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The Latest: Kenya opposition will go to court over vote

Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga, far left, holds a microphone as he addresses supporters in the Kibera area of Nairobi, Kenya, Sunday, Aug. 13, 2017. Odinga urged his supporters to skip work on Monday in a protest against the country's disputed election and the police killings of rioters, even as the government denounced violent demonstrations as unlawful and urged Kenyans to return to their jobs. (AP Photo/Brian Inganga)
Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga, far left, holds a microphone as he addresses supporters in the Kibera area of Nairobi, Kenya, Sunday, Aug. 13, 2017. Odinga urged his supporters to skip work on Monday in a protest against the country's disputed election and the police killings of rioters, even as the government denounced violent demonstrations as unlawful and urged Kenyans to return to their jobs. (AP Photo/Brian Inganga) Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga, far left, holds a microphone as he addresses supporters in the Kibera area of Nairobi, Kenya, Sunday, Aug. 13, 2017. Odinga urged his supporters to skip work on Monday in a protest against the country's disputed election and the police killings of rioters, even as the government denounced violent demonstrations as unlawful and urged Kenyans to return to their jobs. (AP Photo/Brian Inganga)

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) – The Latest on the reactions to Kenya’s elections (all times local):

4:50 p.m.

Kenya’s opposition says it will challenge the results of last week’s presidential election in Supreme Court and wage a campaign of “civil disobedience.”

Opposition leader Raila Odinga is telling reporters that Kenyans won’t willingly go along with “democracy’s slaughter.”

Odinga has claimed that election results were hacked and rigged. The election commission has said there was a hacking attempt but it failed.