Police: Nasa anti-IEBC protests claim four lives in October

NAIROBI, KENYA: Police Friday said four Kenyans lost their lives in anti-Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission protests called by National Super Alliance Coalition (NASA).

Police spokesman George Kinoti said the deaths happened between October 2 and 16.

“Four civilians have been killed, seven arrested and 10 officers injured in NASA anti-IEBC demos between October 2 and 16.”

Following the nullification of August 8 presidential election by Kenya’s Supreme Court, Nasa supporters have been on the streets demanding reforms at IEBC which include resignation of top officials at the electoral body.

The opposition has vowed to peacefully march to the electoral agency's offices to force its top officials to resign for bungling the August vote.

The National Super Alliance (NASA) has also accused the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission of failing to adequately address the concerns it had raised as 'irreducible minimums', protesting that the commission was proceeding with business as usual without any accountability.

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NASA has however paused the demonstrations only promising a bigger protest on October 26.

Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch said on October 16 that the police killed at least 33 people in Nairobi during a crackdown following elections in August.

Excessive force by police against protesters and residents in strongholds of opposition leader Raila Odinga caused the deaths in Nairobi, the report said. 

Police have however denied the Amnesty's report.