The police said they had arrested seven people in Mombasa while businesses in the city stayed closed for fear of looting, a Reuters witness said.
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One other person died while undergoing treatment in Kisumu after falling on the tarmac as the mob there fled from police officers.
12 foreign envoys have voiced concern over the weekly protests by opposition Cord against electoral body IEBC.
Several other places have also been caught up in the demonstrations including the coastal city of Mombasa, where police fired tear gas to prevent protesters from gathering.
Odinga, a former prime minister who lost his bid for the presidency in 2013, accuses the election commission of bias towards President Uhuru Kenyatta and has demanded new commissioners be named ahead of elections due in August 2017.
Opposition leader Raila Odianga late on Monday released a statement accusing the government of killing innocent Kenyans during today’s demonstrations: “They have brought back the 2007 [when Kenya was rocked by post-election violence] shoot-to-kill order”.
Dubbed the “mother of all demos”, CORD is pushing for the scrapping of the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) saying it is politically biased. Even now he can not offer Kenyans a proper count of the votes.
In 2013, CORD accused the commission of manipulating the presidential election result.
Photos and videos of riot police clubbing and kicking protesters in Nairobi last Monday were shared widely on social media and sparked outrage. He said police did not use live ammunition.
The man who died in the western city of Kisumu was said to have fallen down while running away from clashes.
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An attempt by cord leaders to storm the iebc offices in nairobi was repulsed for the fourth time after police sprayed their vehicles with water canons. In similar previous protests in the capital Nairobi, police have used teargas and water cannon against stone-throwing crowds.
