Kenya: Standoff At Ol Kalou Comprehensive School Polling Centre As Self-Styled ‘Vote Guards’ Block Police Vehicles

Nairobi — A brief standoff was witnessed at Ol Kalou Comprehensive School after residents blocked two police vehicles from accessing the polling station during Thursday’s parliamentary by-election.

Residents placed stones across the road leading to the school’s gate, preventing the vehicles from proceeding.

Another group gathered at the entrance, singing and chanting while insisting that anyone accessing the polling station should do so on foot.

The situation was eventually defused following the…