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    BBC News Africa‏Verified account @BBCAfrica 26 Oct 2017

    One killed in Kisumu, Kenya - a 19-year-old man has died from a gunshot wound to his thigh http://bbc.in/2zF05PR  #BBCAfricaLivepic.twitter.com/6sryAHqdMy

    4:12 AM - 26 Oct 2017
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      1. Michael Wandati‏ @MichaelWandati 26 Oct 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        It's only DICTATORS who forcefully take power through the power of the gun, rather than through a free, fair and credible election.

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      1. Hillary Ochieng‏ @nyakwarjonam 26 Oct 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        This is the situationpic.twitter.com/e9qXCKhxWY

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      1. Alhassan Kambalah‏ @ABKambalah 26 Oct 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        What on earth is going on one man's death is one too many and sad to say this will not be the end. #Crying4Africa #Crying4Kenya #kenyapoll

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      1. Clifford Hawi‏ @cliffhawi_1 26 Oct 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        Yet the peaceful parts of the country "voting" continues #shamelections #ElectionBoycotteKEpic.twitter.com/CcN7Tmip2K

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      2. Queen Yusuf‏ @QueenYusuf4 26 Oct 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        Is Kenya election a do or die affairs?Why do pple think violence is d only solution when it comes to voting?#our young men shld grow up,pls.

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      2. Xolani Mtana‏ @mtana_xolani 26 Oct 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        Raila Odinga is the most contributed in Kenyan violence because he put his interests first than the people of Kenya

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      3. Douglas Migoye‏ @DouglasMigoye 26 Oct 2017
        Replying to @mtana_xolani @BBCAfrica

        Use Swahili if English is tough.. can't construct an English sentence!! No wonder you don't get what civil disobedience means...

        0 replies 0 retweets 1 like
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      1. Wol Angok‏ @wol_angok 26 Oct 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        condolences to friend and family who lost their love one

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      1. mohamed mbaru‏ @mbaru_mohamed 26 Oct 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        hired goons in militarry uniforms are killing kenyans whom decided not to take part in election..

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      1. S.I.D.N.E.Y The Son of David‏ @FestusSidney254 26 Oct 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        Things going on here in Kenya are gruesome. Things Falling Apart!!!

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      1. Joseph Mwaura‏ @mwaura1 26 Oct 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        Now why had he to die? So sad

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      1. Jake Aluvanze‏ @JakeAluvanze 26 Oct 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        Kenyan police are not professional#electionboycott

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      1. Kennedy H. Dawo‏ @KennedyDawo 26 Oct 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        He who accepts evil without protesting against it is really cooperating with it -Martin Luther K. We will not vote!!

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      1. Kennedy H. Dawo‏ @KennedyDawo 26 Oct 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        IEBC CLAIMS THAT THE ELECTIONS WOULD REFLECT THE WILL OF KENYAN PEOPLE.I WONDERpic.twitter.com/UlnwlDkOrB

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      1. TaiwoLawrenceAdeyemi‏ @Taiwo387 26 Oct 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        The genesis of Kenya post-election violence!

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      1. Kennedy H. Dawo‏ @KennedyDawo 26 Oct 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        So sad that the jubilee govt have decided to make Kenya a monarch with impunity.pic.twitter.com/tskMtn4CEX

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      1. Koech justin stima‏ @StimaKoech 26 Oct 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        That's what they can do at their best, cant contain them

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      1. Mr. Reagan‏ @RodochReagan 26 Oct 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        Terrible news there

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      1. Kennedy H. Dawo‏ @KennedyDawo 26 Oct 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        IEBC CLAIMS TO HAVE INTEGRITY.A MOCKERY!SHAME ON THEM.children who havent reached the age of majority casting votespic.twitter.com/8POHIheSaw

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