A PROMINENT US- based human rights group has called for Kenya to lift a ban on opposition rallies, as the nation braced for three days of protests over disputed elections.

Kenya’s opposition declared victory today in the presidential election on the basis of partial results as tensions over the vote erupted into violence in Nairobi and opposition strongholds.

A millionaire opposition leader who cast himself as a champion of the poor appears poised to win the closest presidential election in Kenya’s history, according to preliminary and unofficial media tallies.