Kenya's Odinga says presidential election result a 'travesty'

Protestors chant slogans as they run alongside riot police officers during a demonstration following the announcement of the results of Kenya's presidential election, in Kisumu, Kenya August 15, 2022. REUTERS/James Keyi

NAIROBI/KISUMU (Reuters) -Kenyan politician Raila Odinga rejected as a "travesty" the result of the Aug. 9 presidential election he was declared to have lost to Deputy President William Ruto and warned on Tuesday of a long legal crisis facing Kenya's democracy.

His first comments on the result came after four of the seven election commissioners said they stood by their decision a day earlier to disown figures announced by electoral commission chairman Wafula Chebukati.