last week raila odinga withdrew from the vote claiming the rerun will be worse than the previous one, earlier today a senior member of kenya electoral commission fled to the u.s. due to death threats ahead of the election. mean whale the chairman of the commission conceded that he couldn't guarantee the election would be fair. joining me now to talk about the constitutional crisis looming over kenya is salim loan, he is the senior advisor to raila odingo and former director of the united nations news and media division under coffin a nan. welcome. >> great to be here. >> so explain to me right now how does mr. odinga feel about a, the possibility of a new election? is he going to, is he aing it that or no. >> no, he has cat gorically stated in the last few weeks that he would only participate in the election if some changes were made that were demanded by the supreme court when it annulled the election swrz so what would satisfy him and you? >> well, i'm not important. it is him and the ken quan people. this election, as you said, was riddled with fraud from end-to-end. so much so tha

these are supporters of the main opposition leader, raila odinga, and his principles. they are protesting under the slogan, no elections, no reforms. they feel until they have reformed, that is when they can go into an election. the main opposition has called for protests tomorrow so we expect to see people on the streets. were we expect to see no people on the streets, because it could be a situation that happened on the august 8 election when the opposition leader called for a strike and no work to boycott work and no one actually follow through with that demand. it is a wait and see to see how kenyans react to this issue. but most to go on the street are those who support the main opposition. brent: our correspondent in nairobi tonight. thank you very much. voters in liberia have taken part in a landmark election. the ballot could mark the first peaceful handover of power between elected governments in the west african country in over seven decades. the president is stepping down after 12 years in office. the final results of the first round are due within two weeks

well looking at some of what raila odinga said impostors we expected him to say very much the same that no reforms the will be no election he's looking for reforms from the independent electoral are bound his commission around how it will conduct these elections if you remember back to the supreme court ruling off to the oldest eight elections it had ruled that that the elections they've been irregularities in how the vote count the vote had been counted and this is of course is off to raila odinga and the national support alliance had made claims of vote rigging at that time but now he's withdrawn from this rerun that the supreme court has scheduled a while rather the i.v.c. also is scheduled for october twenty sixth and that's just in ten days time his supporters here are happy with his withdrawal and they're also looking for support around upcoming protests the the opposition says it will continue with protests in the days leading up to the election in the week after next and people here appear ready to heed that call and this is why the opposition is saying it can't be discounted to

for the moment we will leave it in kisumu, the stronghold of opposition leader raila odinga. the polls are open and we will be covering that vote as things progress on bbc world news. now, we have seen many of them in some of the world's biggest cities — i'm talking about concrete anti—terror blocks. they may well be a part our new reality, but to some, they are an eyesore. that is also the view of one man from a danish gardening company. but, as you will see, he has been doing something about it. you can have the anti—terrorist activity, and it can be fun for the kids. copenhagen has these concrete blocks to stop terrorist attacks with trucks all around the city, and this project is basically about covering them up with benches, bike racks. i am educated as an architect, and i am an urban gardener and urban farmer for a living. so this is the design we came up with. from the two blocks, we put the bench which goes like this, and we will have the flowers here on top. and then over here we will make a small climbing wall, so children or adults that like to have fun can c

opposition leader raila odinga has failed to stop it happening — and now wants a boycott. that means president uhuru kenyatta is certain to win. what's not certain is how kenyans will react to that. more moments of huge importance in china. xijinping appears to be looking beyond another five years in power. bbc chinese tell us how we know. the bbc has lodged an urgent complaint at the united nations against iran over its treatment of bbc persian staff. one of my colleagues from bbc persian on set to give us their first hand account. and we'll look at how a small business in the us state of montana, secured a contract worth hundreds of millions of dollars, to rebuild puerto rico's power network. the kenyan election will go ahead. the kenyan election will go ahead. the polls open on thursday morning. the polls open on thursday morning. the supreme court was supposed to rule on a petition to support in the vote, but five out of the seven judges didn't show up for the hearing earlier which brought us to this point. that leads us the only judges present. that is the two of us.

again it's been very divided if you ask supporters of raila odinga they will say that's his point is absolutely moot because of course did question the process by which he was declared we know it therefore means that we cannot validate his victory in august but again his supporters have a very different point of view if anything they're probably going to be. getting ready now preparing for us wearing in and that certainly seems to be what is happening as far as the government is concerned president who cannot or did say that he is willing to speak to an opposition leader raila odinga but only after he has exhausted all his legal means and is out what happens next so they go to the lawyers that's what we expect but we're yet to hear from opposition leader raila odinga he was meant to speak earlier today he has not done so but he did issue a statement saying that he'll be speaking to the country tomorrow at ten a.m. and it's only after that that we can determine what course this you know very unique chapter in kenya's history will take a man in nairobi thank you. this is d.w. news live

correspondent: 4000 miles away, raila odinga is giving interviews during a visit to london. he argues his withdrawal from the election means it should be canceled. >> if it goes ahead, it will not be an election, it will be a selection. kenya should wait for proper elections. correspondent: but with e electoral commission saying the vote will go ahead without odinga, all points to an uncertain future. sarah: time now for some news for football. a coach returning to bayern munich, but expectations are high considering that bayern won a trouble of credit -- trouble trophies when he was in charge of the club. now looking at how bavarians are reacting to him back in charge. correspondent: yes, he is back. the star player and the club's sports director along for the ride at the promotion, but maybe the time might have been better spent preparing for freiburg. >> we do not have much time to experiment, but i have clear ideas. correspondent: clear ideas may become caught that because of the international break last week, those in the squad have not had many hours working as one. fi

odinga calls on supporters to boycott the vote opposition backers take to the streets protesting after the supreme court threw out a petition to delay the poll where in kenya with the latest also coming up a german human rights organizer goes on trial in turkey his case another flashpoint in an already strained relations between berlin and uncorrupt and the german president talk about the shrine meyer says he wants better ties between berlin and moscow steinmeyer meets with president vladimir putin as part of his visit to russia i'll ask our correspondent there what kind of reception he received. as a pleasure to have you along i'm well iraq we want to start off in kenya where the supreme court has dismissed a last minute petition to delay thursday's highly controversial presidential election the chief justice says not enough judge just turned up to hear the petition the now. means that tomorrow's vote will go ahead as scheduled president kenyatta defended the decision to hold the poll saying every kenyan whether they decide to vote or not is protected by the country's constitution but

nairobi in fact and that is the opposition leader raila odinga so we've been saying that we do expect him to speak and i believe they're heroes right now and the world be speaking on where he stands on the election that is scheduled now to take place in kenya on thursday that is according to the electoral commission chairman who was speaking a few hours ago let's listen in. the over. the years. ok so that's a run from it are you still with us. if i mean if you can hear me right loading guy speaking right now in nairobi as i'm saying we've been expecting him to to come out and and say we're just just can you set the scene tell us what you know off where exactly he is and what's going on right now. well the radio dingo had promised to make a big announcement on wednesday the day before the election we know that the the opposition the national super lion has continually said that the he's a sham election that you need a railroad to go both participate because of the supreme court ruling we had in september where it's had a no the election based on a what if i mean i let me just jump in t

and last week, this man, the opposition leader raila odinga pulled out of the vote. and now the kenyan electoral commission is warning it can't guarantee that the poll will be credible. under such conditions it is difficult to guarantee a free, fair and credible election. we have had critical changes, free, fair and critical changes, free, fair and critical elections will be compromised. the commissioner went on to say that his attempts to reform the organisation have been blocked. and he urged political leaders to stop interfering in the process. the atmosphere is so tense that a senior member of the electoral commission has fled to the us because of death threats. she spoke to the bbc from new york. you know, i have been agonising for months now about my role at the commission, and my effectiveness at the commission and my safety, actually, and security. and i reached a decision after visiting four counties across the country and seeing my staff, i realise we're in a ditch —— difficult situation, preparing one election. it's a complicated situation — we've as

odinga withdrawing from the election certainly has made an impact in and could possibly be grounds for any sort of. further opposition to the election that's taken place we don't know what the opposition will do next raila odinga has said that his national super alliance will now be a resistance movement he hasn't given very much detail about the way forward or what that entails and if he would indeed take any specific legal action to contest this vote that happened a day ago but with a turnout of just over thirty four percent there is concern around the elections legitimacy. and whatever i mean we expect of course who kenya afterworld will take up his post as the incumbent president but it does mean doesn't that house of the country around half of the country half of kenyans have either not voted or have voted for ryder adding. well in staying away from the polls we have seen of course there is a significant amount of support for raila odinga in the last election there was an eighty percent turnout we know that election is that it's been allowed but you know of course this is very imp

odinga urged his supporters to boycott the. election and called for a new vote within ninety days he also said his opposition movement will be transformed into a resistance movement against the government opposition supporters have been protesting in a number of cities around kenya where they've been calling for the vote to be postponed their state election is a rerun of polls nullified by the supreme court a month ago. sadly since then dozens have been killed in election related violence dual use counted on wando joins me now from the kenyan capital nairobi she has extensively covered this story catherine the chief of the electoral law commission says the vote is going to go ahead no matter what how do you justify this decision well the electoral commission has always said that it was operationally ready to prepare an election although it did have hiccups prior to the announcement last week so they say that they have the materials that are needed they have the stuff that i needed to go to all the polling stations and basically

i'm burnt president to who kenyatta will remain in power the opposition leader raila odinga not only boycotted the election but said his party will now be the voice of the resistance at least four people have been shot dead after violence broke out between his supporters and the police for kenya's election commission says more than one in ten polling stations failed to open because of what it called security challenges more than six and a half million kenyans cast their ballots on thursday that's under thirty five percent of all registered voters and compare that with turnout in the august election that was around eighty percent or nearly fifteen million voters while. nearly thirty six thousand polling stations actually opened more than five thousand polling stations did not a voting has had to be postponed in four separate counties in the western part of the country the elections there will be held on saturday in houma bay kisumu me gori and cia are for me to miller has the latest now from the capital nairobi. well hearing what kenyans have said up to this point there certainly is c

odinga so let's talk about the the opposition what else are we hearing about. his plans for his supporters going forward. well the the media's focus are these outstanding elections that are due to take place on saturday that's according to the electoral commission regarding that raila odinga has said that people should continue boycotting the polls and the poor turnout is also representative of the lack of confidence kenya has in a president who are kenyatta that may not necessarily be the case certainly there were more than eight million people who voted for kenyatta in the now an old august election but beyond these elections we don't know if they're loading the will take legal action a few weeks ago in september he had said that he wouldn't take legal action with regard to the election there took place in august he later turned around and that he did. he did proceed to the supreme court so we don't know what his stance might be going forward he certainly has made mention of this resistance movement but what form that will actually take can be said raila odin

all three unconstitutionally and that he raila odinga has now embarked on what you call a come pain for electoral justice he is not is not only in kenya but the whole of africa and he wants to achieve that by calling on his supporters to prod and pick at and also court products from companies belonging to present who have not ours well as people in his do you believe parity this is what you have to say. this illusion. must know it stuns. if the loudest turns. mockery of the listeners. be the end of the vote as a means of instituting a government in kenya. will completely destroy the public confidence in the vote this is a. turn on to vote. with determined outcomes many many kenyans want to be encouraged by the comments of raila odinga people want to move forward it's been a long electioneering process in kenya one marked by violent protest talks on judges as well as verbal threats to electoral commission staff but this process is set to be even longer and more painful being a continues with ease and compromising stand thanks very much. still to come here on al-jazeera. the talks in a st

odinga so if these promises are to believe we are going to see an increase in protests in coming days the opposition has said that there's no way they'll be election later this month than this these protests could possibly be part of that campaign in terms of the instability that ricin with regard to the political situation in kenya at the moment where we're now getting kyra see i gather from the parliament in the course is the way forward. but when these decisions of course come or questions about any election rerun on the twenty sixth. well there certainly are more questions than answers at the moment even when we look at the amendments that were passed by parliament with regard to the electoral laws there is no certainty if indeed those amendments will apply to the opposition leader raila odinga his withdrawal which happened a day ago these amendments would allow for our president to work and we are to be declared the winner because a dinner with true but of course the may not be able to the may not happen retrospectively also one of the other issues is that of the high court which

odinga so yes he will not accept the results of the election but were released on monday evening and the president who can is in office illegally he says he has now embarked on what he calls a complete for electrode justice and he says he will achieve that by calling on his supporters to come out and protest picket them court goods and services to companies all the presidents from delhi and also all other people allied to his dibley party this is what reloading god to say this illusion. must not stand. if allowed to turn. complete mockery of illusions. and of the bollocks as a means of instituting a government in kenya. will completely destroy the public confidence in the vote this will not turn out to vote. with determined outcomes. comments will not come as any consolation to many kenyans who want to move forward and leave the whole process behind them it's been a moan electoral process we've been hearing of this election since june this year and it's been a process marked with violent protests attacks on judges and threats to the electoral commission staff all the signs of a count

a mile away, opposition leader, raila odinga, was being greeted like a conquering hero. calling on his supporters to become a resistance movement. a mile away, opposition leader, raila odinga, was being greeted like a conquering hero. calling on his supporters to become a resistance movement. and oppose what he called a dictatorship. so what do we do, what do we do tomorrow? what should we do tomorrow, he asked them. no elections, they shouted. and kept shouting. but the polling boxes are being delivered and tonight president kenyatta pledged to enforce security laws. to step aside them is to step into anarchy. and as president of this great republic, sworn to defend constitutional order, i will not let that happen. it's a promise that will be hard to keep in opposition strongholds like this, where children run the gauntlet between demonstrators and police. fergal keane, bbc news, kenya. an independent review has found that energy costs in britain are too high. the report, commissioned by the government, says households aren't benefiting, from falling wholesale prices. t

odinga. the rally that the national super alliance started earlier in the afternoon in nairobi are there was some confusion whether or not that would happen based on permission given we remember previously the protests that the opposition staged was stopped by police because there was a ban and that ban was later left and so we are expecting to hear from raila odinga before the end of the day he previously said that his supporters should boycott those polls and we have seen difficulties in some opposition strongholds where there's been difficulty in the delivery of ballot boxes any ballots or any in a toral material and it's called into question whether or not elections even happen in some of those areas the government has said that if the elections are prevented at any point they would deal with that severely so we are waiting to see exactly what stance the opposition would take just hours before the sarabi controversial election that's due to take place on thursday ok from as a miller we th

these views are from the group of the luer and raila odinga. they believe the kikuyu majority wants to marginalize them. what ann't election that is already rate. we want a free and fair it -- already rigged. we want a free and fair election. >> election is not going to happen. fergal: in this volatile atmosphere, it is hard to imagine free and fair elections taking place in opposition strongholds like this. , there will be serious doubts over the legitimacy of the results, certainly for those who support raila odinga. this is in part by dynastic struggle. kenya's first postcolonial leader was the president's father. the idea was to banish tribalism, but the dream fell away over one-party rule and cronyism. now recent democratic progress is under threat. thursday,ns on kenya's democratic future. a lot of blood has been spilled and labor has been expended by kenyans to achieve the democratic traditions that we have. it is not just about an election, or a pf of an election. it is about kenya's democratic future. fergal: the escalating tension is

a mile away, opposition leader raila odinga was being treated like a conquering hero. he called on supporters to become a resistance movement, and oppose what he calls a dictatorship. "what should we do tomorrow?" he asked them. "no elections," they shouted. but the polling boxes are being delivered, and tonight, president kenyatta pledged to and president kenyatta pledged to enforce security laws. president kenyatta: to step aside them is to step into anarchy, and as president of this great republic, sworn to defend constitutional order, i will not let that happen. fergal: it is a promise that will be hard to keep in opposition strongholds like this, where children run the gauntlet between demonstrators and police. fergal keane, bbc news, kenya. jane: other news now -- the bbc has accused iran of waging a sustained campaign of harassment and persecution against the staff and families of its persian service. iranian authorities initiated a criminal investigation into 152 bbc persian staff, former staff, and contributors. iran claims a conspiracy against national securi

odinga said he was pulling out of the rerun of the presidential election. last month, kenya supreme court canceled an apparent victory i the incumbent, kenyatta, in the original vote in august. reporter: tear gas filled the streets of nairobi as kenya sinks deeper into political crisis. police dispersed hundreds of protesters who came to ask for reforms, and for opposition leader raila odinga. >> next week, we are going to come from monday to monday until they are out of office, or we will not declare him president. he will not impose himself on us. genie: in the odinga stronghold city, several people were injured with clashes with police. day after odinga announced he would not participate in the rerun of presidential election scheduled october 26. the first vote gave the incumbent president a second presidential term, but it was nullified the supreme court for a series of procedural failures. has launchedent the country into uncharted waters. that ought to be expected. what we could not have expected countries citizens divided in the desire for free and f

opposition leader raila odinga is set to address supporters shortly. supreme court justice david marengo had this to say. justice: with due apologies to all the parties, this matter cannot proceed to a hearing this morning. rochelle: let's get the latest with julia, standing by in nairobi. julia, talk us through the you are.ming out where how is this decision going down? we appear toave lost our correspondent. we hope to connect with her in a short time. we can takeld news, you to china, where president xi jinping has formally kicked off his second term, vowing to lead his nation into a new era. world'ser of the second-largest economy also unveiled new members of the country's most powerful policymaking body, the politburo standing committee. nobody has been named to succeed think tank. xi.to succeed does the main outcome of the standing committee is there is no clear heir or challenger to xi jinping. all the members announced will be going to retire in five years at the latest. willthis mean xi jinping remain in power and five years? at this point, we

but opposition leader raila odinga has pulled out of the re—run, calling it a sham. well all this uncertainty has put the country on edge. this tweet from a journalist with kenya's ntv station: ms mwilu was one of four supreme courtjudges who voted to annul mr kenyatta's win in august. she was not in the car at the time. and this was earlier in the western city of kisumu— when hundreds of supporters of odingya took to the streets to protest against the planned re—run. just a taste of what's been going on in kenya for weeks. here's sophie again on what the security situation looks like ahead of thursday's possible vote. as we speak, security has been beefed up across the country. officials have been accorded security and the internal security minister has assured kenyans that no military will be deployed in any area during this poll. raila odinga, the opposition leader, has called on his supporters to boycott the poll, but he also added a line, boycott the poll but do not leave your home is. so we all wait to find out what the supreme court's ruling will be tomorr

a mile away, opposition leader raila odinga was being greeted like a conquering hero, calling on his supporters to become a resistance movement and oppose what he called a dictatorship. so what do we do, what do we do tomorrow? "what should we do tomorrow?" he asked them. "no elections," they shouted, and kept shouting. but the polling boxes are being delivered and tonight, president kenyatta pledged to enforce security laws. to step aside them is to step into anarchy. and as president of this great republic, sworn to defend constitutional order, i will not let that happen. it's a promise that will be hard to keep in opposition strongholds like this, where children run the gauntlet between demonstrators and police. fergal keane, bbc news, kenya. let's take a look at some of the other stories making the news. brazil's president, michel temer, will not face a supreme court trial for corruption after the lower house of congress rejected charges filed by prosecutors. earlier, mr temer was taken to hospital ahead of the vote after feeling unwell. mr temer is accused of obstruction ofjusti

a mile away, opposition leader raila odinga was being greeted like a conquering hero. calling on his supporters to become a resistance movement. and oppose what he called a dictatorship. so what do we do, what do we do tomorrow? "what should we do tomorrow?" he asked them. "no elections," they shouted, and kept shouting. but the polling boxes are being delivered and tonight, president kenyatta pledged to enforce security laws. to step aside them is to step into anarchy. and as president of this great republic, sworn to defend constitutional order, i will not let that happen. it's a promise that will be hard to keep in opposition strongholds like this, where children run the gauntlet between demonstrators and police. fergal keane, bbc news, kenya. the british government's made it clear there will be a vote in parliament before britain leaves the european union. it follows some confusion after the brexit secretary, david davis, suggested a vote on a final deal might have to take place after the uk officially leaves in march 2019. our deputy political editor john pienaar

raila odinga supporters bailey needed any prompting to return to the streets. they're demonstrating against kenya's electoral commission which they believe won't conduct a free and fair rerun of august election. but holding a supporters are divided on him dropping out of the race i think a claim which he lost was great the supreme court laid to rule they'd been irregularities and how the vote was counted and incumbent and should stand in new elections you cannot go to an election has credibility. i think of what i think are the best option but we are not but. because of the pressure so we are out there was just that we are not happy to police earlier flights here against the protesters and then. nairobi was. adamant they only reforms. election. kenya's constitution is not clear on what happens once a candidate with flows from everyone but parliament has now passed amendments to electoral laws that could allow can to be named the winner. twenty six and the president has about spades i mean. that it's very easy to say that we'll have a president with a mind of th

results with out certain polling stations opening and as well as the withdrawal of opposition leader raila odinga from the election does create a number of questions around legitimacy and activist rather activist has already taken the electoral commissioner to the supreme court demanding that the. nullify the rerun saying that it wasn't legitimate and it didn't provoke constitutional requirements based on opposition leader raila odinga withdrawing from the race for let's go live now to another of our correspondents in kenya katherine sawyer she's actually in the opposition heartland in consumer in the western part of kenya which of course katherine is the part of the country that hasn't voted at all do we think that the exercise of this presidential election rerun will go ahead in these four counties in the west of the country. very unlikely marty and let me just start by telling you the situation things here in soon when the other three counties that we're talking about have significantly calmed down since the electoral commission announced the suspension of this election a lot of people

odinga withdrawing from the race. so here at al-jazeera israeli settlers are accused of violence by palestinian all of those in the occupied west bank. that's where we live in myanmar find out what's happening to farm land owned by red hinges led violence in the country. with. with. with. hello there we have plenty of sunshine and plenty of showers for the southeast and parts of asia at the moment on the satellite picture there you can see this area of cloud here that's working its way into the food and parts of it now that's giving us a period of more prolonged rain there and it's likely that this weather feature is going to stick around as we head through sunday as well so for some of us here we can expect some more rather heavy outbreaks of rain that might stick around a little bit longer than you might like them further towards the south also some showers here but in between the showers there should be some sunshine coming through and that extends all the way down towards java as well so jakarta is likely to catch

opposition leader raila odinga is leading the company to discredit that. i think. is the best way to describe. i think really no elections no one. you know because of the turnout. because you know from the record of. the kim skids we had then to fill. the void three point five million people but it pitted in the so-called election on thursday. it was on the ballot of and voyeurs declared that he would play no part in the run up to the repeat election but to get demanded the electoral commission make reforms that he believed necessary to avoid previous mistakes that did not happen the election commission has promised. vaulting will take place in twenty five constituencies in western kenya where security fears and violence prevented polling from taking place with voting incomplete it's unclear whether the commission would wait or declare victory. it's violence between can now turn right in a supposed is the most kenyans consigned in nairobi scalding water as members of canal to. stand over the remains of their houses and shops of clashes with supporters. both sides w

that criticism is not necessarily being listened to by raila odinga's supporters. here's nancy kacungira. his words were that he thinks this election, supposed to be held october 26, will be worse than the first one, on august the 8th, in which the supreme court annulled it and said that there were too many things that went on wrong and this has to be done again. so, raila odinga is saying he does not have enough faith that the rerun will actually be better than the first try. the reasons for this, according to this, are that we have not solved the initial problem. he says the supreme court clearly said there we re supreme court clearly said there were some issues supreme court clearly said there were some issues and the electoral body was involved in that. some of the things that she called for work ina the things that she called for work in a reshuffle, they want some of the tenders given to different countries. and the electoral commission thinks of that? so far, they have said that they are going to analyse the way forward and get back to you. it doesn't necess

the call by raila odinga and his supporters and those not just his supporters those who insist on fair elections to these elections if succeeded one hundred percent we have nineteen point six million registered voters in terms of the electronic what identification machines it appears there are only three point five million voters who are identified that is way less than twenty percent we don't have of course an electron in an electoral body that is showing as a share and that figure is inflate the inflated to about seven point eight million merely to show that perhaps there were a number of people who voted but everyone saw the empty president who cannot or does not have legitimate monday it to be president you cannot have amended win more than win over almost three quarters of the illiterate court in the end it was not just a boycott it was a vote of no confidence in the literal body of work no confidence in the presidency and the need to have legitimate elections let me bring agnes and because i want to talk about some of the rhetoric so you heard a saying that you know it doesn't ha

odinga at many polling stations voting did go on as normal even if in lower numbers compared to orcus election day in the ghettos that we have survived that where we have seen people being intimidated in some parts of the country or it is not a very good thing in terms of transparency to see video of the process while incumbent president to work in yard is assured of victory there's concern that some of his jubilee party supporters may stay home guaranteeing a low voter turnout by mid day at this polling station in kenya home county of. less than a half of registered voters had cost the ballot. in organise this polling station had long queues this time despite the area being a governing party stronghold far fewer voters have turned up. with potentially six million opposition supporters staying away analysts say a poor voter turnout and the conduct of the electoral commission could impact the legitimacy of the selection. for media miller al-jazeera nairobi let's cross now to al-jazeera mohammed oh he's in nairobi forests and mo sadly there has been some violence give us the latest on t

odinga the opposition leader of course has called for a boycott from his supporters and he reiterated that message on the day before the polls opening we also heard from our president kenyatta he addressed kenyans saying that this would be an opportunity to show the world that the country is united united rather peaceful and a democratic nation a modern democratic nation if we look back over events of the last couple of my arms. president kenyatta again used his address late on wednesday to say he remain puzzled about why the supreme court had and now the lection back in august but essentially can win kenyans should abide by the rule of law and the constitution saying this was an opportunity for the country and to show off how democratic it is to the people here are definitely eager to exercise their right to vote. we don't know if any opposition or supporters would come out to vote but certainly the message from raila odinga is that people should stay home indeed in the weeks since the moment of the first presidential. election itself the media we've seen demonstrations we've seen pe

odinga to boycott the election very much the focus will be going forward will be on the elections that are outstanding in some of those place also other areas where they weren't able to open polling stations due to a number of reasons not just the protests or the clashes that we saw between protesters and police at various points in the country especially in the western part of kenya speaking to kenyans in recent weeks many of them want to move forward there they're tired of being in this eternal election cycle and they wanted to come to an end now looking at this process been extended because of outstanding polling stations this certainly of frustration and that will add to the sort of polarized country that we're seeing when we look at people supporting the opposition and the incumbent president raila odinga bernie has become the first country to withdraw from the international criminal court the pullout takes effect on friday a year after it notified the united nations of its intention to leave the policy accusations that the court focuses too much on africa the i.c.c. says the with

the rerun was marred by violent protests when opposition leader raila odinga and his national super alliance party boycotted the election preventing at least one point eight million kenyans in opposition strongholds from voting. in total at least twelve million kenyans stayed away from the polls observer mission say besides the impact of the boycott violence and intimidation kept many of the voters away from polling stations. joe you described the vote as a sham with the electoral commission not making the reforms the opposition had demanded for it to participate in the vote virtually every other issue that we raised that last time is present in this election. and what has happened is that this time around i think i was in a crisis over legitimacy a crisis of trying to shore up the numbers so that it appears that there is a legitimate mandate for president and in the course of they have done unimaginable things i can think of at least seventeen different grounds from the official even if the election is challenged at the supreme court there are concerns the courts may not act independently c

odinga withdrawing from the elections there is a technicality the electoral commission says that he hasn't signed a specific form his party saying that he doesn't need to because this is a rerun and that's also so much of the confusion that's happening at the moment around technicalities the law what the constitution says exactly who will be included on the ballot paper we've also had a recent court case where a minor candidate has now been allowed to participate in these elections based on a supreme court ruling that took place after the initial elections in october or rather in august the supreme court had said that only the two top contenders that raila odinga and her kenyatta take part in the coming elections because the supreme court had found that there had been areas committed by the electoral commission there were a number of irregularities now there's also the question many kenyans are asking if you only have the incumbent president who work in the arts are participating how legitimate will these elections be given that raila odinga got at least forty four percent of the vo

odinga they used a mock coffin to make that point they think their man should be kenya's next president. has pulled out of the election rerun for him and his supporters the changes made by the electoral commission don't go far enough because they say they don't correct the problems that caused the original election result to be a no. there's reforms. it's not going to participate in the elections. so i'm not going to whatever it. along with nairobi and mombasa the kenyan government has banned protests here and official site safety concerns. and we. think about our country. four thousand miles away a dingo is giving interviews during a visit to london he argues his withdrawal from the election means it should be cancelled. if it goes ahead it is not to be an addiction. selection. for election. to lead. to the electoral commission saying the vote will go ahead without it will point to an uncertain future. well some one the slogan news now bottom dweller cologne was so close to getting only its second point in eight league games but it was not to be judged art was jubilant after scoring th

odinga having withdrawn from the election. is anyone talking about the turnout i mean last time it was eighty ninety percent this time it was what thirty seven thirty eight percent in that sense alone there are serious questions that should be answered by somebody from the commission maybe from the government. even then that turnout has been all over the show from the electoral commission starting at forty eight percent reducing to thirty three now back up to forty two point three percent and then of questions around that especially with regard to the legitimacy of this vote at least twelve million kenyans didn't come out to vote there are nineteen million registered voters the little commission is saying it's basing that turnout its calculations on the constituencies that have voted rather than the total amount of kenyans who are her. registered not looking forward the concern is what would happen next we do know that they are seven days until the any petition is filed against the selection and if it should be a knowledge as

it's certainly what opposition leader raila odinga said in a statement that he issued earlier this morning he said that he would be bringing together a group of people who would get a free fair and most importantly fresh elections so as far as the opposition is concerned this election process is not over in fact it never began for them but as to whether or not kenyans want to do this a third time in a span of two months i think there is general fatigue in the country nobody wants to be in an election nearing process but this is a state we find ourselves in and the election commission has the next move and that was our correspondent there reporting in nairobi now to spain where it has been a day of twists and turns after the separatist leader of the region of catalonia said that he will not call elections that might have defused tensions with the spanish government over cattle on independence carlist bridge demasi said it is now up to catalonia its regional parliament to decide whether or not to hold elections the spanish government plans to strip huge man of his powers and impose direct ru

odinga feel emboldened in fact in kisumu and other parts of western kenya are you seeing people going to the streets now and you've seen them being led by their leaders they say that this is proof that the process is not free and fair starting from before the election and during the election tomorrow catherine on monday in nairobi thank you very much . now german a present from palestine mine has begun an official visit to the russian capital moscow steinmeier has taken part in a wreath laying ceremony at the war memorial later he'll be meeting russian president vladimir putin and then human rights activists steinmeyer as the forest chairman head of state in seven years to visit the country the german president will also attend the handover of a famous moscow cathedral the russian government is officially giving it back to the evangelical lutheran church of russia. an air of celebration at a normal sunday service the last one before this evangelical lutheran congregation in moscow officially gets its church back. lutherans are religious minority here in russia most in the community ha

the opposition leader, raila odinga, had called on his supporters to boycott the poll. it crippled hundreds of organisations across the world. now, an investigation by the uk national audit office has found that a malware attack that affected parts of the national health service in may could have been prevented. more than 300,000 computers in 150 countries were infected with the wannacry ransomware but the nhs in england was amongst the worst hit. here's our technology correspondent rory cellan—jones. it was an attack which for us computers around the world. but the nhs was among the organisations worst affected. and the national audit office says it was ill—prepared. the audit office says it was ill—prepa red. the report audit office says it was ill—prepared. the report details the impact of the worst ever cyber attack on the health service. 80 on health trust across england were affected, one third of the total. it is thought over 19,000 appointments ended up being cancelled. including 139 potential cancer referrals. what planning there had been to deal with a

odinga he will say definitely in a statement that he issued today he did say that he would convene a people's assembly where there would be calling for free and fair elections but most importantly fresh elections so as far as the opposition goes this election didn't happen for them and they want something new something credible but if you ask supporters of the government they'll tell you that this election followed all the constitutional points that it was followed to the letter and that if emerges victorious as is expected at the end of this vote then he will be sworn in in no time so again the jury's still out as to whether or not the country could face another election come on reporting from nairobi or thank you very much. german national peter start there and seven other human rights activists have been released on bail after spending three months in a turkish prison they were arrested in istanbul and jailed on terror charges mr starters case is one of many diplomatic flashpoints between turkey and germany and his release signal a saw in relations. wednesday night in istanbul for

the main opposition candidate, raila odinga, is boycotting the re—run, saying kenya's electoral commission has not done enough to ensure a free and fair vote. now it is time for our newspaper review. what's making headlines around the world ? the south china morning post reports on chinese president xi jinping's elevation to the status of former leaders, mao zedong and deng xiaoping, securing almost unchallengeable dominance over the communist party. saudi arabia's new crown prince has pledged to eliminate extremism in the country and invest in a technology—driven future, that's according to the arab news. he told a conference "we are returning to what we were before, a country of moderate islam that is open to all religions and to the world." denial and loathing in myanmar. that's the heading of a new york times feature on the displacement of thousands of rohingya muslims from the country. it says locals believe the rohingya are not rightful citizens of buddhist—majority myanmar. academics in the uk have accused a government mp of "idiotic leninism" and censorship after he asked for t