Copyright 2017 NPR. To see more, visit STACEY VANEK SMITH, HOST: In Kenya, violence has killed 24 people since Tuesday's presidential vote. The violence has gotten worse since official results were announced yesterday, giving incumbent Uhuru Kenyatta the victory. Kenya's Commission on Human Rights said all the victims were killed by police gunfire, and it's calling on security forces to stop using live ammunition against civilians. Today, police battled demonstrators rioting in Nairobi slums. NPR's Eyder Peralta joins us now from Nairobi. Welcome. EYDER PERALTA, BYLINE: Hi, Stacey. SMITH: So the opposition is saying the election was rigged, and supporters seem to be digging in for a fight. What's happening now? PERALTA: I mean, today, the opposition released a statement in which they said, they reject the, quote, "sham presidential results announced yesterday" - so not much change from where they started. They say that there was hacking, and there was a big conspiracy to steal this
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