There has been a serious incident involving one of the Presidential candidates - Charity Ngilu - whose convoy was tear-gassed in the town of Kisii, in Western Kenya by police. The incident came after Mrs Ngilu had tried to take her campaign into a security zone declared by President Moi yesterday.

The security zone was declared because of tribal clashes between two neighbouring tribes in the area. When Mrs Ngilu tried to take her convoy into the area to campaign, saying that she should be free to campaign anywhere in Kenya, army and police stopped her from going through by cocking their guns and threatening her with tear-gas.

The convoy returned to the Western Kenyan town of Kisii, where Mrs Ngilu went to make a complaint at the police station. Crowds outside the police station came to look what was happening.

The police lost control of the situation; they dispersed the crowd by throwing tear gas and beating some of the people as they tried to run away. One tear gas canister was thrown directly at the vehicle where the Presidential candidate, Charity Ngilu, was standing addressing the crowd.

The police dispersed the crowd in a matter of minutes. Afterwards, Mrs Ngilu expressed outrage at what had happened.