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Kenya\u2019s new presidential election has been delayed to 26 October, after the country\u2019s polls commission sought more time to reform voting processes.<\/p>\n
The re-run had originally been scheduled for 17 October.<\/p>\n
The move came as President Uhuru Kenyatta accused the country\u2019s Supreme Court, which annulled the first vote, of staging a \u201ccoup\u201d against the people.<\/p>\n
Observers fear Kenya\u2019s political temperature is rising, reviving fears of political violence.<\/p>\n
Around 1,200 people died in clashes after a disputed 2007 presidential vote.<\/p>\n
\u201cA coup in Kenya has just been done by the four people in the Supreme Court,\u201d Mr Kenyatta said during a televised meeting with supporters.<\/p>\n
The election board said last month that Mr Kenyatta had won 54% of the vote on 8 August, against opposition leader Raila Odinga\u2019s 44%.<\/p>\n
But Mr Odinga went to court insisting he had been cheated of victory.<\/p>\n
The Supreme Court judges concluded that the poll was \u201cneither transparent or verifiable\u201d, and took the unprecedented step of annulling it on 1 September.<\/p>\n
The judges released their full comments on Wednesday, and lambasted the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) for mishandling the election.<\/p>\n
In response, the polling body said it needed more days to fix the issues that got the first vote annulled \u2013 and imposed a nine-day delay.<\/p>\n
The BBC\u2019s Alastair Leithead reports from the Kenyan capital that unless politicians tone down their rhetoric and control their supporters, tensions there could rise and protests might escalate.<\/p>\n
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Source: BBC<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
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