In photos: Kenyan protesters have rocks and bottles. Soldiers answer with tear gas, water cannons and bullets.

Kenyan police officers step over a tree used as a roadblock by National Super Alliance (NASA) protesters in the Kibera slum on Oct. 26, 2017, in Nairobi. (Photo by Andrew Renneisen/Getty Images)

Kenya woke up to a second day of violent protests Friday as opposition supporters denounced preliminary results showing that incumbent President Uhuru Kenyatta won Thursday's presidential election with 98 percent of the vote.

But the rerun of the country's bungled August election was marred by incidents. The leader of National Super Alliance opposition party, Raila Odinga, boycotted the vote, and his supporters in opposition strongholds did not participate as elections officials were unable to deliver voting materials.

“Regardless of what side you’re on, it's hard to have an election when one of the two candidates doesn't want to participate,” said photographer Andrew Renneisen. “And that is where the problem lies.”

Renneisen, an American freelance photographer based in Nairobi, has been documenting the protests, navigating between both sides. “Protesters have rocks, stones, bottles, and [authorities] are answering with tear gas, rubber bullets, water cannons, blanks and, at times, live rounds,” he said.

While his photos show structures burned to the ground, bloody protesters and soldiers on edge, Renneisen said the violence remains sporadic. “The whole country isn't burning, but in opposition strongholds you definitely have issues. The protesters are extremely loyal to ‘Baba,’ ” he said, referring to the affectionate name given to Odinga. “Whatever he says goes. If he said to stop, that's what would happen.”

Kenyan police officers watch for rocks thrown by National Super Alliance (NASA) protesters as they attempt to clear the Kibera slum on Oct. 26, 2017, in Nairobi. (Photo by Andrew Renneisen/Getty Images)

National Super Alliance protesters look for police officers on the other side of a wall in the Kibera slum on Oct. 26, 2017, in Nairobi. (Photo by Andrew Renneisen/Getty Images)

Kenyan police officers chase National Super Alliance protesters as they attempt to clear the Kibera slum on Oct. 26, 2017, in Nairobi. (Photo by Andrew Renneisen/Getty Images)

National Super Alliance protesters use rocks to destroy a wall in the Kibera slum on Oct. 26, 2017, in Nairobi. (Photo by Andrew Renneisen/Getty Images)

Kenyan police officers peer around a building after throwing tear gas at protesters in the Kibera slum on Oct. 26, 2017, in Nairobi. (Photo by Andrew Renneisen/Getty Images)

A National Super Alliance protester runs from a tear gas canister in the Kibera slum on Oct. 26, 2017, in Nairobi. (Photo by Andrew Renneisen/Getty Images)

Kenyan police chase National Super Alliance (NASA) protesters as they attempt to clear the Kibera slum on Oct. 26, 2017, in Nairobi. (Photo by Andrew Renneisen/Getty Images)

Men walk by a flaming roadblock created by opposition protesters in the Kawangware slum on Oct. 27, 2017, in Nairobi. (Photo by Andrew Renneisen/Getty Images)

A Kenyan police officer watches for rocks thrown by protesters during an attempt to clear the Kibera slum on Oct. 26, 2017 in Nairobi. (Photo by Andrew Renneisen/Getty Images)

An opposition protester dances in front of a flaming roadblock in the Kawangware slum on Oct. 27, 2017, in Nairobi. (Photo by Andrew Renneisen/Getty Images)

A National Super Alliance protester shows where he was allegedly shot by police above his knee in the Kibera slum on Oct. 26, 2017, in Nairobi. (Photo by Andrew Renneisen/Getty Images)

A Kenyan police officer chases a man out of a storefront in the Kibera slum on Oct. 26, 2017, in Nairobi. (Photo by Andrew Renneisen/Getty Images)

Boys look through a hole in a wall outside a polling station in the Kibera slum on Oct. 27, 2017 in Nairobi. (Photo by Andrew Renneisen/Getty Images)

Liquid leaks from a flaming roadblock in the Kawangware slum on Oct. 27, 2017 in Nairobi. (Photo by Andrew Renneisen/Getty Images)

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