Kenya faces second day of protests

By Daniel Wallis

NAIROBI (Reuters) - Kenyans faced a second day of protests on Thursday as the opposition called for more rallies against President Mwai Kibaki's disputed re-election.

Police fired teargas and live rounds to scatter hundreds of supporters of Kibaki's rival Raila Odinga who tried to march on Wednesday in the western towns of Kisumu and Eldoret, the slums of the capital Nairobi and the coastal resort of Mombasa.

But calls for mass action by Odinga, who says Kibaki stole victory at the December 27 polls, appeared to have gone unheeded by many Kenyans weary from more than two weeks of unrest.

Security forces shot dead three men in the opposition stronghold of Kisumu, angering human rights activists.

"The killing by the police is completely unjustified," Ben Rawlence of Human Rights Watch told Reuters. "They have not learnt their lesson since killing at least 44 people last week. They must be held accountable."

In footage shown by local broadcaster KTN, one Kisumu policeman was seen firing his assault rifle at a young man in a black T-shirt who was pulling faces at other officers.

The man in the black T-shirt fell down, then the policeman ran over and kicked him. KTN, which said four people were feared killed in Wednesday's trouble, said the youth later died.

Across Kenya, more than 600 have been killed in riots and a wave of tribal violence since the outcome of the ballot, which international observers said fell short of democratic standards.