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		</div><p>Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga has urged his supporters to skip work on Monday to protest against what he claims were rigged elections that gave victory to President Uhuru Kenyatta.</p>
<p>But the government has denounced violent demonstrations as unlawful and urged Kenyans to return to their jobs.</p>
<p>Mr Odinga addressed a cheering crowd in Nairobi&#8217;s Kibera slum, an opposition stronghold and a frequent scene of clashes between stone-throwing protesters and police firing live ammunition and tear gas since the August 8 election in which Mr Kenyatta was declared the winner.</p>
<p>Mr Odinga&#8217;s defiance has fuelled continuing uncertainty in Kenya, an East African economic hub whose reputation for stability has been shaken by election violence and court challenges in the past.</p>
<p><i>&#8220;There is no work until Tuesday, when we will announce the next step,&#8221;</i> said Mr Odinga, who previously claimed that last week&#8217;s vote was rigged and has unsuccessfully run for president on three previous occasions.</p>
<p><a href="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/RailaOdingaKenyaOppositionLeaderAug2017_large.jpg"><img src="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/RailaOdingaKenyaOppositionLeaderAug2017_large.jpg" alt="Kenya, Election, Raila Odinga" width="600" height="325" class="alignleft size-full wp-image-117066" /></a></p>
<p>Kenya&#8217;s election commission said its process was fair, and international observers praised its handling of the election.</p>
<p>Late on Sunday, machete-wielding members of two rival ethnic groups &#8211; Luos and Kikuyus &#8211; confronted each other in Mathare, another Nairobi slum, witnesses said.</p>
<p>A journalist in the area said he saw a Luo who had a deep machete cut in his head after he was attacked by Kikuyus.</p>
<p>While most of Kenya has been calm since the election, the possibility of an outbreak of ethnic violence has been a concern because many Kenyans vote along ethnic lines. Mr Kenyatta is a Kikuyu while Mr Odinga is a Luo.</p>
<p>More than 1,000 people died in ethnic-fuelled violence following Kenya&#8217;s 2007 election. Mr Odinga was the losing candidate in that vote, and was later made prime minister in a power-sharing agreement designed to defuse tension.</p>
<p>The opposition leader&#8217;s announcement about his &#8220;next step&#8221; left Kenyans wondering whether Mr Odinga will press his case that there was vote-tampering and even escalate the situation by calling for protests.</p>
<p>One of his deputies previously ruled out the option of going to court, recalling Mr Odinga&#8217;s unsuccessful legal challenge after he lost the 2013 election. Some analysts believe it is unlikely that he would effectively acknowledge defeat at this stage.</p>
<p>Mr Odinga&#8217;s call for followers not to work on Monday will test his ability to mobilise his support base; it could also lead to tension if some supporters try to stop other people from going about their daily business.</p>
<p>Police gunfire has killed at least 24 people since the election, according to the state-funded Kenya National Commission on Human Rights, which monitors government institutions. However police denied the report on Sunday, saying police have killed six &#8220;criminals&#8221; who were looting, rioting and attacking police officers in the past two days.</p>
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