Kenya president snubs vote crisis meeting, presses on with campaignNAIROBI (Reuters) - Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta snubbed a crisis meeting called by the top election official for Thursday, saying he would instead spend the time campaigning for next week s presidential vote re-run. The first presidential vote in August, which Kenyatta won by 1.4 million votes, was annulled by the Supreme Court over procedural irregularities.  The re-run is set for Oct. 26 but opposition leader Raila Odinga has pulled out, alleging a failure to improve oversight of the election, casting doubt on how the vote will proceed. Election board chairman Wafula Chebukati, in a stark message to political leaders on Wednesday, said he could not guarantee a credible vote under present conditions, and demanded Kenyatta and Odinga meet him for talks. The board, known as the IEBC, set the meeting for 1130 GMT in Nairobi but then said it had been postponed to an unspecified date and time. Chebukati later tweeted that he had met Odinga and was  looking forward  to meeting Kenyatta, though it was not clear if the president intended to respond to his call. Opposition demonstrations, which have led to confrontations between police and protesters, and divisive rhetoric by politicians have stoked uncertainty in Kenya, East Africa s largest economy and a stable Western ally in a chaotic region. Speaking at a campaign rally in the western town of Saboti late on Wednesday, Kenyatta said the priority was for Kenyans to go to the polls on the set date.  We are not interested in telling the IEBC what to do. We want them to prepare so Kenyans can vote on the 26th,  he said. However, Odinga, whose call for mass protests on election day has sparked fears that the crisis could turn violent, called for serious talks on the impasse after meeting Chebukati.  Odinga said his withdrawal should force the commission to start a fresh 90-day electoral cycle, including fresh candidate nominations. The election board says the vote will go ahead.  Chebukati s call for a meeting with the candidates followed the flight of one IEBC commissioner to New York. Roselyn Akombe said she had fled due to threats and said the planned election would amount to a mockery of democracy. The ruling Jubilee party filed a petition in the Supreme Court on Thursday alleging opposition politicians were in contempt of court for obstructing a re-run by withdrawing from the race and by ordering supporters to continue protests including during trainings of election staff in western Kenya.  The current political climate indeed strikingly resembles the period prior to 2007-2008 post-election violence,  said Francis Ole Kaparo, chair of the National Cohesion and Integration Commission, a government body in charge of preventing hate speech. Following the disputed 2007 poll, more than 1,200 Kenyans were killed. worldnews
kenya president stubs vote crisis meeting presses campaignnairobi reuters kenya president hurt kenyatta stubbed crisis meeting called top election official thursday saying would instead spend time campaigning next week presidential vote the first presidential vote august kenyatta million votes annulled supreme court procedural irregularities the set opposition leader rail doing pulled alleging failure improve oversight election casting doubt vote proceed election board chairman awful chebukati stark message political leaders wednesday said could guarantee credible vote present conditions demanded kenyatta doing meet talks the board known ebc set meeting gt nairobi said postponed unspecified date time chebukati later tweeted met doing looking forward meeting kenyatta though clear president intended respond call opposition demonstrations led confrontations police protesters divisive rhetoric politicians stored uncertainty kenya east africa largest economy stable western ally chaotic region speaking campaign rally western town oabot late wednesday kenyatta said priority kenya go polls set date we interested telling ebc we want prepare kenya vote said however doing whose call mass protests election day sparked fears crisis could turn violent called serious talks impasse meeting chebukati doing said withdrawal force commission start fresh electoral cycle including fresh candidate nominations the election board says vote go ahead chebukati call meeting candidates followed flight one ebc commissioner new york rosen adobe said fled due threats said planned election would amount mockery democracy the ruling jubilee party filed petition supreme court thursday alleging opposition politicians contempt court obstructing withdrawing race ordering supporters continue protests including trainings election staff western kenya the current political climate indeed strikingly resembles period prior violence said francis ole apart chair national cohesion integration commission government body charge preventing hate speech following disputed poll kenya killed 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 president snubs vote crisis meeting, presses on with campaignNAIROBI (Reuters) - Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta snubbed a crisis meeting called by the top election official for Thursday, saying he would instead spend the time campaigning for next week s presidential vote re-run. The first presidential vote in August, which Kenyatta won by 1.4 million votes, was annulled by the Supreme Court over procedural irregularities.  The re-run is set for Oct. 26 but opposition leader Raila Odinga has pulled out, alleging a failure to improve oversight of the election, casting doubt on how the vote will proceed. Election board chairman Wafula Chebukati, in a stark message to political leaders on Wednesday, said he could not guarantee a credible vote under present conditions, and demanded Kenyatta and Odinga meet him for talks. The board, known as the IEBC, set the meeting for 1130 GMT in Nairobi but then said it had been postponed to an unspecified date and time. Chebukati later tweeted that he had met Odinga and was  looking forward  to meeting Kenyatta, though it was not clear if the president intended to respond to his call. Opposition demonstrations, which have led to confrontations between police and protesters, and divisive rhetoric by politicians have stoked uncertainty in Kenya, East Africa s largest economy and a stable Western ally in a chaotic region. Speaking at a campaign rally in the western town of Saboti late on Wednesday, Kenyatta said the priority was for Kenyans to go to the polls on the set date.  We are not interested in telling the IEBC what to do. We want them to prepare so Kenyans can vote on the 26th,  he said. However, Odinga, whose call for mass protests on election day has sparked fears that the crisis could turn violent, called for serious talks on the impasse after meeting Chebukati.  Odinga said his withdrawal should force the commission to start a fresh 90-day electoral cycle, including fresh candidate nominations. The election board says the vote will go ahead.  Chebukati s call for a meeting with the candidates followed the flight of one IEBC commissioner to New York. Roselyn Akombe said she had fled due to threats and said the planned election would amount to a mockery of democracy. The ruling Jubilee party filed a petition in the Supreme Court on Thursday alleging opposition politicians were in contempt of court for obstructing a re-run by withdrawing from the race and by ordering supporters to continue protests including during trainings of election staff in western Kenya.  The current political climate indeed strikingly resembles the period prior to 2007-2008 post-election violence,  said Francis Ole Kaparo, chair of the National Cohesion and Integration Commission, a government body in charge of preventing hate speech. Following the disputed 2007 poll, more than 1,200 Kenyans were killed. 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 president stubs vote crisis meeting presses campaignnairobi reuters kenya president hurt kenyatta stubbed crisis meeting called top election official thursday saying would instead spend time campaigning next week presidential vote the first presidential vote august kenyatta million votes annulled supreme court procedural irregularities the set opposition leader rail doing pulled alleging failure improve oversight election casting doubt vote proceed election board chairman awful chebukati stark message political leaders wednesday said could guarantee credible vote present conditions demanded kenyatta doing meet talks the board known ebc set meeting gt nairobi said postponed unspecified date time chebukati later tweeted met doing looking forward meeting kenyatta though clear president intended respond call opposition demonstrations led confrontations police protesters divisive rhetoric politicians stored uncertainty kenya east africa largest economy stable western ally chaotic region speaking campaign rally western town oabot late wednesday kenyatta said priority kenya go polls set date we interested telling ebc we want prepare kenya vote said however doing whose call mass protests election day sparked fears crisis could turn violent called serious talks impasse meeting chebukati doing said withdrawal force commission start fresh electoral cycle including fresh candidate nominations the election board says vote go ahead chebukati call meeting candidates followed flight one ebc commissioner new york rosen adobe said fled due threats said planned election would amount mockery democracy the ruling jubilee party filed petition supreme court thursday alleging opposition politicians contempt court obstructing withdrawing race ordering supporters continue protests including trainings election staff western kenya the current political climate indeed strikingly resembles period prior violence said francis ole apart chair national cohesion integration commission government body charge preventing hate speech following disputed poll kenya killed worldnews