Steve George was shot as he stood on a fourth-floor balcony in his home watching the violence tear apart the Mathare slums in Nairobi on the streets below.
A NINE-year-old boy has been gunned down in bloody protests in Kenya amid claims the re-election of President Uhuru Kenyatta was "rigged".
Steve George was shot in the back as he stood on a fourth-floor balcony in his home watching the violence tear apart the Mathare slums in Nairobi on the streets below.
Tearful relatives gathered around the tragic youngster's body as the rioting continued to rage in the background.
He was among four people reportedly killed in the long-running rioting which has split the African country in two.
Earlier it was reported a young girl was also killed after she was hit by a stray bullet after riot cops began firing sporadic shots into crowds.
Dozens more were also injured after opposition supporters staged protests at the outcome of the election, which they claim was rigged.
Protests in the Kawangware slum in Nairobi have left burning tyres, debris and looted shops following running battles between opposition supporters and police.
In Kisumu, three men were treated in hospital after they were shot by police.
Two men also sustained gunshot wounds in Mathare slum.
The country's election commission said Mr Kenyatta won the election with 54.27% of the vote, calling it "credible, fair and peaceful".
Mr Odinga took 44.74%, according to commission chairman Wafula Chebukati
Nearly 80% of the 19 million registered voters cast their ballots.
Mr Kenyatta, 55, who is a wealth businessman and the son of Kenya's first president, called for unity this saying "there is no need for violence".
He added: "I reach out to you. I reach out to all your supporters. To our brothers, our worthy competitors, we are not enemies, we are all citizens of the same republic."
Opposition candidate Raila Odinga claimed his loss was down to vote rigging and said the election was a "charade".
The 72-year-old politician has now had four unsuccessful attempts to win the presidency.
The violence is a reminder of the bloodshed that followed a disputed 2007 election which led to two months of ethno-political violence that left 1,100 dead and 600,000 homeless.
Attention is now focused on Odinga and his first reaction to Friday's official election results.
He previously said the loss was a result of massive rigging of Tuesday's polls, which his party denounced as a "charade" and a "disaster".
Protests erupted in Odinga's strongholds in western Kisumu county and poor areas of Nairobi almost immediately after the election results were declared.
The charity Doctor Without Borders (MSF) on its Twitter feed said that 19 people had been wounded in Mathare alone.
And the Human Rights Watch on Saturday urged police to show restraint.
"With growing reports of demonstrations and heavy gunfire in some areas, it is important for security forces to work to deescalate - not escalate - the violence," said Otsieno Namwaya, Africa researcher at HRW.
"The police should not use tear gas or live ammunition simply because they consider a gathering unlawful."
