Thousands of mourners briefly stormed Nairobi’s international airport on Thursday to receive Raila Odinga’s body.
Raila Odinga, Kenya’s former Prime Minister and leader of the opposition Orange Democratic Movement, is dead.
Mr Youssouf, 59, who has been Djibouti’s foreign minister since 2005, polled 33 votes to garner the two-thirds majority required to win the seat.
He lit himself on fire after ascending a statue amid a busy roundabout Thursday afternoon.
Mr Ruto’s critics say the tax rises will hurt Kenyans already struggling to afford basic commodities such as maize flour.
Footage by KTN News showed motorists scrambling to turn around on a teargas-drenched street in the port city of Mombasa as protesters fled on foot.
Polls are like mini-skirts. They are short enough to attract attention but long enough to hide the subject matter.
Mr Odinga had claimed that he won the August election and asked Ruto to “vacate his office immediately.”
Thousands took part in three marches over the past two weeks against high living costs and alleged fraud in last year’s vote.
Mr Odinga who rejected the election results has since challenged the result, claiming the process was fraudulent.
