Kenya protesters to mount boycott

Kenya's opposition says it will boycott companies run by allies of President Mwai Kibaki in protest at the outcome of last month's presidential election.

The Orange Democratic Movement's (ODM) change of tactics came as police shot five dead on a third day of rallies.

One protester died in Mombasa and four were killed in Nairobi. The post-poll violence has left 600 dead.

Five bodies of people from Mr Kibaki's Kikuyu ethnic group were found with arrow and machete wounds, police said.

It was not clear when they were killed.

Kenya's National Commission on Human Rights has cast doubt on the vote that returned President Kibaki to power.

At a news conference in Nairobi, the state-sponsored body listed a catalogue of irregularities in a report entitled "Thirty Hours that Destroyed Kenya".

It cataloged a series of what it described as electoral offences such as turnouts of more than 100% in some constituencies and the obstruction of election observers.

The commission said at least 360,000 votes could not be verified - in a vote where the two candidates were separated by about 230,000 ballots.

ODM leader Raila Odinga has demanded a re-run of the election.

The UN announced that Kofi Annan, its former secretary general, would fly to Kenya on Tuesday to help mediate between Mr Kibaki and Mr Odinga.

News Source : BBC News