Kenya vote in balance after Odinga quits race
By Reuters
11 October 2017 |
3:23 pm
Kenya lurched deeper into political crisis on Wednesday as a court ruling and a parliamentary vote appeared to ease Uhuru Kenyatta’s path to a second term as president, a day after his rival quit an election they were to contest.
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