><br />“I think they were a sham (elections rerun of Oct 26) is the best way to describe them. I think they were really not elections… The turnout is 3.5 million but he has already scored 7.2 million that basically adds to what you can call a sham election, shambolic you’d call them,” said Odinga.<br /><br />Odinga’s withdrawal from the contest means Kenyans are eagerly waiting for the final turnout figures rather than the result.<br /><br />It’s certain President Uhuru Kenyatta’s hopes for a decisive mandate have been severely damaged.<br /><br />Now anger surrounding the ballot could risks sparking further deadly violence between rival ethnic groups.<br />