Kenya's Odinga pulled out of election to avoid defeat: deputy presidentNAIROBI (Reuters) - Kenya s opposition leader Raila Odinga decided not to stand in next week s presidential election to avoid defeat rather than for reasons of principle, the deputy president said on Tuesday. Odinga was due to face President Uhuru Kenyatta on Oct. 26 in a repeat of a presidential vote held in August but he withdrew his candidacy, saying the electoral commission had failed to institute reforms to guarantee fairness. Kenyatta won the Aug. 8 election by 1.4 million votes. The Supreme Court annulled the election citing procedural irregularities and ordered that it be held again.  Odinga is running away from a humiliating defeat,  deputy president William Ruto told journalists.  He has to find this excuse and that excuse and the other excuse to try and justify his exit.  He said the government wants Odinga to run but could not force him.  Legitimacy is a matter that concerns us and it concerns us because we believe in a democracy,  he said. The ruling party is confident Kenyatta can win and secure a second and final four-year term in office, Ruto said, citing their majority in parliament and regional governorships.  Political turmoil connected to the elections has hurt Kenya s economy. The country has East Africa s richest economy and is a stable Western ally in a tumultuous region. Odinga says the election board has failed to meet conditions to guarantee fairness, including firing key personnel he blamed for mistakes during the last poll. Ruto said the board could agree to Odinga s demands as long as the election went ahead. On Sunday, the board ran adverts in national newspapers showing which demands it had agreed to and why others were rejected. It has agreed to more than half of opposition demands and says it cannot agree to others due to time constraints. Odinga has called for daily protests to force the reforms. His supporters have defied a ban by authorities on protests in the center of Nairobi, as well as in the port city of Mombasa and the western city of Kisumu, which is Odinga s stronghold. On Tuesday Odinga blamed police and ruling party supporters for disrupting a planned rally in central Kenya and told reporters that he was planning to travel around the country to direct protests in the coming days.  We as NASA are very clear about what we want. We said we don t want to go for an election without proper reforms.  We don t want to escort Jubilee to the altar,  he said.  If Jubilee wants, to have a proper contest, they will have it.  Ruto said the protests were an attempt to create crisis and encourage international mediation that might lead to a power-sharing government, as happened in the wake of civil disturbances after an election in 2007 in which hundreds died.  Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch said on Monday at least 33 people were killed in Nairobi during a police crackdown on opposition supporters after the August vote. The police said the report was  based on falsehoods.  [L8N1MR39L] The opposition said in a statement it was disturbed by the death on Monday of a high school student in the western city of Kisumu, Odinga s stronghold. The security forces were trying to  subdue  people seeking a fair election, it said. Local police said a young man was killed by a bullet in unclear circumstances. Also in Kisumu, a two-year-old girl was hospitalized on Monday and had a bullet removed from her neck, doctors at the city s main hospital said.  The girl was playing outside her home when she was struck with a stray bullet, her mother Lydia Kageha told Reuters. She said she could hear teargas canisters and gunshots in a nearby neighborhood where police and protesters had clashed. Police said they were investigating. A police spokesman said election board officials were attacked by  hooligans  in several towns in western Kenya on Tuesday and warned against interference with the board s work. worldnews
kenya doing pulled election avoid defeat deputy presidentnairobi reuters kenya opposition leader rail doing decided stand next week presidential election avoid defeat rather reasons principle deputy president said tuesday doing due face president hurt kenyatta repeat presidential vote held august withdrew candidacy saying electoral commission failed institute reforms guarantee fairness kenyatta election million votes the supreme court annulled election citing procedural irregularities ordered held doing running away humiliating defeat deputy president william auto told journalists he find excuse excuse excuse try justify exit he said government wants doing run could force legitimacy matter concerns us concerns us believe democracy said the ruling party confident kenyatta win secure second final term office auto said citing majority parliament regional governorship political turmoil connected elections hurt kenya economy the country east africa richest economy stable western ally tumultuous region doing says election board failed meet conditions guarantee fairness including firing key personnel blamed mistakes last poll auto said board could agree doing demands long election went ahead on sunday board ran adverts national newspapers showing demands agreed others rejected it agreed half opposition demands says agree others due time constraints doing called daily protests force reforms his supporters defied ban authorities protests center nairobi well port city mombasa western city kisumu doing stronghold on tuesday doing blamed police ruling party supporters disrupting planned rally central kenya told reporters planning travel around country direct protests coming days we nasa clear want we said want go election without proper reforms we want escort jubilee altar said if jubilee wants proper contest auto said protests attempt create crisis encourage international mediation might lead government happened wake civil disturbances election hundreds died amnesty international human rights watch said monday least people killed nairobi police crackdown opposition supporters august vote the police said report based falsehoods the opposition said statement disturbed death monday high school student western city kisumu doing stronghold the security forces trying subdue people seeking fair election said local police said young man killed bullet unclear circumstances also kisumu girl hospitalized monday bullet removed neck doctors city main hospital said the girl playing outside home struck stray bullet mother media kageha told reuters she said could hear tears canister gunshot nearby neighborhood police protesters clashed police said investigating a police spokesman said election board officials attacked hooligans several towns western kenya tuesday warned interference board work worldnews
Your task is to classify the provided input as real or fake news. Label 0 is meant for fake news, Label 1 is for real news. TEXT: Kenya's Odinga pulled out of election to avoid defeat: deputy presidentNAIROBI (Reuters) - Kenya s opposition leader Raila Odinga decided not to stand in next week s presidential election to avoid defeat rather than for reasons of principle, the deputy president said on Tuesday. Odinga was due to face President Uhuru Kenyatta on Oct. 26 in a repeat of a presidential vote held in August but he withdrew his candidacy, saying the electoral commission had failed to institute reforms to guarantee fairness. Kenyatta won the Aug. 8 election by 1.4 million votes. The Supreme Court annulled the election citing procedural irregularities and ordered that it be held again.  Odinga is running away from a humiliating defeat,  deputy president William Ruto told journalists.  He has to find this excuse and that excuse and the other excuse to try and justify his exit.  He said the government wants Odinga to run but could not force him.  Legitimacy is a matter that concerns us and it concerns us because we believe in a democracy,  he said. The ruling party is confident Kenyatta can win and secure a second and final four-year term in office, Ruto said, citing their majority in parliament and regional governorships.  Political turmoil connected to the elections has hurt Kenya s economy. The country has East Africa s richest economy and is a stable Western ally in a tumultuous region. Odinga says the election board has failed to meet conditions to guarantee fairness, including firing key personnel he blamed for mistakes during the last poll. Ruto said the board could agree to Odinga s demands as long as the election went ahead. On Sunday, the board ran adverts in national newspapers showing which demands it had agreed to and why others were rejected. It has agreed to more than half of opposition demands and says it cannot agree to others due to time constraints. Odinga has called for daily protests to force the reforms. His supporters have defied a ban by authorities on protests in the center of Nairobi, as well as in the port city of Mombasa and the western city of Kisumu, which is Odinga s stronghold. On Tuesday Odinga blamed police and ruling party supporters for disrupting a planned rally in central Kenya and told reporters that he was planning to travel around the country to direct protests in the coming days.  We as NASA are very clear about what we want. We said we don t want to go for an election without proper reforms.  We don t want to escort Jubilee to the altar,  he said.  If Jubilee wants, to have a proper contest, they will have it.  Ruto said the protests were an attempt to create crisis and encourage international mediation that might lead to a power-sharing government, as happened in the wake of civil disturbances after an election in 2007 in which hundreds died.  Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch said on Monday at least 33 people were killed in Nairobi during a police crackdown on opposition supporters after the August vote. The police said the report was  based on falsehoods.  [L8N1MR39L] The opposition said in a statement it was disturbed by the death on Monday of a high school student in the western city of Kisumu, Odinga s stronghold. The security forces were trying to  subdue  people seeking a fair election, it said. Local police said a young man was killed by a bullet in unclear circumstances. Also in Kisumu, a two-year-old girl was hospitalized on Monday and had a bullet removed from her neck, doctors at the city s main hospital said.  The girl was playing outside her home when she was struck with a stray bullet, her mother Lydia Kageha told Reuters. She said she could hear teargas canisters and gunshots in a nearby neighborhood where police and protesters had clashed. Police said they were investigating. A police spokesman said election board officials were attacked by  hooligans  in several towns in western Kenya on Tuesday and warned against interference with the board s work. worldnews
Your task is to classify the provided input as real or fake news. Label 0 is meant for fake news, Label 1 is for real news. TEXT: kenya doing pulled election avoid defeat deputy presidentnairobi reuters kenya opposition leader rail doing decided stand next week presidential election avoid defeat rather reasons principle deputy president said tuesday doing due face president hurt kenyatta repeat presidential vote held august withdrew candidacy saying electoral commission failed institute reforms guarantee fairness kenyatta election million votes the supreme court annulled election citing procedural irregularities ordered held doing running away humiliating defeat deputy president william auto told journalists he find excuse excuse excuse try justify exit he said government wants doing run could force legitimacy matter concerns us concerns us believe democracy said the ruling party confident kenyatta win secure second final term office auto said citing majority parliament regional governorship political turmoil connected elections hurt kenya economy the country east africa richest economy stable western ally tumultuous region doing says election board failed meet conditions guarantee fairness including firing key personnel blamed mistakes last poll auto said board could agree doing demands long election went ahead on sunday board ran adverts national newspapers showing demands agreed others rejected it agreed half opposition demands says agree others due time constraints doing called daily protests force reforms his supporters defied ban authorities protests center nairobi well port city mombasa western city kisumu doing stronghold on tuesday doing blamed police ruling party supporters disrupting planned rally central kenya told reporters planning travel around country direct protests coming days we nasa clear want we said want go election without proper reforms we want escort jubilee altar said if jubilee wants proper contest auto said protests attempt create crisis encourage international mediation might lead government happened wake civil disturbances election hundreds died amnesty international human rights watch said monday least people killed nairobi police crackdown opposition supporters august vote the police said report based falsehoods the opposition said statement disturbed death monday high school student western city kisumu doing stronghold the security forces trying subdue people seeking fair election said local police said young man killed bullet unclear circumstances also kisumu girl hospitalized monday bullet removed neck doctors city main hospital said the girl playing outside home struck stray bullet mother media kageha told reuters she said could hear tears canister gunshot nearby neighborhood police protesters clashed police said investigating a police spokesman said election board officials attacked hooligans several towns western kenya tuesday warned interference board work worldnews