An opposition lawmaker has been fatally shot in the Kenyan capital of Nairobi earlier today.

Kenya’s embattled opposition said today that it would turn to economic boycotts and strikes to keep up pressure on President Mwai Kibaki, whom it accuses of rigging the country’s recent election.

Street protests were set to resume in Kenya today after police fired tear gas and live bullets to halt the first day of mass rallies across the country.

Kenyan police have killed and wounded dozens of protesters, an international human rights group said today, warning that the opposition call for mass rallies this week raises concerns of new clashes that could lead to more deaths and injuries.

As many as 8,040 young Kenyans have been executed or tortured to death since 2002 during a five-year police crackdown on an outlawed sect, according to a report by a group of Kenyan lawyers.