Kibaki

NAIROBI (Reuters):

Kenya's President Mwai Kibaki won a second five-year term yesterday in a disputed election victory that triggered deadly riots by tens of thousands of opposition supporters.

As smoke billowed from protests in Nairobi slums, Kibaki was sworn in on the lawn of State House just an hour after the result was announced, his hand on a Bible. Opposition supporters accused the government of vote rigging.

The 76-year-old Kibaki urged Kenyans to put aside election "passions" and promised a corruption-free government to forge unity in the polarised east African nation of 36 million, long seen as an island of relative stability in a volatile region.

"I thank all of you for the trust you have bestowed upon me," he said. "I urge all or us to set aside the passions that were excited by the election process and work together."

Some Kibaki supporters celebrated in the streets.

Shootings

But they were quickly outnumbered by furious supporters of opposition rival Raila Odinga.

Local TV said 10 people were killed in Kisii, Odinga's ethnic Luo homeland. Police shot into a crowd in Kisumu, killing another three people, residents and witnesses said. A Reuters reporter was attacked in Kisumu.

Odinga has accused the government of widespread rigging - allegations that had already fuelled two days of ethnic riots.

The government has banned all live television broadcasts.

Meanwhile, Kenya's opposition said it was planning its ow inauguration ceremony of its leader and "people's president" Raila Odinga at Nairobi's Uhuru Park today.