Opposition MPs in Kenya have stormed out of parliament in the capital, Nairobi, saying that they have been assaulted in the house. <br/><br/>The chaos came during a debate on changing the electoral laws to allow manual vote-counting for next year's presidential election. <br/><br/>The government wants a back-up to the electronic system but the opposition says it is a way of rigging the poll. <br/><br/>The initial debate on Tuesday also saw rival MPs exchange punches. Kenyan politics is known to be highly partisan and this is not the first time MPs have fought in parliament.<br/><br/>The opposition Cord coalition said one of its MPs had a bloody face following yesterday's confrontations with MPs from the governing Jubilee party. After leaving parliament, some Cord MPs went to court to seek an injunction to block the changes. <br/><br/>In their absence, government-allied MPs passed the amendments. Cord has now called for mass action on the 4th of January next year to protest over the new law.

Opposition MPs in Kenya have stormed out of parliament in the capital, Nairobi, saying that they have been assaulted in the house. <br/><br/>The chaos came during a debate on changing the electoral laws to allow manual vote-counting for next year's presidential election. <br/><br/>The government wants a back-up to the electronic system but the opposition says it is a way of rigging the poll. <br/><br/>The initial debate on Tuesday also saw rival MPs exchange punches. Kenyan politics is known to be highly partisan and this is not the first time MPs have fought in parliament.<br/><br/>The opposition Cord coalition said one of its MPs had a bloody face following yesterday's confrontations with MPs from the governing Jubilee party. After leaving parliament, some Cord MPs went to court to seek an injunction to block the changes. <br/><br/>In their absence, government-allied MPs passed the amendments. Cord has now called for mass action on the 4th of January next year to protest over the new law.