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PART 3 - 25th Jan.
2008 until 28. Jan. 2008
FACTS OF THE POST-ELECTION
VIOLENCE
KENYA OVERVIEW: TROUBLED NATION IN A TROUBLED
REGION (slow loading!)
SHORT CHRONOLOGY OF THE
CRISIS
THE NATIONAL DISASTER IN
SAD PICTURES
THE WHISTLEBLOWER FILES ON KENYA
TEXT OF KENYA
POWER-SHARING DEAL
EXCLUSIVE:
CONSTITUTIONAL CRISIS IN KENYA
US AND THEM - THE
ENDURING POWER OF ETHNIC NATIONALISM
DAY 32
UK - Africa – Child
Trafficking
(28.01.2008) APA - London (United Kingdom) A joint operation of
the UK police and a coalition of child rights bodies, over the
weekend uncovered the human trafficking ring through which
thousands of young African children were being sold and trafficked
to Britain to be exploited as ‘modern-day slavery’.
KENYA: Campuses stay
closed amid concern over student protests
(28.01.2008) NAIROBI (IRIN) - Most of Kenya's public universities
have yet to reopen amid fears of riots and ethnic bloodshed
following December's disputed polls.
Kenya's Rift Valley
burns, death toll soars
(28.01.2008) NAIVASHA, Kenya (Reuters) - Machete-wielding mobs
faced off in Kenya's Rift Valley on Monday and the death toll
climbed to nearly 100 people in the latest bout of ethnic violence
touched off by a disputed election.
Kenya: Ethnic revenge
brings more chaos
(28.01.2008) One person was shot dead and several injured Monday
in chaos that has erupted in more than seven towns as residents
react to reports that the Sunday clashes in Naivasha targeted
their communities.
Kenya's geographic and
political Rift
(28.01.2008) The Rift Valley is a geographical fault line that
runs through Kenya. But it is also the centre of a political and
ethnic divide. So it is no coincidence, historians and academics
say, that Rift Valley towns like Nakuru and Naivasha have exploded
in the wake of Kenya's disputed elections.
Violence exposes
Kenya's deep ethnic fault lines
(28.01.2008) NAIVASHA, Kenya (Reuters) - On a road in the lakeside
town of Naivasha, against a backdrop of vast mountains flanking
Africa's Great Rift Valley, two groups of men armed with machetes,
hammers and clubs taunted each other.
Kenya: Violence
Paralyses Western Towns As Political Crisis Deepens
(28.01.2008) Nairobi - (IRIN) Increasing violence and tension in
several towns in western Kenya continue to hinder the provision of
basic services such as health, education and transport, in
addition to causing untold suffering to thousands of people
displaced since the unrest began in late December.
Amnesty International
- Killings continue in Kenya
(28.01.2008) Reports from Kenya indicate that up to 70 people have
been killed in ethnic killings since Thursday last week. Ten
people were killed in Naivasha town west of Nairobi yesterday -
six of them were burnt and four were hacked to death.
'Some Kill with
Machetes, Others with Arrows'
(28.01.2008) An estimated 800 people have been killed so far in
Kenya as post-election violence takes on disturbing echos of the
Rwanda genocide. In the city of Nakuru, rival ethnic groups are
waging war on each other and thousands of people have fled their
homes.
Kenya's ethnic
killings spiral out of contol - Around 900 people have died
(28.01.2008) Dozens of people have been burnt and hacked to death
within a matter of hours in Kenya, as militias ignored pleas by
international mediators for a ceasefire and post-election ethnic
violence spiralled out of control.
Fresh violence pushes
Kenya death toll past 800
(28.01.2008) Clashes between machete-wielding mobs erupted in
western Kenya on Monday after dozens were killed in weekend
violence that pushed the estimated death toll since last month's
disputed presidential election to more than 800.
Kenya violence becomes
'more organised'
(28.01.2008) Kenya was experiencing a "sinister step change" in
violence, Britain's minister for Africa has warned, as it emerged
that dozens of people had been killed in tribal bloodletting over
the weekend.
CHRONOLOGY-Kenya in
crisis after disputed elections
(28.01.2008) - (Reuters) - Protests erupted in west Kenya and
machete-wielding mobs faced off in the Rift Valley on Monday after
dozens were killed in ethnic violence that complicated mediation
efforts by former U.N. boss Kofi Annan.
Survivors oppose
mediation efforts
(28.01.2008) Victims of post election violence were in court on
Monday opposing the ongoing international mediation efforts
between the government and the Orange Democratic Movement.
14 killed in Kenya
clashes
(28.01.2008) NAIROBI - Fourteen people were killed in clashes with
police in western towns in Kenya, police said today, amid a fresh
wave of ethnic violence set off by disputed presidential elections
a month ago.
Gang kills two Germans
with machetes in Kenya resort
(28.01.2008) MOMBASA, Kenya (Reuters) - A gang of youths hacked
two Germans to death with machetes during an apparent robbery
attempt in a private villa in Kenya's coastal resort of Diani late
on Sunday, police said on Monday.
Kenya: This Policeman
Has Shown Us the Way
(28.01.2008) Every crisis creates a hero. And, almost always, he
elbows his way into history from an unexpected direction. A junior
military officer called Napoleon emerged from the backwaters of
Europe to spellbind that continent for decades.
Rival Gangs Face Off
in Kenyan Violence
(28.01.2008) NAIVASHA, Kenya (AP) - Hundreds of people from rival
tribes confronted one another on a main road in this western Kenya
town Monday, hefting machetes, clubs and rocks and retreating only
when a handful of police between them fired live bullets into the
air.
Death toll climbs to
800 in fresh wave of Kenya violence
(28.01.2008) Rampaging mobs torched buses in the western Kenyan
town of Kisumu today, burning a driver to death, as the death toll
from post-election violence climbed to 800.
Former Kenya leader
Moi in hospital with back pains
(28.01.2008) NAIROBI - Former Kenyan President Daniel arap Moi has
been admitted to hospital in the capital Nairobi after suffering
back pains, his press secretary said on Monday.
Annan calls for
tolerance
(28.01.2008) The former United Nation Secretary General Kofi Annan
has stepped up efforts to bring the two political parties in the
Kenyan conflict to the negotiating table. The chief mediator has
embarked on the implementation of structured talks that will bring
to an end the post-conflict violence that has so far left over
1000 people dead.
Uganda: Where is
Museveni's Heart?
(28.01.2008) When the White-man came to Kenya holding a Bible, he
found us with our land. He told us to close our eyes to pray. When
we opened our eyes after prayers, we were holding the Bible while
he held our land....." said Jomo Kenyatta as he justified the
bloody Mau Mau (Mzungu Aende Ulaya Muafrika Apate Uhuru) war that
ousted colonialism out of Kenya.
Kenya gangs face off
in tribal violence
(28.01.2008) NAIVASHA, Kenya - Hundreds of people from rival
tribes confronted each other on a main road in Naivasha Monday as
tensions remained high in the Rift Valley town following a weekend
of ethnic violence.
The Hopes Of Kenya's
Children Hanging In The Balance - UNICEF
(28.01.2008) The hopes of hundreds of thousands of Kenyan children
and their families hang in the balance as the two leaders in the
disputed election, President Mwai Kibaki and Raila Odinga, finally
begin to talk, face to face.
Police, rioters clash
in fresh Kenya violence
(28.01.2008) NAIROBI (AFP) - Police battled rioters in the west of
Kenya on Monday as tribal clashes that left 130 dead over four
days spread further across the country. The violence - which saw
dozens hacked and burned to death mainly in the western Rift
Valley region - set a tense backdrop to former UN secretary
general Kofi Annan's ongoing mediation efforts.
The US or other
outsiders will not save Kenyan democracy
(28.01.2008) Kenya is aflame after a disputed presidential
election on December 27. Hundreds have died at the hands of the
police as well as from gang rampages and inter-ethnic violence.
The US has led the international diplomatic response, but its
approach has been deeply flawed.
A dozen killed in
Kenya violence
(28.01.2008) MORE THAN a dozen people were reported killed after
armed mobs clashed with locals and police yesterday in the lake
town of Naivasha, north-west of Nairobi. Residents fleeing with
mattresses and belongings made their way to nearby flower farms to
seek refuge.
Naivasha killings
trigger riots in western Kenya
(28.01.2008) Yesterday’s killings in Naivasha have triggered a
fresh wave of riots in several towns in western Kenya today. Riots
have been reported in Kisumu, Kakamega, Kapsabet, Gilgil, Migori,
Busia and Eldoret as residents react to reports that the Sunday
clashes in Naivasha targeted their communities.
Death toll nears 800
as post-election violence spirals out of control in Kenya
(28.01.2008) Ethnic clashes were spreading across Kenya's Rift
valley last night with at least 19 people burned in their homes or
hacked to death in the popular tourist town of Naivasha, 65 miles
from Nairobi.
19 Burned to Death in
Violence in Kenya
(28.01.2008) NAIROBI, Kenya - Ethnically driven violence
intensified in Kenya on Sunday, and police officials said at least
19 people, including 11 children, were burned to death in a house
by a mob.
Kenya violence spirals
as at least 10 burnt alive
(28.01.2008) Nairobi - Ethnic-based violence in Kenya's Rift
Valley province has left up to 150 dead since clashes ignited
Thursday, reports said, in a spiral of chaos that has engulfed the
East African nation after disputed elections. French broadcaster
RFI put the death toll at 150 after unrest erupted in the central
town of Nakuru last week. The local independent Daily Nation put
the number at 82.
Kenyan riot town
counts its dead
(28.01.2008) Red Cross workers are bracing for the grim task of
counting the dead in the Rift Valley town of Naivasha, scene of
Kenya's latest post-election violence. They said they could not
establish a proper toll until they had searched the charred
remains of burnt houses after a day on which at least 19 people
died.
Riots erupt in Kenya's
Kisumu, police fire in air
(28.01.2008) KISUMU, Kenya, Jan 28 (Reuters) - Police fired
teargas and bullets in the air on Monday in the western town of
Kisumu where protests erupted over the killings during the weekend
of people in Kenya's Rift Valley, residents said.
Activists urge UN
council to tackle Kenya crisis
(28.01.2008) UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The U.N. Security Council
should do something about the crisis in Kenya, since its
post-election turmoil threatens to destabilize the entire region,
Kenyan civil society activists said on Friday.
Kenya's Rift Valley
burns, protests erupt
(28.01.2008) NAIVASHA, Kenya (Reuters) - Protests erupted in west
Kenya on Monday over a weekend of horrific ethnic violence in the
Rift Valley that left dozens dead and complicated efforts by
former U.N. boss Kofi Annan to mediate a month-long crisis.
Kenyans retrieve
bodies as Annan pushes mediation
(28.01.2008) NAIVASHA, Kenya, Jan 28 (Reuters) - Kenyans in the
Rift Valley town of Naivasha were braced for fresh violence on
Monday after a spate of ethnic killings which complicated efforts
by former U.N. boss Kofi Annan to resolve a month-long crisis.
Kibaki and Raila must
act to save Kenya
(28.01.2008) The fresh tidal wave of deaths and violence, mainly
witnessed in Nakuru and Naivasha, is clearly pointing to an
ominous dimension the political turmoil is taking. At the close of
Sunday, at least 72 people had added to the grim statistics of
Kenya’s bloodbath.
Kenya’s hope lies with
strong and credible institutions
(28.01.2008) I attended the Law Society of Kenya’s “Way out...”
symposium at Hilton recently because a way out is what all, if not
most of us, are seeking out of the current crisis. A raft of
recommendations came through. Dr David Ndii proposed a transition
government with a limited mandate. He is among those who believe,
and rightly so, that the mess we are in is partly due to failure
of our institutions.
Deal with leaders
behind violence, MPs demand
(28.01.2008) MPs from central Kenya Sunday urged the Government to
deal more firmly with those fuelling violence in Rift Valley
Province as the death toll in Nakuru rose to 55.
Ruto appeals for end
to killings as he visits patients
(28.01.2008) The violence that hit parts of the country following
the announcement of the controversial presidential results was not
premeditated, an Orange Democratic Movement leader said Sunday.
Pentagon member William Ruto also warned those who participated in
the alleged rigging of the General Election that their days were
numbered.
10 burnt alive as toll
rises
(28.01.2008) At least 10 people were burnt alive and three others
stoned to death as violence sparked by the outcome of the December
General Election spread to Naivasha Town.
Groups urged to end
media drives
(28.01.2008) Rival political camps should stop media campaigns
trying to justify their positions regarding the December 27
elections, business executives said Sunday. The executives drawn
from various institutions and companies said the campaigns were
only exacerbating the crisis.
Rivals given roadmap
to peaceful end
(28.01.2008) Mediation efforts to end the political crisis in
which hundreds of people have been killed entered a crucial stage
Sunday when President Kibaki and ODM leader Raila Odinga were
handed proposals of a roadmap to a peaceful solution.
Weekend violence
claims 90 lives
(28.01.2008) Thirty more people were feared dead, bringing the
toll of the weekend bloodletting to almost 90 as the epicentre of
the violence shifted to Naivasha, 70km from the capital, Nairobi.
Stop the war now, Ruto
tells Rift Valley residents
(28.01.2008) Eldoret North MP, Mr William Ruto, has appealed to
Rift Valley residents not to allow the province to become a
battleground every election year.
Human Rights’
officials threatened
(28.01.2008) Human rights’ officials fear for their lives
following a report released by an international group on
post-election violence. The Human Rights Watch report accuses
opposition leaders in the Rift Valley of planning skirmishes in
the province. Eldoret human rights organisations said the report
was being linked to them yet they did not participate in its
preparation.
Kenya: Anxiety as
Police Visit Raila
(28.01.2008) There was anxiety at ODM leader Raila Odinga's Karen
home after people said to be police officers went there inquiring
about his whereabouts. The alleged police officers are said to
have gone to the home on Saturday night and again on Sunday
morning asking to see either Mr Odinga or his wife Ida.
Another police bid to
serve Raila fails
(28.01.2008) ODM leader, Mr Raila Odinga, has protested over the
use of police to serve him with an election petition. Police
officers visited the MP’s Nairobi home on Saturday night and
yesterday morning in efforts to serve him with the notice in vain.
18 schools closed over
skirmishes
(28.01.2008) Eighteen schools have been closed down in Trans Mara
District due to post-election violence. As a result, 6,450 pupils
and 117 teachers have deserted the learning institutions at Birar
and Kirindoni divisions due to insecurity.
Gang targets buses,
injure passengers
(28.01.2008) Transport on the Nairobi-Naivasha highway was
interrupted by violence. Public service vehicles bound for western
Kenya had to change route. Officials of Akamba and Easy Coach
companies said they avoided the Nakuru route and Nyanza and
Western-bound buses took the Nairobi-Narok route.
PNU blames ODM over
skirmishes
(28.01.2008) The Party of National Unity wants ODM to take full
responsibility for the aftermath of the General Election, saying
its advocacy for a regional system of Government had been
misunderstood, leading to deaths and evictions.
Arsonists burn ECK
offices in Kilgoris
(28.01.2008) Arsonists broke into the Electoral Commission of
Kenya (ECK) stores in Kilgoris and set it on fire, burning all
ballot boxes and other essential materials.
Death toll in Nakuru
hits 60 as clash rages
(28.01.2008) Sixty people have been killed in post-election
violence in Nakuru. The death toll is expected to rise as rival
groups continued to clash yesterday. Fifty-five bodies are lying
at the Nakuru Municipal Mortuary. The other five were yet to be
collected from the town’s estates.
Let us talk about what
really ails our country
(28.01.2008) Last week, I treaded where angels dread. I talked
about what I believe has plunged our beloved country into chaos.
14 killed and
thousands flee as violence spreads to Naivasha
(28.01.2008) At least 14 people were killed, 10 of them burnt
after their house was set ablaze as violence erupted in Naivasha
Town Sunday.
DAY 31
Kenyan death toll
reaches 800
(27.01.2008) Ethnic clashes have convulsed western Kenya as gangs
fought with crude weapons and set homes ablaze, pushing the death
toll from a month of violence over the country's flawed
presidential election to nearly 800.
More than 100 killed
in latest upsurge of Kenya violence
(27.01.2008) NAIROBI (AFP) - Kofi Annan on Sunday pushed for peace
and talks between Kenya's feuding politicians as ethnic violence
spread in western regions where the death toll from the past three
days surpassed 100.
Press despair as Kenya
crisis continues
(27.01.2008) The press in Kenya and neighbouring countries
expresses deep dismay that the post-election violence has
continued despite talks being held between President Mwai Kibaki
and opposition leader Raila Odinga to find a way out of the crisis.
Fighting spreads in
western Kenya
(27.01.2008) Fighting has erupted in another town in western
Kenya, say reports. Reports suggest at least nine people have been
killed in brutal inter-tribal bloodshed in Naivasha. Gangs of
youths blocked the main road. The town is about 60km (37 miles)
south of Nakuru - also the scene of recent fighting - and sits on
the main road between Nakuru and the capital Nairobi.
Student witnesses
Kenya violence
(27.01.2008) The parents of an 18-year-old student from Telford
say their daughter has witnessed the political violence in Kenya
at first hand. Nyree Grevett, from Telford, has been working in an
orphanage at Nakuru near Nairobi for several months.
Violence Continues In
Kenya With 47 More People Killed In Nakuru
(27.01.2008) Nairobi, Kenya (AHN) - Since Thursday more than 47
people have been killed in tribal fighting in Nakuru, in Western
Kenya. This comes on the heel of a mediation visit by former
United Nations Secretary General, Kofi Annan.
More people die in
Kenya's ethnic clashes
(27.01.2008) At least 17 people were killed in overnight ethnic
clashes in western Kenya spurred by December's disputed
presidential polls, police said Sunday.
Latest Kenya Ethnic
Clashes Kill 69
(27.01.2008) NAIVASHA, Kenya (AP) - Gangs armed with machetes and
bows and arrows burned and hacked to death members of a rival
tribe in western Kenya Sunday, as the death toll from the latest
explosion of violence over disputed presidential elections rose to
69.
Tribal hatred fuels
more Kenya violence
(27.01.2008) NAIROBI, Kenya (CNN) -- Tribal fighting has killed at
least 47 people since Thursday in Nakuru, a city in western
Kenya's Rift Valley where former U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan
just visited, according to an opposition party member.
Annan: Violence Is
Escalating in Kenya
(27.01.2008) Former United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan
urged Kenyan rival leaders to put aside their divergences and end
the bloody conflict.
Kenya's ethnic
violence escalates
(27.01.2008) Gangs armed with machetes and bows and arrows burned
and hacked to death members of a rival tribe in western Kenya as
police stood by helplessly.
Ethnic clashes erupt
in Kenyan town of Naivasha, at least 7 killed
(27.01.2008) NAIVASHA, Kenya (AP) - Gangs armed with machetes and
bows and arrows burned and hacked to death members of a rival
tribe in western Kenya Sunday, as overwhelmed police stood by
helplessly.
Catholic Priest Killed
as Ethnic Violence Toll Rises
(27.01.2008) A Catholic priest of the Diocese of Nakuru was today
killed as vicious inter-ethnic violence claimed more lives in the
Rift Valley town.
Tourism players appeal
for lifting of travel advisories
(27.01.2008) Hoteliers and curators in the Coastal city of Mombasa
are raising the red flag over huge losses incurred due to post
election violence. Over ten tourist hotels in Malindi and South
coast have closed business while an estimated 1500 curators are
faced with a similar predicament.
Seven killed in ethnic
violence
(27.01.2008) People were burned and hacked to death in ethnic
clashes in Kenya's western Naivasha town, the latest flashpoint of
violence over President Mwai Kibaki's re-election.
Annan meets Odinga as
fresh Kenya clashes erupt
(27.01.2008) NAIROBI (Reuters) - More ethnic clashes erupted in
Kenya's Rift Valley on Sunday as former U.N. chief Kofi Annan met
opposition leader Raila Odinga to try to mediate an end to a
month-long crisis that has killed 750.
Annan meets Kenya's
Odinga for crisis talks
(27.01.2008) NAIROBI, Jan 27 (Reuters) - Former U.N.
Secretary-General Kofi Annan met Kenya's opposition leader Raila
Odinga on Sunday as ethnic violence in Rift Valley undermined
efforts to mediate a month-long crisis that has killed 750.
I didn’t offer Raila
PM post, says Kibaki
(27.01.2008) President Kibaki has denied that he had offered ODM
leader Raila Odinga the post of prime minister. The President said
such an appointment would be a constitutional matter.
22 MPs to face court
battles
(27.01.2008) Less than a fortnight since the 10th Parliament was
sworn in, some of its members are already facing petitions
challenging their election. At least 22 election petitions
challenging the election of some of the 206 MPs have been filed.
Church leaders differ
on post-poll violence
(27.01.2008) The debate on whether the violence that erupted in
the country after last year’s General Election was pre-arranged or
not has drawn mixed reactions from the clergy.
The big problem with
our country
(27.01.2008) One great Nigerian scholar wrote a book: ‘‘The
Problem with Nigeria.’’ He says the problem is not its air, people,
or weather. But Nigeria suffered and continues to suffer due to
other completely different reasons. Similarly, Kenya suffers today
as a result of many complex factors. We have, since time
immemorial, had land problems, unemployment, favouritism, tribal
antagonism, foreign interests, regional problems, etc
Annan pushes for peace
as Kenyan death toll mounts
(27.01.2008) AFP - Kofi Annan was to push Sunday for peace and
talks in Kenya as mediation efforts hit further hurdles after a
surge in the death toll from ethnic clashes in the country's west
to 81.
Dozens are killed as
Kenya erupts into violence once more
(27.01.2008) After 48 hours of bloodshed, former UN chief calls
for investigation into 'systematic abuse' of human rights - Kofi
Annan, the former UN secretary general, yesterday called for an
investigation into "gross and systematic abuse of human rights" in
Kenya's Rift Valley after 48 hours of bloodshed that left at least
25 people dead.
Death toll in Rift
Valley rises above 80
(27.01.2008) Nairobi - The death toll caused by ethnic violence in
the Kenyan province Rift Valley has risen above 80 in three days.
In the provincial capital Nakuru alone 45 people were killed,
mainly by machetes.
Government departments
dealt a blow in Nyanza
(27.01.2008) It was one of the most eagerly awaited elections. But
upon conclusion, the exercise has left bitterness and suffering,
with towns and villages changed forever.
The sad state of the
Kenyan nation
(27.01.2008) This is what Kenya looks like, a month after voters
went to the polls to elect a new president, Members of Parliament
and councillors. Kenya is becoming a political and economic
cripple, no longer a master of its fate. Anger and despair sweep
across the land. There is death and plunder. There is also
lawlessness everywhere.
Residents take up
communities
(27.01.2008) A month after the announcement of the disputed
presidential poll results, life in the rural areas has come to a
standstill in parts of Rift Valley Province. Regions that had
civil servants or workers from other communities are worst
affected.
Savagery in a
displacement camp
(27.01.2008) Eight-year-old Gerrishon Mwangi hovers around the Red
Cross Society’s food collection point at Jamhuri Park in Nairobi.
Like many other children, he was displaced from the sprawling
Kibera slums, Nairobi, in the post-election atrocities. Etched
indelibly in his mind are gruesome images of burnt homes and empty
stretches of land that now stand in what used to be his home.
Mwangi’s face speaks of hunger and fatigue of sorts.
Annan presses for
Kenyan accord
(27.01.2008) Former UN chief Kofi Annan is due to hold further
talks in Kenya to try to end the deadlock between President Mwai
Kibaki and challenger Raila Odinga.
Ethnic Violence in
Rift Valley Tears Kenya Apart
(27.01.2008) NAKURU, Kenya - Nairobi, the capital of Kenya, may
seem calm, but anarchy reigns just two hours away. In Nakuru,
furious mobs rule the streets, burning homes, brutalizing people
and expelling anyone not in their ethnic group, all with complete
impunity. On Saturday, hundreds of men prowled a section of the
city with six-foot iron bars, poisoned swords, clubs, knives and
crude circumcision tools. Boys carried gladiator-style shields and
women strutted around with sharpened sticks.
Death Toll in Latest
Kenya Clashes at 25
(27.01.2008) NAKURU, Kenya (AP) - Men sobbed as police unloaded 16
charred bodies at a mortuary in this western Kenyan city. People
with machete and arrow wounds overwhelmed the main hospital and
were forced to share beds. Hundreds of homeless took shelter at a
church.
Dozens die in Kenyan
riots
(27.01.2008) Kofi Annan calls for probe into civil rights abuses
as machete gangs and arsonists settle old scores - Kenyan police
were yesterday fighting to control gangs who have killed at least
27 people over three days of chaotic violence in the town of
Nakuru, capital of the Rift Valley region.
Nakuru death toll hits
53
(27.01.2008) The bodies of at least 53 victims of the violence
that struck Nakuru town and the surrounding areas were on Saturday
lying at local mortuaries, while about 100 injured people were
admitted to various hospitals.
Annan urges leaders to
make ‘hard choices’
(27.01.2008) Mediator Kofi Annan has urged Kenyan leaders to make
hard choices to end the current political crisis. Mr Annan also
said the ongoing violence had gone beyond the disputed
presidential election results.
ICJ calls for interim
government
(27.01.2008) The Kenyan chapter of the International Commission of
Jurists has proposed that the ongoing negotiations work on the
formation of an interim government based on some form of power
sharing.
Bush skips Kenya in
Africa tour as US backs peace talks
(27.01.2008) President George W Bush will once again skip Kenya in
his planned visit to Africa next month. But this time around, the
likely reason for the side-step is the raging violence triggered
by results of last month’s presidential election.
Thousands flock to
churches and police stations for safety
(27.01.2008) Thousands of Nakuru residents fled to police stations
and churches for safety as violence continued for the second day
in the Rift Valley town.
Victims tell of ordeal
at the hands of attackers
(27.01.2008) Victims of the Nakuru violence who are recovering at
the Rift Valley provincial general hospital yesterday gave
heart-rending accounts of their encounters with raiders.
Facing the bitter
truth
(27.01.2008) It is hope against hope and race against time. It
seems the string holding Kenya together, for the moment, is the
mediation effort by former UN Secretary General Mr Kofi Annan and
his team of Africa’s eminent persons.
The state of the
Nation
(27.01.2008) The Sunday Standard Online brings you accounts of the
state of the nation, about a month after the onset of killings,
destruction and displacement triggered by discredited presidential
election results. The stories cast the picture of a nation stung
by forces of political rivalry and mired in unresolved historical
injustices.
Kibaki, Raila must be
ready for choices, says Annan
(27.01.2008) Former UN chief, Mr Kofi Annan, visited internally
displaced people then told President Kibaki and ODM leader, Mr
Raila Odinga, to be ready to make hard choices on the negotiation
table for the sake of peace.
Man whose shooting was
captured on TV buried
(27.01.2008) A man whose killing by a police officer KTN recorded
was buried on Saturday. Mourners wailed uncontrollably at the
burial of George Soja Onyango, at Ratta village, where family
members condemned the killing.
Scores killed as
violence escalates in Nakuru
(27.01.2008) Twenty-three people have been killed in Nakuru. This
brings the death toll to 35 since violence erupted in the town two
days ago. And the death toll was bound to rise to 47 as police
collected 10 more bodies in the outskirts of the town.
Hotel chain closes six
branches
(27.01.2008) A giant hotel chain, African Safari Club, has closed
six of its 10 branches at the Coast. This follows massive
cancellations over the post-election violence.
The Big Three on
Annan’s peace team
(27.01.2008) Whether for real or cameras, the momentous handshake
after a face-to-face meeting between Mr Mwai Kibaki and ODM leader,
Mr Raila Odinga, gives an inkling of the credentials of the Kofi
Annan-led mediation team.
Issues Kibaki, Raila
must address for mediation to succeed
(27.01.2008) The handshake between Mwai Kibaki and Raila Odinga on
Thursday was a momentous event and a symbolic gesture.
Annan hits out at
'systematic' Kenya abuses as 15 more killed
(27.01.2008) The Sydney Morning Herald - Kofi Annan said Saturday
he had witnessed "gross and systematic human rights abuses" on a
visit to western Kenya, where 15 more people were killed overnight
in the flashpoint town of Nakuru.
DAY 30
Tribal gangs clash in
Kenyan town
(26.01.2008) NAKURU, Kenya (Reuters) - Kenyan police battled on
Saturday to stop clashes between tribal gangs wielding machetes,
spears and bows and arrows that have killed at least 27 people in
the western town of Nakuru in three days of bloodshed.
More houses torched in
Nakuru
(26.01.2008) A woman has been killed and close to 30 houses
torched as violent attacks continued in Nakuru, after clashes
erupted on Thursday night.
Annan decries rights
abuses in the Rift Valley
(26.01.2008) Former UN Secretary General, Kofi Annan has just
toured the clash torn Rift Valley province and described the
situation as “heart-wrenching.”
Death toll rises in
Kenya town
(26.01.2008) Al Jazeera - Gunfire is reported to be continuing
across the Kenyan town of Nakuru where at at least 45 people have
been killed in clashes in the past two days.
DAVOS-UN aid chief
warns of irreversible spiral in Kenya
(26.01.2008) DAVOS, Switzerland (Reuters) - Kenya is in danger of
falling into an irreversible spiral of violence while politicians
attempt to settle their differences, the top U.N. aid official
said on Saturday.
Annan Tours
Violence-Torn Western Kenya
(26.01.2008) Former U.N. chief Kofi Annan says "gross and
systematic" human rights abuses have occurred in western Kenya,
where dozens of people have been killed in recent days.
Annan speaks of abuses
in Kenya
(26.01.2008) Nairobi - Former Secretary-General of the United
Nations Kofi Annan says he has seen "gross and systematic human
rights abuses" in western Kenya. Speaking after visiting camps for
people who have fled their homes to escape the country's
post-election violence, Mr Annan said the abuses should not remain
unpunished.
Kenyans count bodies
in post-election battleground
(26.01.2008) NAKURU, Kenya (Reuters) - Bodies of murdered Kenyans
piled up in Nakuru mortuary on Saturday. Some adults, some
children. Some bore the machete blows, spear thrusts and arrow
shots that probably finished them off.
Former UN Chief
Suspects Something Else To Have Triggered Violence In Kenya
(26.01.2008) Nairobi, Kenya (AHN) - Former head of the United
Nations Kofi Annan expressed concerns over human rights abuses in
Kenya during his visit to areas of the country worst hit by ethnic
clashes caused by disputed elections.
Revenge vow by
homeless Kenyans
(26.01.2008) Sporadic gunshots rang out in a main Rift Valley city
as Kenyans forced from their homes by post-election ethnic
violence threatened to seek revenge. Streets were strewn with
bodies slashed by machetes and pierced by arrows.
Annan tries breaking
Kenyan deadlock
(26.01.2008) Former United Nations chief Kofi Annan was set on
Saturday to push to break the deadlock in Kenya's political crisis
a day after fresh ethnic strife cast a pall over efforts to halt
the killings.
Dozens Dead in Latest
Kenya Clash
(26.01.2008) NAKURU, Kenya (AP) - Sporadic gunshots rang out
Saturday in this western Kenyan city as those forced from their
homes by postelection violence threatened revenge. Police took 16
charred bodies to a mortuary, where onlookers sobbed.
Fighting Erupts in
Western Kenyan Town
(26.01.2008) NAKURU, Kenya (AP) - Fierce street battles erupted in
a western Kenyan city Friday, leaving bodies lying on the ground
with machete slashes and pierced with arrows, witnesses said.
Violence Continues in
Kenya a Day After Talks
(26.01.2008) NAIROBI, Kenya - The political bickering continued in
Kenya on Friday, and so did the violence, with young men in gangs
from opposing ethnic groups killing one another in the streets
with machetes and bows and arrows.
Annan visits heart of
Kenya ethnic clashes as death toll soars
(26.01.2008) NAIROBI (AFP) - Former United Nations chief Kofi
Annan on Saturday flew to the heart of Kenya's ethnic clashes in
the Rift Valley to see first-hand the carnage wrought by fighting
spurred by disputed elections. Annan, on his fifth day in the
country, visited Molo and Trans-nzoia districts where some tens of
thousands of displaced people have taken refuge, a UN official
said.
KENYA: Nakuru
residents join displaced camp in their own town as violence erupts
(26.01.2008) NAKURU (IRIN) - Nakuru residents made up most of the
new arrivals at the town's showground camp set up for people
fleeing post-election violence in neighbouring districts,
according to a local aid official. The camp holds 5,900 people,
according to coordinator Jesse Njoroge who said most of the 696
new arrivals were from Nakuru itself.
Annan touring
strife-torn Kenya
(26.01.2008) Former UN Secretary General Kofi Annan is visiting
some of the areas affected by violence which followed Kenya's
disputed election. Mr Annan, in Kenya to mediate attempts for a
political solution, was heading to Eldoret and Rift Valley areas.
Inter-ethnic scores
settled in Nakuru
(26.01.2008) Terrifying mobs of young men armed with panga (machetes),
rungus (wooden clubs) and bows and arrows stormed through the
streets of Nakuru on Friday.
Into the Valley of
Death
(26.01.2008) Anger at vote-rigging has worked to rip a thin scab
off many years of frustration at poverty, corruption and
inequitable land ownership - KIPKELION, KENYA - With the sun
barely over the edge of the valley, the colours on the hills were
muffled. The banana leaves were dull green, the sugar cane stalks
pale yellow. And so the flames, when we saw them flare in first
one house, then a second, then streets and streets on fire, were
shocking, vivid orange, more alive than anything around.
Annan works to break
Kenyan deadlock as violence grows
(26.01.2008) NAIROBI (AFP) - Former United Nations chief Kofi
Annan was set Saturday to push to break the deadlock in Kenya's
political crisis a day after fresh ethnic strife cast a pall over
efforts to halt the killings.
Raila rules out
becoming Kibaki’s prime minister
(26.01.2008) Opposition leader Raila Odinga has ruled out the
option of taking up the post of prime minister in President
Kibaki’s government as a way of ending the current political
crisis.
Red Cross Sending
Medical Supplies to Treat Wounded in Kenya
(26.01.2008) The International Committee of the Red Cross, ICRC,
says it has sent enough medical supplies to Kenya's Nakuru
Provincial Hospital to treat at least 100 weapon-wounded patients.
This shipment of surgical and other supplies comes as ethnic
fighting escalates in the east African nation's Western Rift
Valley Province. Lisa Schlein reports from ICRC headquarters in
Geneva.
Secretary of AU
Affairs Meets for the second time
(28.01.2008) The Secretary of the African Union Affairs at the
General People's Committee for Foreign Liaison and International
Cooperation met for the second time on Friday in the Kenyan
capital Nairobi with the candidate of the Orange Movement in Kenya
Raila Odinga.
Why recognition
concept is important
(26.01.2008) Following the violence occasioned by the December
2007 disputed elections, questions have been raised as to whether
the Government of President Kibaki who was sworn in is legitimate.
Nakuru erupts
(26.01.2008) At least six
people were killed Friday in Nakuru town during clashes involving
youth from the Kalenjin and Kikuyu communities. The post-election
violence worsened in the volatile Rift Valley region only a day
after bitter rivals President Kibaki and opposition leader Raila
Odinga shook hands publicly for the first time since the fiercely
contested general elections and called for peace.
Gunfire resounds in
Rift Valley town in Kenya
(26.01.2008) NAKURU, Kenya - (Reuters) - Gunshots rang out in
Nakuru, Kenya, on Saturday and armed gangs manned roadblocks in
the Rift Valley town where ethnic clashes have killed at least a
dozen people in 24 hours, witnesses said.
Annan's burning desire
to entrench rule of law in Africa
(26.01.2008) When Kofi Annan flew into the country on Tuesday
night to mediate the political crisis in the country, one of the
first words he uttered in his Press conference at Serena Hotel in
Nairobi was that the rule of law must be respected. The former
United Nations secretary-general is a strict adherent to the rule
of law and order. But he is also very political and very African.
Top leaders should
sign deal, says Maathai
(26.01.2008) Nobel Laureate Prof Wangari Maathai is of the opinion
that President Kibaki and ODM leader Raila Odinga should sign a
peace agreement with legal basis, which cannot be broken.
Kenyan Gangs Clash in
New Trouble Spot
(26.01.2008) NAIROBI, Kenya - While the political bickering
continued in Kenya, so did the violence on Friday, with young men
in gangs from opposing ethnic groups killing each other in the
streets with machetes and bows and arrows.
Rights group seeks
evidence on killings
(26.01.2008) Human rights groups are casting the eye on
post-election violence with attention shifting to gathering
evidence that could help nail its perpetrators.
NSE seeks to stay
afloat as foreigners flee
(26.01.2008) The Nairobi Stock Exchange (NSE) is battling to
retain its limited number of foreign investors amid deepening
political uncertainty.
Tension in Nakuru as
chaos erupt
(26.01.2008) Tension reigned in Nakuru, leaving 12 people dead.
Businesses premises remained closed as transport was paralysed in
the town that has enjoyed relative peace in the past two weeks.
Annan’s team meets
Kivuitu
(26.01.2008) Former UN chief Kofi Annan’s mediation team turned
focus on meeting leaders and groups who could contribute to
helping the team solve the crisis.
Army helps out as
Nakuru erupts
(26.01.2008) Thirty-Two people
were killed in fresh flare-up in Nakuru and Molo. And Rift
Valley’s capital was put on 7pm-6am curfew. Military officers in
fatigues, and armed to the teeth, were brought out of the barracks
to enforce law and order. Another 5,000 people were displaced in
Nakuru and adjoining areas.
Why Ali has to save
Kenya from sliding into failed state
(26.01.2008) The violence that has come about because of sheer
incompetence and dereliction of duty on the part of Electoral
Commission chairman Samuel Kivuitu has brought into sharp focus
the roles of government institutions. The chaos has also exposed
genuine heroes and fraudsters.
Crimes court watching
Kenya
(26.01.2008) The International Criminal Court is closely
monitoring the recent post-election violence in Kenya and is ready
to intervene, subject to various conditions.
DAY 29
Ethnic violence
reignites in Kenya
(25.01.2008) NAKURU, Kenya - Kenya's disputed presidential
election touched off fighting in the country's fourth-largest city
Friday, with witnesses reporting bodies being left in roadways
with gashes on their heads and arrows lodged in their torsos.
Kenya massacre
survivors ask court to stop talks
(25.01.2008) Survivors of a church massacre in Kenya went to court
to try to stop former UN boss Kofi Annan leading mediation efforts
and said some participants in the talks were guilty of human
rights abuses.
Marriages Fall Victim
To Kenya Violence
(25.01.2008) In Kenya, Intertribal Marriages Fall Victim To
Election Violence - (AP) He doesn't call. He doesn't write. His
cell phone has been switched off for weeks. After 17 years, Naomi
Kering's husband is gone - one more intertribal marriage fallen
victim to the violence that has followed Kenya's disastrous
presidential election.
President Kikaki Is
Trying to Undermine Mediation Efforts, Says Kenya's Opposition
Party (25.01.2008) Kenya’s main opposition party is
criticizing President Mwai Kibaki for trying to undermine
mediation efforts aimed at resolving the country’s political
crisis. The Orange Democratic Movement, led by Raila Odinga, says
it rejects Mr. Kibaki’s statement that he is the duly elected
president of Kenya.
Activists urge U.N.
council to tackle Kenya crisis
(25.01.2008) UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The U.N. Security Council
should do something about the crisis in Kenya, since its
post-election turmoil threatens to destabilize the entire region,
Kenyan civil society activists said on Friday.
ODM denies planning
violence
(25.01.2008) A human rights group claims ODM officials and
traditional elders in Rift Valley Province planned and organised
ethnic-based violence which erupted amid the dispute over the
presidential election results.
Should the Country Be
Suspended From the Commonwealth?
(25.01.2008) Kenya should be flattered, rather than insulted, by
the amount of international attention it has received from the
African Union, the European Union, the United States, other
African leaders and the indefatigable Archbishop Desmond Tutu.
Ethnic clashes resume
in Kenya
(25.01.2008) More ethnic
clashes erupted in Kenya's Rift Valley province yesterday, leaving
at least 12 people dead and displacing thousands.
Political Ruffians
Hoodwink Civilians
(25.01.2008) The Kenya I have always known from the works of
writers like Ngugi wa Th'iong and Meja Mwagi is different from the
Kenya I read about in the media today.
The IMF has warned
that Kenya is facing an economic catastrophe
(25.01.2008) Political unrest in Kenya threatens to reverse
Kenya’s economic gains and further rattle regional economies that
depend on the country’s status as a regional hub.
A Step Backward in
Kenya
(25.01.2008) A wide-grinned Kofi Annan stood for a photo-op
yesterday alongside Kenya’s president and his key opponent—that is,
of course, the vote-rigging president and his ethnic-baiting
adversary.
Kenya: Tanzania transport cargo
stopped
(25.01.2008)
Kenya's Ports Authority has stopped discharging cargo and goods
for Tanzania at port of Mombasa until normal operations resume in
the country.
The hopes of Kenya’s
children hanging in the balance
(25.01.2008) Nairobi / Geneva - The hopes of hundreds of
thousands of Kenyan children and their families hang in the
balance as the two leaders in the disputed election, President
Mwai Kibaki and Raila Odinga, finally begin to talk, face to face.
Must read:
Understanding Kenya’s Politics
(25.01.2008) Until late 2007, Kenya was considered one of the most
stable countries in Africa. It has functioned as East Africa’s
financial and communications hub, the headquarters of many
international nongovernmental organizations, and a magnet for
tourism. Analysts looked favorably upon its healthy and
broad-based economic expansion under President Mwai Kibaki, which
stood in marked contrast to the growth of countries such as Angola
and Equatorial Guinea that depend on the export of a single
commodity-oil.
Betrayal, dashed hopes
- bad times have arrived in Kenya
(25.01.2008) More than two years ago, when Kenya's current
opposition leader, Raila Odinga, quit President Mwai Kibaki's
government, I wrote the following: "The trick will be to get
Kibaki out without triggering a wave of violence that would do the
country grave and permanent damage . . . Bad times are coming to
Kenya."
15 dead in western
Kenya as Annan pushes for dialogue
(25.01.2008) NAKURU, Kenya (AFP) - Fresh clashes killed 15 people
in Kenya, police said Friday, while former UN chief Kofi Annan
pushed for dialogue to end political and ethnic turmoil sparked by
last month's disputed presidential poll.
Fears over rising IDP
numbers in Mt Elgon
(25.01.2008) NAIROBI (IRIN) - The number of internally displaced
people (IDPs) in the volatile district of Mt Elgon in western
Kenya could increase due to the effects of the post-election
violence that has hit parts of the country, according to an
official of the Kenya Red Cross Society.
More killed in Kenya
unrest
(25.01.2008) Fresh clashes have killed at least 10 people in
Kenya, undermining efforts by Kofi Annan, the former UN secretary
general, to mediate the dispute sparked by last month's
presidential polls that have caused weeks of unrest.
'Kibaki derails
mediation'
(25.01.2008) afrol News - For peace loving Kenyans, there could be
anything as important as watching their country's arch-political
rivals - President Mwai Kibaki and the leader of Orange Democratic
Movement Raila Odinga - holding peace talks auspices of the former
UN chief Kofi Annan.
Mind your words - Kofi
Annan
(25.01.2008) Former United Nation's boss Kofi Annan is telling
both political and religious leaders to watch they say so as to
restore calm in the country.
Kenya bourse says
foreigners invest despite crisis
(25.01.2008) NAIROBI (Reuters) - Foreign investors are still
trading at the Nairobi Stock Exchange despite nearly a month of
post-election violence that has upset the economy, the bourse's
Chairman, Jimnah Mbaru, said on Friday.
Up until recently I
didn't even know which ethnic group my colleagues belonged to
(25.01.2008) SOS-Kinderdorf International - A state of emergency
was declared in Kenya following the elections at the end of
December.
Mediation effort
“fails to stem violence, tension”
(25.01.2008) NAIROBI (IRIN) - Violence and tension are still rife
in parts of Kenya's Rift Valley Province, despite ongoing
mediation efforts to resolve the political crisis, the
secretary-general of the Kenya Red Cross Society (KRCS), Abbas
Gullet, said on 25 January.
In Kenya's scenic Rift
Valley, ugly violence
(25.01.2008) Clashes around the Kenyan town of Nakuru in the
volatile Rift Valley have claimed at least seven lives despite
hopes for a settlement between senior political leaders.
Breaking Kenya's
Impasse: Chaos or courts?
(25.01.2008) KENYA’S 2007 ELECTION HAS PRECIPITATED THE COUNTRY’S
WORST CRISIS SINCE THE ABORTIVE AUGUST 1982 coup by the Air Force:
700 deaths, nearly 300,000 others displaced, an estimated 60
billion Kenya shillings ($850 million) and continuing instability
which has undermined the country’s international image and rapidly
eroded donor confidence.
Two die as Kenya
violence continues
(25.01.2008) Half a town has been burned down and at least two
people have been killed in the latest ethnic clashes in Nakuru,
western Kenya sparked by a dispute over elections, the Kenya Red
Cross Society said.
Chaos rock Nakuru
(25.01.2008) Kenya Army soldiers have been called out to beef up
security in Nakuru town after rival militia blocked key roads and
destroyed property in fresh escalation of violence.
STATEMENT BY KENYA
TOURISM INDUSTRY
(25.01.2008) REBUILDING THE INDUSTRY AFTER THE SLUMP OF 1997 -
Kenya's tourism stakeholders have worked tirelessly over the last
seven years to rebuild the industry after the slump of 1997,
earning the country Kshs 65.4 Billion in 2007....
Kenya presidential
elections violence situation report
(25.01.2008) UNIC/OCHA/UNDP - Highlights: President Kibaki and
Opposition leader Odinga meet face-to-face following Kofi Annan’s
mediation - A third round of food distribution to 72,000 people
begins in Nairobi slums ...
Tame the Terror Gangs
(25.01.2008) Sometime ago, the Government outlawed organised
criminal gangs, which used to unleash terror and mayhem in various
parts of the country.
Poaching threatens
Masai Mara
(25.01.2008) Increased poaching in the wake of the collapse of
tourism following Kenya's post-election crisis is threatening the
Masai Mara, conservationists say.
Kenya's meltdown
(25.01.2008) There seems little doubt that Kenyan president Mwai
Kibaki stole his second term in office in last month's election,
but opposition leader Raila Odinga is proving a man of
questionable judg ment, too.
Town Razed In Kenya
Ethnic Clashes
(25.01.2008) More than half an entire town has been consumed by
fire in Kenya's Rift Valley in the latest bout of ethnic violence
since December's disputed election.
West cannot impose
democracy in Africa: Ethiopian PM
(25.01.2008) LONDON, Jan 25 (AFP) Trying to impose democracy in
Africa is wrong, Ethiopia's prime minister said Friday,
contrasting Western attitudes to countries like Kenya and Zimbabwe
to policies towards oil-rich Gulf states.
KNCRH embarks on
investigations on human rights abuses
(25.01.2008) The Kenya National Commission on Human Rights has set
up teams of investigators to document alleged post election human
rights abuses reported in various parts of the country.
No breakthrough in
Kenya talks
(25.01.2008) Nairobi - Thursday's talks between Kenyan president
Mwai Kibaki and opposition leader Raila Odinga failed to produce a
breakthrough. Former UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan mediated the
talks, the first face-to-face meeting between the two men since
Kenya's disputed presidential elections at the end of December.
Drawback after
historic handshake
(25.01.2008) Opposition leaders are now demanding a review of the
mediation process only hours after Raila Odinga and President Mwai
Kibaki shook hands, smiled and called for peace across the country
as hundreds of onlookers cheered them on Addressing a rare late
night Press Conference the leaders, who spoke in the absence of
Raila Odinga, particularly took issue with the speech delivered by
President Mwai Kibaki that started by declaring: “As I pointed out
after being sworn in as your duly elected President of Kenya, I
will personally lead our country in promoting unity, tolerance,
peace and harmony among all Kenyans,"
Kenya's Odinga rules
out being Kibaki's PM
(25.01.2008) NAIROBI (Reuters) - Kenya's opposition leader Raila
Odinga ruled out on Friday taking a new post of prime minister in
President Mwai Kibaki's government as a solution to the
post-election dispute crippling the east African nation.
Kenya opposition asks
AU to avoid endorsing Kibaki
(25.01.2008) NAIROBI (Reuters) - Kenya's opposition leader Raila
Odinga called on Friday for the African Union (AU) to avoid
endorsing President Mwai Kibaki's disputed re-election at its
upcoming summit in Ethiopia.
Stabilize Kenya
(25.01.2008) Rioting and bloodshed in Kenya have reached levels
that can no longer be ignored. A rigged election several weeks ago
delivered a narrow victory to President Mwai Kibaki. Since then,
nearly 700 people have been killed and 250,000 displaced. Police
assaults against rioting opposition-group supporters and pogroms
fueled by tribal resentment contributed to the body count.
Democracy demands a
recount
(25.01.2008) In the end, only Kenya can decide its fate. But the
international community must stop pushing for a backroom 'compromise'
- Kenya is aflame after a presidential election on December 27
widely believed to have been rigged to secure the re-election of
Mwai Kibaki.
The IMF has warned
that Kenya is facing an economic catastrophe
(25.01.2008) Political unrest
in Kenya threatens to reverse Kenya’s economic gains and further
rattle regional economies that depend on the country’s status as a
regional hub.
Fresh clashes in Kenya
kill at least 8
(25.01.2008) Nairobi: At least eight people were killed in fresh
clashes in Kenya, police and aid agencies said on Friday.
Seven killed in
western Kenya as Annan pushes for peace
(25.01.2008) Nairobi. Seven people were killed in clashes in
western Kenyan, police said Friday, as former UN chief Kofi Annan
pressed for dialogue between the country's feuding leaders.
Kofi Annan to African
Leaders
Kofi Annan said to African Leaders on June 2, 1997: "My friends,
the promise of Africa’s third wave beckons. Our turn has come.
Kibaki-Raila meeting a
turning point?
(25.01.2008) It may have essentially provided for just a
photo-opportunity, but the first direct encounter Thursday between
President Kibaki and Opposition leader Raila Odinga, since the
disputed elections, may well have been a giant step towards
resolving the political standoff and halting the slide towards
anarchy and national disintegration.
Arsonists strike again
and raze 16 homes
(25.01.2008) More than 16 houses were set ablaze in Eldoret
Thursday as panic started to grip the town again. The houses were
burnt in Kasarani and Munyaka estates.
60,000 miss class due
to chaos
(25.01.2008) More than 60,000 students from primary and secondary
schools in Rift Valley Province have been displaced following the
post-elections violence.
The world watches as
Big Two give their promise
(25.01.2008) Frost thawed when President Kibaki and ODM leader, Mr
Raila Odinga, met for the first time in months.
Soldier and policeman
in quarrel over land
(25.01.2008) A soldier and an Administration policeman confronted
each other in a plot ownership row in Isiolo. Hundreds of people
gathered on the plot at Kambi Garba estate on the Isiolo-Marsabit
Road as the two uniformed men threatened each other.
Local tourism hardest
hit by chaos, say players
(25.01.2008) The domestic
tourism market has been hardest hit by political skirmishes,
industry players have said. The Tourism Trust Fund (TTF) said
though concentration has been on international tourist arrivals,
local visitors have been most affected.
State ignores media
demands
(25.01.2008) The Government and editors were headed for a clash
after the Ministry of Information ignored a 24-hour ultimatum to
lift the ban on live television broadcasts.
ODM rejects Museveni
offer
(25.01.2008) ODM has turned down President Yoweri Museveni’s
proposal for a judicial commission of inquiry into the
presidential election.
Police kill two in
Molo as violence rages on
(25.01.2008) Two people, including a boy, 12, were shot dead by
police in Sachangwan, Molo District, as violence persisted.
Maathai’s protest on
bodyguard
(25.01.2008) Former Tetu MP, Prof Wangari Maathai, has protested
at the withdrawal of her bodyguard, terming it political.
MPs allowed to hold
peace meetings
(25.01.2008) Rift Valley MPs will be allowed to meet their
constituents to contain the current political upheavals. Area PC,
Mr Hassan Noor, told The Standard the Government would lift the
ban on public rallies to allow the leaders to preach peace.
Doctors divided over
post-election crisis
(25.01.2008) Medical practitioners have expressed fears that the
political crisis could tear the profession apart. They said deep
suspicion and mistrust between health workers had taken root since
last year’s General Election.
Kibaki, Raila come
face-to-face
(25.01.2008) President Kibaki and ODM leader, Mr Raila Odinga,
closed the gaping divide between them in a momentous handshake
that lit a ray of hope over the political crisis.
Kenya needs power
sharing
(25.01.2008) Nairobi - The only way out of the deadly crisis that
has rocked Kenya for a month is a political deal, which analysts
said yesterday was likely to include creation of a prime minister
position for the opposition.
Don't honor hate talk
(25.01.2008) Who says racism is dead in America? It's alive and
well on talk radio, on WABC in New York, from the microphone of
legendary talk show host Bob Grant.
SA companies not
wanted in Kenya – study
(25.01.2008) A study by the SA Institute of International Affairs
has recorded instances of ‘blatantly anti-South African sentiment’
among Kenyans towards companies operating in their country,
prompting the ANC to call on the government to pass a law
governing the conduct of local firms operating in Africa.
New board to run CDF
(25.01.2008) THE Government will not release money for
Constituency Development Fund (CDF) projects until the National
Management Board is in place. Finance minister, Mr Amos Kimunya,
also said MPs must first constitute Constituency Development
Committees (CDCs).
Envoy defies broadcast
ban
(25.01.2008) United States Ambassador Michael Ranneberger
participated in a live radio interview in spite of a Government
ban on live media broadcasts.
Businesses see huge
losses
(25.01.2008) Local manufacturers are projecting an estimated Sh260
billion loss in the next six months due to post-election turmoil.
Verbal attacks stoke
Kenya crisis, despite talks
(25.01.2008) Kenyans faced more turmoil today after both sides in
the country's deadly political crisis accused each other of trying
to sink mediation efforts.
Kenya crisis continues
despite talks
(25.01.2008) Nairobi (Reuters) - Kenyans are facing more turmoil,
with both sides in the country's deadly political crisis accusing
each other of trying to sink mediation efforts.
Chaos in North Rift
unmask historical disputes over land and cattle rustling
(25.01.2008) A new wave of violence has hit the North Rift region
casting doubt on the position that the ongoing mayhem was purely a
result of the disputed presidential election results.
Hope at last
(25.01.2008) It was the handshake that rekindled hope for peace.
As millions of Kenyans watched on television, President Kibaki and
ODM leader Raila Odinga stepped forward Thursday and clasped each
other’s hand in a gesture which carried with it the destiny of a
bruised nation.
ODM criticise Kibaki
remark
(25.01.2008) ODM Thursday swiftly criticised President Kibaki over
remarks that he was the duly elected Head of State. Led by
secretary-general Anyang Nyong’o, the ODM leaders said President
Kibaki’s statement negated “the whole rationale for international
mediation.”
MPs united in call for
peace
(25.01.2008) Political
differences were set aside Thursday when 40 MPs from the
violence-torn Rift Valley Province joined hands and made a
passionate appeal for peace.
Chaos: ODM and police
trade blame
(25.01.2008) Police and ODM traded accusations over the chaos that
erupted at a prayer meeting in Nairobi on Wednesday.
Kibaki, Raila and
Annan speak
(25.01.2008) President Kibaki: I am deeply concerned by the
violence and destruction of property since the conclusion of the
General Election.
Clashes engulf Kenyan
town, three dead
(25.01.2008) NAIROBI (Reuters) - Election-related ethnic clashes
have engulfed areas around the Kenyan town of Nakuru, causing
three deaths, hundreds of injuries, and thousands of displacements,
the local Red Cross said on Friday.
Let’s get some serious
action going around here
(25.01.2008) Nobel Peace Prize winner Wangari Maathai is back in
full flow. It is good to see her break free of the captivity of
elective politics. Being MP for Tetu obviously had its advantages
and she fought hard and valiantly to retain the seat.
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