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PART 7 - 17th Feb.
2008 until 21. Feb. 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 55
Kenya's Wangari
Maathai sees war on the horizon
(21.02.2008) Kenya's political rivals are haggling over a
settlement to the crisis sparked by disputed elections, but if the
squabbling doesn't bear fruit, the ordinarily stable East African
country risks being plunged into war, a Kenyan Nobel Peace Prize
laureate warned on Thursday.
Think-tank says
violence may flare again in Kenya
(21.02.2008) NAIROBI: Armed groups are still mobilising in Kenya's
political standoff and violence could flare again if talks fail to
solve the worst crisis since independence in 1963, a think-tank
said on Thursday.
Kenya in Crisis
(21.02.2008) Africa Report N°137 - Since the announcement of the
contested presidential election results on 30 December 2007 giving
a second term to Mwai Kibaki, Kenya has been in its worst
political crisis since independence. Over 1,000 people have died
and 300,000 have been displaced in violence with a serious ethnic
character.
Forgiving the Killer
Next Door
(21.02.2008) KIGALI, Rwanda - (Lessons from Rwanda for Kenya!)
Rwandans Learn to Live Side by Side After Last Decade's Bloody
Genocide ...
Kenyan rivals in
possible breakthrough on PM
(21.02.2008) NAIROBI (Reuters) Concerning the Grand Coalition -
Annan beginns to see light at the end of the tunnel - but maybe
it's the oncoming train of Collision!
Repeat Elections Now
(21.02.2008) Just days after admitting partisanship in the last
elections, the inter-religious forum is now calling for a repeat
of the General Election (G.E.) within the shortest time possible.
Political Instability
Hurting Economy
(21.02.2008) One of the most heartening features of Nairobi a few
months ago was the fact that many Kenyans were keen to encourage
their compatriots who live abroad to invest in the country.
Must read: Kenya falls
further under the machete’s rule
(21.02.2008) The blast from a bus horn disturbs the calm of dawn
in the city of Kisumu, western Kenya, signalling the arrival of
another cargo of traumatised passengers.
Don Says Poll
Bankrollers Demand Their Pound of Flesh
(21.02.2008) A university lecturer Wednesday claimed that shadowy
individuals and organisations were controlling politics in Kenya.
What Did the
Government Promise the Libyans?
(21.02.2008) Early last year, the Government decided to give Libya,
through a Memorandum of Understanding, exclusive rights over three
lucrative projects.
Challenges of a Power
Sharing Deal
(21.02.2008) Kenya is at a crossroads and under the world's
microscope as every effort is made to find a political settlement
to our current woes.
Dispatches from
fractured Kenya
(21.02.2008) “My friend, how is your Valentine’s like? Here in
Kenya it is exclusively a youth affair. The seniors dismiss it as
merely foreign culture. Still, shops are still colored by red. I
wish you were near! We would celebrate together! Keep good, my
friend. Pray for us.”
Finding Families
(21.02.2008) Parents and children search for each other as Kenyan
political factions try to bring peace - NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) -
Among the children laughing and shouting on the swing set at a
Nairobi orphanage is a boy who was pulled from his bed by men with
machetes and an 11-year-old girl who assumes her mother was burned
alive.
How Close to the Brink
We All Are! - see Kenya
(21.02.2008) Following the ill-fated general elections in Kenya,
the people went on the rampage and left over 1000 dead!
Crisis Talks Heighten
Tension in Western Kenya
(21.02.2008) The political opposition in Kenya is holding out the
possibility of further anti-government demonstrations if there is
no agreement on resolving Kenya's disputed presidential elections.
Citizens for Truth
Commission But Say Delink It From Politicians
(21.02.2008) Members of the public Wednesday differed on whether
Kenya was in need of a truth and reconciliation commission
following violence triggered by last year's disputed presidential
poll results.
Poghisio is a threat
to freedom of the Press
(21.02.2008) After failing to arm-twist the Media Council of Kenya
to endorse a suspect plot to audit the media, Information minister
Samuel Poghisio and Permanent Secretary Bitange Ndemo now intent
to embark on a unilateral blietzkrieg.
Violence in Kenya
Leaves Hundreds of Thousands With Nowhere to Go
(21.02.2008) In Kenya, violence that began shortly after elections
in December is blamed for the deaths of more than 1,000 people and
the displacement of 600,000 others. Many who fled their homes now
live in church compounds, police stations and other locations
across the country. Cathy Majtenyi visited several displaced
persons camps and filed this report for VOA.
Kenya OKs Prime
Minister for Rivals
(21.02.2008) NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) - Kenya's government tentatively
agreed Thursday to create a prime minister's post to be filled by
the opposition, moving the East African country a step closer to
ending weeks of deadly clashes over the disputed presidential
election.
Kenya Expects
Political Deal By Friday
(21.02.2008) Kenyan Officials Say They Expect A Deal By Friday To
End Deadly Political Crisis - NAIROBI, Kenya - (AP) A political
deal to end Kenya's deadly postelection crisis is expected by
Friday, with the two sides having largely agreed on a new
government structure, including a prime minister's post, officials
said Thursday.
Ethnicity Runs in
Veins of Citizens
(21.02.2008) While managers in the flower
industry were anxious to get roses
to Europe for Valentine's Day, thousands of their displaced
workers were worried about security, food and basic medicine.
Kenya athletes deny
helping Rift Valley killings
(21.02.2008) NAIROBI (Reuters) - Senior members of Kenya's
athletics fraternity reacted indignantly on Thursday to an
accusation they funded some of the worst post-election violence in
the Rift Valley area.
PNU/ODM ‘largely
agree’ Govt structure
(21.02.2008) Hopes of Kenya’s political rivals reaching a deal to
end the country’s crisis heightened today with chief mediator Kofi
Annan announcing that there was “finally light at the end of the
tunnel”.
Kenya's "women in
white" to circle peace talks
(21.02.2008) NAIROBI (Reuters) - Kenyan women wearing white
clothes to symbolise peace vowed on Thursday to surround the venue
of crisis talks until a solution is found to the east African
country's worst turmoil since independence.
Kenya’s religious
leaders call for fresh polls
(21.02.2008) Kenya’s religious leaders have come together to call
for a fresh General election as the way out of the current
political crisis.
Kenya's youths at
center of its violence
(21.02.2008) Coming of age at a time of transition, they have one
foot in a modern ideal and one rooted in tribal traditions. -
NAIROBI, KENYA - He's a preacher's son and part-time college
student who idolizes Martin Luther King Jr. and aspires to escape
Kenya's biggest slum.
Machetes and Elections
(21.02.2008) On the Ground - Until he was circumcised with
a machete in front of a jeering mob and then dragged off to be
beheaded, Robert Ochieng had been a symbol of modern, post-tribal
harmony in Kenya.
Kibaki using delay
tactics in power sharing: ODM
(21.02.2008) The Opposition in Kenya has hit out at the government
charging them for not being a serious partner in reaching a
political settlement.
Kenya 'at risk of
fresh violence'
(21.02.2008) Further violence could erupt in Kenya unless a
solution to the country's political crisis is found urgently, an
international think tank has warned.
Violence may flare
again in Kenya - think-tank
(21.02.2008) NAIROBI (Reuters) - Armed groups are still mobilising
in Kenya's political standoff and violence could flare again if
talks fail to solve the worst crisis since independence in 1963, a
think-tank said on Thursday.
Ex-corruption fighter
urges reform in Kenya
(21.02.2008) LONDON (Reuters) - An exiled former anti-corruption
adviser urged Kenyans on Wednesday to tackle graft and push
through land and constitutional reforms as part of a package to
end a political standoff after disputed elections.
Opposition in Kenya
Threatens More Protests
(21.02.2008) NAIROBI, Kenya - Kenya’s leading
opposition party on Wednesday accused
the government of stonewalling in negotiations
to resolve the country’s festering
political crisis and threatened to resume protests if a
power-sharing agreement was not reached within a week.
Bus set on fire as
violence flares over rent dispute
(21.02.2008) The protests started at around 6 am Wednesday, less
than an hour after police had called off the six-hour operation in
which 85 people were evicted from their illegally occupied houses
and arrested.
Minister says No to
mass transfers
(21.02.2008) The Government has no plans to transfer civil
servants affected by post-election violence. Public Services
minister Asman Kamama said they will encourage the officers to
return to their work stations instead, saying each case for
transfer would be considered according to its merit.
Media shrugs off ban
threat
(21.02.2008) The media fraternity Wednesday reacted sharply to
threats by the Government to disband the Media Council of Kenya.
Ali blames public for
‘protecting criminals’
(21.02.2008) The public is to blame for hindering efforts to
investigate and prosecute perpetrators of post-election violence,
police commissioner Hussein Ali said Wednesday.
Group roots for new
law
(21.02.2008) The civil society is calling for an interim
constitution to pull the country out of the current political
crisis.
Two suspects in MP’s
killing arrested
(21.02.2008) Two people who police believe were part of a gang
that killed Embakasi MP Mugabe Were have been arrested.
Kenyans for truth
commission but say delink it from politicians
(21.02.2008) Members of the public Wednesday differed on whether
Kenya was in need of a truth and reconciliation commission
following violence triggered by last year’s disputed presidential
poll results.
ODM threatens mass
action over talks
(21.02.2008) Orange Democratic Movement Wednesday threatened mass
action if Parliament is not summoned in a week to enact necessary
constitutional changes to pave the way for implementation of its
proposals to end the stalemate.
Annan's team in
crucial talks over PM's role
(21.02.2008) Government and ODM negotiators in the Kofi Annan-led
talks were Wednesday evening on the verge of reaching agreement on
the creation of a prime minister’s post.
Mass action is not a
solution to anything
(21.02.2008) Orange Democratic Movement MPs
Wednesday resolved to call mass
action if Parliament is not summoned by next week to enact
constitutional changes that will pave the way for the
implementation of proposals tabled during the Kofi Annan-led
mediation talks.
Waruru, editors
dismiss threats by Government
(21.02.2008) The Media Council of Kenya (MCK), editors and
reporters have protested at what they termed as Government
interference with the Press.
Disband task force or
else you go, warns Mutua
(21.02.2008) The Government has directed the Media Council of
Kenya (MCK) to call off a proposed Press audit or face
deregistration.
You have no power to
dissolve council, Mutua told
(21.02.2008) The Government has no powers to disband the Media
Council, lawyers say. Law Society of Kenya Western branch said
only Parliament could dissolve the body, which was established
last year through the Media Act 2007.
Mutua bites more than
he can chew
(21.02.2008) The outburst by the Director of Information that he
could deregister the Media Council of Kenya was misdirected and
petty grandstanding.
Poghisio is a threat
to freedom of the Press
(21.02.2008) After failing to arm-twist the Media Council of Kenya
to endorse a suspect plot to audit the media, Information minister
Samuel Poghisio and Permanent Secretary Bitange Ndemo now intent
to embark on a unilateral blietzkrieg.
Maathai receives
threats
(21.02.2008) Nobel Peace Laureate, Prof Wangari Maathai, has
received death threats and now believes her life could be in
danger. Maathai said she believes the threats were politically
motivated after she took a stand she says is perceived as
undermining President Kibaki’s presidency.
Creditors storm PNU
offices to demand payment
(21.02.2008) Creditors stormed PNU offices for the second time
demanding more than Sh60 million. The creditors jammed the PNU
office on Lenana Road and blocked the entrance with their vehicles,
demanding audience with Mr Lee Karuri of Kibaki Tena, whom they
accused of giving them false promises.
Civil society groups
reject power sharing
(21.02.2008) Civil society groups want an interim constitution
providing for a transitional Government enacted. The 160 NGOs on
Wednesday said power sharing would not be a panacea to the
political impasse, and called on Parliament to amend the
Constitution.
Tension high as police
arrest ODM politician
(21.02.2008) A prominent Uasin Gishu farmer, businessman and ODM
politician, Mr Jackson Kibor, was arrested by police and flown to
an unknown destination.
Chaos as police raid
houses
(21.02.2008) Fresh chaos erupted in Mathare slums in Nairobi
following a police raid over an alleged rent dispute between
landlords and tenants.
Lawyers back change of
law
(21.02.2008) The Constitution can be amended within a short time
to end the political stalemate, a regional lawyers’ body has said.
The East Africa Law Society (Eals) president, Mr Tom Ojienda said
the amendment would be forwarded to Parliament as a Motion, after
drafting at the Attorney General’s office, then go through the
first to third reading before being passed into law.
Kibaki tells
opposition not to dictate solutions
(21.02.2008) President Kibaki met the Government Coalition
Parliamentary Group and declared that there was no constitutional
vacuum.
China has proved it’s
not a friend to count on
(21.02.2008) Outsiders - only in the literal sense since the world
is now a global village - got embedded in the Kenya tragedy after
ballots became bullets.
ODM MPs threaten mass
action over talks
(21.02.2008) The ODM Parliamentary Group has demanded that
Parliament be summoned in one week to amend the Constitution to
implement the mediation talks’ proposals.
Talks facing
uncertainty
(21.02.2008) The mediation talks appeared to be in jeopardy last
night after President Kibaki declared there was no constitutional
vacuum, even as it emerged that negotiators may have agreed in
principle to the creation of a Prime Minister’s post.
What’s behind the
Kenyan conflict?
(21.02.2008) Since the crisis in Kenya erupted six weeks ago there
has been a lot of handwringing about the threatened collapse of a
haven of “stability” in Africa. This is largely hypocritical
nonsense.
Top Kabuga Associate
Arrested
(21.02.2008) One of the six most wanted Rwanda genocide suspects
and close associate to Felician Kabuga was arrested in Kigoma on
Monday this week after hiding for about 14 years since the end of
1994 genocide.
Kenyan rivals debate
power sharing amid new troubles
(21.02.2008) NAIROBI (AFP) - Kenya's feuding political leaders on
Thursday haggled over a power-sharing deal that could see the
opposition given a special prime minister's post, amid new
violence in Nairobi.
DAY 54
New Kenya riot as 80
held over unpaid rent
(20.02.2008) FRESH riots broke out in Kenya yesterday as angry
slum residents confronted police amid claims that they were
unfairly arresting people over unpaid rents.
Kenya's opposition
threatens mass protests unless work begins on changes to
constitution (20.02.2008) NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) - Kenya's
opposition on Wednesday threatened mass protests within a week if
the government fails to start work on changing the constitution to
pave the way for any type of power-sharing government.
Kenya faces further
threats
(20.02.2008) Kenya's opposition Orange Democratic Movement (ODM)
has expressed disgust about the looming political deadlock over
disputed election, warning to return to the street mass street
protests within a week should the situation remains the same.
Police team probes
killing of tourist
(20.02.2008) A TEAM of detectives yesterday went to Mount Elgon
National Park to investigate the murder of Belgian tourist Annick
Van De Venster early this month.
Honest Appreciation
Can Heal the Nation
(20.02.2008) Many have seen the need for reconciliation and
healing in the work place. Staff, or at least their friends and
their relatives, have been through traumatic experiences; and not
a few have found themselves engaging in rough exchanges.
AU Boss in Nairobi on Thursday
(20.02.2008)
AFRICAN key movers appeared unmoved by reports that there was a
slowdown in the mediation talks in Nairobi and renewed threats by
the opposition to return to the streets and are still booking
dates to puh a political deal among the Kenyan protagonists.
AU commission chief to visit
Kenya over political turmoil
(20.02.2008)
African Union Commission chief Jean Ping will make a two-day visit
to Kenya for talks with former UN chief Kofi Annan who is
mediating the country's political turmoil, the pan-African body
said Wednesday.
Violence Unabated in Mt Elgon
District
(20.02.2008)
UN Integrated Regional Information Networks -
Sporadic killings are continuing in western Kenya's Mt Elgon
district where a dispute over land ownership sparked violence and
widespread displacement of people in 2006.
ODM threatens renewed protests
(20.02.2008)
ODM is threatening to renew its calls for mass action next week
and is demanding for parliament to be recalled to pass
constitutional changes that could enable the Kofi Annan brokered
deals to be implemented.
Kenyan Opposition Promises Peaceful
Protests if Talks Fail
(20.02.2008)
Kenya's opposition has promised peaceful mass protests if the
government fails to begin the process of changing the country's
constitution.
Kenyan opposition vows mass
action if parliament not summoned
(20.02.2008)
NAIROBI (AFP) - Kenya's opposition on Wednesday vowed to launch
mass action if parliament fails to meet within one week to vote on
changes to the constitution in a bid to solve the country's
political crisis.
Kenya opposition in protest
threat
(20.02.2008)
Kenya's opposition has threatened mass protests unless serious
work to put power-sharing into the constitution starts within a
week.
Kenya's opposition threatens
more mass protests
(20.02.2008)
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) - Kenya's opposition party called for renewed
mass protests unless the Parliament meets within a week and
changes the constitution to make way for a political settlement.
The current situation in Kenya
(20.02.2008)
A gradual reduction in post-election violence has been observed
across the country in the past week.
The US Secretary of State Ms Condoleezza Rice arrived in the
country on Monday 18th February. After separate meetings with
President Kibaki, Mr. Raila Odinga and Kofi Annan, She said that
President Kibaki and Mr. Raila Odinga must come together and there
is need to have a power sharing arrangement for the country to
move forward.
McKinnon urges Kenya’s leaders
to finalise political settlement
(20.02.2008)
“There has been good progress and agreement on the reforms needed,
and the violence has abated. These are the positives. There is
also a roadmap, but there is also still some distance to go, and
the humanitarian situation remains of concern.
Bush: No new US bases in Africa
(20.02.2008)
ACCRA (AFP) - US President George W. Bush on Wednesday fought to
dispel African concerns that he wants to build new US military
bases on the continent, and downplayed worries about mounting US
competition with China.
Kenya govt calls opposition
protest threat "blackmail"
(20.02.2008)
NAIROBI (Reuters) - A threat by Kenya's opposition to resume
street protests next week if mediation talks fail to produce
constitutional reform amounts to bullying, a government negotiator
said on Wednesday.
HOW NOT TO MANAGE A CRISIS
(20.02.2008) A response from a Kenyan to: "Investigate Barrack's Kenyan
Connections!" - I am a Kenyan & I've been following Mr. Gaynor's recent
articles on Mr. Obama Kenyan connections with interest...
Nobel prize winner under death
threat
(20.02.2008)
Nobel Laureate Wangari Maathai is claiming her life is in danger
after receiving death threats from a group identifying itself as
the outlawed Mungiki militia.
Kenya's Nobel winner
Maathai receives death threats
(20.02.2008) NAIROBI (Reuters) - Kenya's Nobel Peace laureate
Wangari Maathai said on Wednesday she has received death threats
since urging tribal elders to help stop ethnic killings following
a disputed December 27 presidential election.
Kenya opposition vows
protests if Annan talks fail
(20.02.2008) NAIROBI (Reuters) - Kenya's opposition threatened to
resume street protests in a week if talks led by Kofi Annan fail
to end a post-election crisis that has killed more than 1,000
people and tarnished the country's reputation for stability.
When peace walks the
other way
(20.02.2008) As in any region of the world torn apart by conflict
and violence, there can be no mistaking the tangible sense of fear
that exists in Showground camp in Kenya's Rift Valley region.
Kenya Airways Suspends
All Fights to Paris
(20.02.2008) Nairobi (eCanadaNow) - Kenya Airways has announced
that they have suspended all flights to Paris. This comes amidst a
great deal of violence in Kenya which caused many in France to
stop flying to Kenya.
Kenya government urges
rights panel to be non-partisan
(20.02.2008) Nairobi (Xinhua) The Kenyan government Wednesday
urged the state-funded Kenya National Human Rights Commission (KNHRC)
to be non-partisan in its work to avoid further polarizing the
country.
Rioters attack minibus
in Nairobi slum
(20.02.2008) NAIROBI, Kenya: Kenya's opposition on Wednesday
threatened mass protests within a week if the government fails to
start work on changing the constitution to pave the way for any
type of power-sharing government.
More bloodshed in
Kenya as crisis talks face tough times
(20.02.2008) NAIROBI (AFP) - At least five people have died in
clashes in recent days in western Kenya, police said Wednesday, as
former UN chief Kofi Annan pressed for a deal to end the crisis
sparked by December's elections.
Kenya Opposition
Issues Talks Deadline
(20.02.2008) Kenya's opposition has threatened to resume street
protests if negotiations led by Kofi Annan fail to resolve the
post-election crisis within a week.
Kenya's opposition
threatens mass protests
(20.02.2008) NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) - Kenya's opposition on Wednesday
threatened mass protests within a week if the government fails to
start work on changing the constitution to pave the way for any
type of power-sharing government.
Militias turn slums
into no-go zones
(20.02.2008) Political militiamen are terrorising Nairobi slums
transforming them into no-go zones and killing or injuring
innocent civilians on ethnic consideration.
Official warns about
rushing Kenya talks
(20.02.2008) NAIROBI, Kenya (UPI) - A basic disagreement over how
much power Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki should share with the
opposition has stalled peace talks.
Why world`s attention
is focused on Kenya
(20.02.2008) Rice`s arrival, together with that of the coming and
going of top world leaders has globalised what some Government
functionaries appeared to think was a minor internal affair that
would fizzle out.
Kenya Crisis Talks
Stall Over Power Sharing
(20.02.2008) In Kenya, talks between the government and the
opposition Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) have reportedly hit a
stalemate over disagreement about power sharing.
Kenya warms to Kofi
the peacemaker
(20.02.2008) Before Kofi Annan had even arrived in Nairobi to try
to persuade Kenya's leaders to begin peace talks, one of President
Mwai Kibaki's more hardline ministers made the government's view
quite clear.
Kenya Disputed
Elections Awaken Warring Tribes' Grab for Land
(20.02.2008) - (Bloomberg) - Bishop Cornelius Korir explains the
violence that erupted in Kenya after disputed elections in
December with one word: "land."
Environmentalist? Is
That a Politician with Food for Our People?
(20.02.2008) I tried crossing through the Uhuru Park this morning
from Nairobi central business district on my way to Community Hill
but paramilitary police, better known as GSU or the General
Service Unit, barred my way.
Kibaki rejects power
sharing principle
(20.02.2008) President Mwai Kibaki and affiliate parties have
rejected any power sharing deal that would violate the Kenyan
constitution. Kibaki was referring to rival Raila Odinga's
proposal to have the position of prime minister -head of
government - while Kibaki would remain head of state.
(UN whitewash?)
Acting in Time
(20.02.2008) Some years back in UN circles, there was a good deal
of talk about « early warning » and « preventive diplomacy ». The
idea of preventive diplomacy - of acting at the first signs of
conflict before a pattern of violence set is - had been made
popular by then Secretary General Boutros-Ghali in his 1992 Agenda
for Peace.
The U.S. Attempts to
Tighten Its Grip on Africa
(20.02.2008) George Bush's foray into Africa revealed both U.S.
intentions to militarize the continent and the limits of American
coercive power in the current global environment. Bush scaled down
his visit to five "safe" countries where his millions of dollars
in "aid" would be warmly received, while avoiding nations where
U.S. policies are unpopular.
Seeds of class war in
Kenya's crisis
(20.02.2008) Kenya is a land of stark contrast: the rich drive
gleaming luxury cars, can afford to enrol their children in top
British schools and in the case of one local magnate, send suits
to London for dry cleaning. But most live a hand-to-mouth
existence and some Kenyans believe the bloody post-election crisis
that has exposed the east African country's tribal divisions could
also inflame the gulf between classes and further exacerbate
instability.
Kenyans Will Pay the
Full Price
(20.02.2008) THE CRISIS THAT STARTED as a disputed presidential
vote count and later became a social catastrophe has transformed
itself, in its eighth week, into an international battle of wits.
The Cutting Edge
(20.02.2008) Veteran newsman Hillary Ng'weno should make a sequel
to his highly informative and educative historical documentary
series, "The Making of a Nation", which ran on NTV last December,
urges Clifford Oluoch. He adds: "This time round, he should
aptly rename it, 'The Destruction of a Nation', and adopt a
no-holds-barred approach by naming and shaming
all those who have been instrumental in fanning the
events that have been destroying this country for over a month."
PNU Group Resist Power
Sharing Deal
(20.02.2008) Government allied MPs are opposed to any form of
power sharing as a way of ending the current political crisis. The
MPs from PNU and its affiliates, including ODM-K said their rivals
in ODM should be fitted in Government without sharing power with
President Kibaki.
Varsity Holds Meeting
With Elders Over Security
(20.02.2008) Moi University authorities Tuesday held a meeting
with the community elders following fears of attack on students
and lecturers. The vice-chancellor, Prof Richard Mibey, held the
meeting with the elders at Kesses to end the fears to enable the
institution's academic programmes to resume.
Major Rifts As Talks
Resume
(20.02.2008) Talks to end the political crisis in the country
resumed at a slow pace Tuesday with reports of major rifts between
PNU and ODM negotiators.
The mediators are only
doing what politicians failed to do
(20.02.2008) KENYANS WILL FOREVER BE grateful to former United
Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan and his team of mediators for
their efforts.
Opposition to grand
coalition spells doom for the country
(20.02.2008) Letters: ... I wish to raise a few issues about the
letter by Ngotho wa Kariuki (DN February) titled: “Grand coalition
not the best way out of Kenya’s political crisis”.
International
community has a stake in Kenya
(20.02.2008) With the intervention of ever more foreign diplomats
in Kenya’s political stalemate, indignation is at an all-time
high. Official statements are being issued, some alluding all the
way back to our fight for independence.
Govt set for fresh
clash with media
(20.02.2008) The government and the media were headed for a clash
Tuesday with the former threatening to disband an independent
industry watchdog.
(Little)
Positive signs of a deal in sight
(20.02.2008) There were indications that a deal out of the
crippling political crisis could be in the offing, but Parliament
would still have the last word. It was the only good news on a day
of discord and a lack of impetus on the mediation front, dominated
by a Party of National Unity (PNU) waving the sanctity of the
Constitution.
Brace yourself for
famine, warns report
(20.02.2008) A famine could hit the country this year, a report
warns. The food situation update for February says serious
shortages could be experienced following post-election violence,
which mainly hurt the grain basket region of Rift Valley and
Western provinces.
EU issues another
warning over the political impasse
(20.02.2008) The European Union has reiterated that it would not
conduct "business as usual" with Kenya. In a press statement
released on Tuesday, at the end of Council of Ministers meeting in
Brussels, the EU said it would monitor the local situation.
Nakuru curfew still
on, says PC
(20.02.2008) The dusk-to-dawn curfew imposed in Nakuru town a
month ago is still in force. Rift Valley PC, Mr Hassan Noor
Hassan, on Tuesday denied that the curfew had been lifted, and
urged residents to ignore reports carried in the media.
Police deny new fears
of Mungiki attacks
(20.02.2008) Police have dispelled fears that the outlawed Mungiki
sect is planning to unleash terror. On Tuesday, the police said
new tactics would be used to deal with the gang. Police Spokesman,
Mr Eric Kiraithe said various police units would hunt down the
gang to ensure it did not recruit new members.
Lynch mob burns
offices over witch
(20.02.2008) Irate wananchi burnt Government offices in an orgy of
violence. The Kangundo Town Council, Matungulu DO and chief’s
offices were set on fire by a mob after their attempts to lynch a
suspected witch failed.
41 fighters arrested
at clash-hit border
(20.02.2008) Police have arrested 41 suspected fighters and
recovered a cache of weapons at the troubled Borabu-Sotik border.
World must help Kenya
enforce Bomas draft
(20.02.2008) Kenyans need leaders who are prepared to place the
interests of the country ahead of that of their tribe. Kenyans
needs leaders who can say, with the founders of United States, "
We pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes and our sacred
honour," in defense of those values and principles that give
dignity to human lives.
Coalition must be
within the law, says
(20.02.2008) A political solution to the political crisis must be
constitutional, President Kibaki has said. A statement from the
PPS said on Tuesday that the President was willing to share power
with ODM, but the arrangement had to be within the Constitution.
How to conduct free
and fair polls
(20.02.2008) The consensus in Kenya and within the international
community is that the December 2007 elections were flawed at best,
and rigged at worst.
Curfew enables Nakuru
residents to sleep easier
(20.02.2008) A few weeks ago, 22 people were fined Sh500 each or
serve 14 days in prison in default for contravening curfew orders
in Nakuru Town.
Kibaki’s proposals on
how to end poll crisis
(20.02.2008) President Kibaki on Tuesday for the first time
signalled the kind of agreement he is proposing to help resolve
the political crisis which has engulfed the country since the
disputed elections.
PNU rejects creation
of PM post to end crisis
(20.02.2008) The Government Parliamentary Group (GPG) has ruled
out the creation of prime minister’s position as the key to
unlocking the political impasse.
End impasse,
neighbours urged
(20.02.2008) Kenya’s neighbours should put more pressure on
President Kibaki’s government to cede ground and facilitate a
lasting political settlement to the country’s crisis, Britain’s
leading financial newspaper says.
Annan efforts fall
short of lasting solution, says Njoya
(20.02.2008) The mediation talks between Government and ODM will
only bring short-term changes in the country, controversial
clergyman Timothy Njoya said Tuesday.
Power politics and
betrayal two sides of the same coin
(20.02.2008) KENYA COULD FINALLY BE on the verge of the
fundamental constitutional change it has avoided for the last 15
years.
Sharing power is only
the first step
(20.02.2008) President Kibaki Tuesday laid down his proposals to
pull the country out of the political crisis. Top on the agenda is
a comprehensive constitutional review within a year to provide a
framework for the envisaged changes in the political, judicial and
electoral processes.
DAY 53
Bush warns leaders on
genocide
(19.02.2008) US president George Bush has asked world leaders to
pay attention to early genocide warning signs to avoid a
Rwanda-like situation happening elsewhere in the world including
Kenya.
Kenya forests suffers
post-election violence
(19.02.2008) Kenya’s disputed presidential polls held last
December have affected all the facets of life----and the latest
report from the newly formed Kenya Forest Service (KFS) shows that
even the forest resources have not been spared. The government
agency charged with the management of forestry claims Sh120
million losses in a month of madness.
'We Are All Affected'
(19.02.2008) UN Integrated Regional Information Networks - While
world attention has focused on the fallout from Kenya's
post-election crisis in the country itself, the region, which is
highly dependent on the east African state for goods, transport
links and services, has felt the effects too.
Let Us Stand Firm for
the Truth
(19.02.2008) As anticipated, the sticking point with the mediation
process is the political settlement. The Orange Democratic
Movement has based its proposals in this regard on the premise
that the presidential election was flawed.
Kibera's Ruthless
Gangs
(19.02.2008) DEEP INSIDE KENYA'S BIGGEST SLUM, Kibera, criminal
gangs have taken over. Armed with all manner of weapons - guns,
machetes and clubs - the gangs have "demarcated" the slum into
what they call jimbos (regions).
Kenya Airways Suspends
Paris Flights
(19.02.2008) National flag carrier Kenya Airways has suspended
flights to Paris, citing a steep decline in bookings on the route
in the wake of post-election violence in Kenya and negative travel
advisories issued by the French authorities.
Bailing Out Brokers
Kills Investor Trust
(19.02.2008) The Nairobi Stock Exchange (NSE)
has lent Nyaga Stock Brokers Sh100 million to support its
obligations in the market.
The Reality behind
Bush's 'Good News' Trip to Africa Is Growing Chinese Power
(19.02.2008) American President George Bush and First Lady Laura
Bush are traveling to five African countries: Benin, Tanzania,
Rwanda, Ghana and Liberia, Feb. 15th to Feb. 21.
A Country Without
Thinkers is Doomed
(19.02.2008) Extraordinary times require extraordinary brains to
provide direction. To have these kinds of brains, there must be an
Education system that identifies nurtures and rewards thinkers.
Hunger's global
hotspot: Kenya 19 Feb 2008
Kenya: Another round of food distributions by WFP, Kenya Red Cross
(KRC), GoK, and community-based organizations is underway in
Nairobi slums...
Crisis talks resume in
Kenya as government toughens stand
(19.02.2008) NAIROBI (AFP) - Kenya's rivals resumed talks Tuesday
to seek a way out of the country's crisis after the United States
stepped up pressure on President Mwai Kibaki to accept a
power-sharing deal, but the government introduced fresh hurdles.
SMSes spread hate in
Kenya
(19.02.2008) MATHARE CHIEF CAMP, Kenya - When Joyce Mandela’s
mobile phone beeped to signal she had a text message, the 27-year
old Kenyan expected a note from a friend. Instead, she found a
message of hate.
New bid to break Kenya
deadlock
(19.02.2008) Talks aimed at breaking Kenya's political deadlock
have resumed a day after US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice
urged a power-sharing deal.
Ears ringing, Kenya
negotiators return to table
(19.02.2008) NAIROBI (Reuters) - Kenya's feuding parties resumed
talks on Tuesday after a torrent of calls from home and abroad to
solve a post-election crisis that has killed 1,000 people and
jeopardised the east African nation's reputation.
Kenyan negotiators
resume talks aimed at ending political crisis
(19.02.2008) NAIROBI, Kenya: Kenya's political rivals resumed
talks to end the country's bloody political crisis Tuesday, a day
after U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said they needed to
quickly strike a power-sharing deal.
We Need to Go Beyond
the Politics of Backroom Deals
(19.02.2008) WHILE A GRAND COALITION is the most suitable
deadlock-breaking mechanism in our desperate circumstances, the
ideal political solution to the current crisis is not a simple
power-sharing formula between the PNU and ODM disputants, designed
to serve individual ambitions.
US pushes for quick
peace deal
(19.02.2008) The US has asked President Kibaki and ODM leader
Raila Odinga to cede ground and quickly agree on a power-sharing
deal to restore stability to the country.
Business rivalry at
the centre of clashes in Uasin Gishu
(19.02.2008) Stiff competition for limited economic opportunities
is one of the major factors that fuelled the post-election
violence in Uasin Gishu District a month ago.
Nigerian diplomat jets
in as peace talks resume
(19.02.2008) Ambassador Oluyemi Adeniji from Nigeria is expected
to arrive today to assist former UN chief Kofi Annan in the
mediation efforts. Mr Adeniji is a former Nigerian minister and UN
official.
Coalition deal may be
skewed in several ways
(19.02.2008) WHEN CONDOLEEZZA Rice flew into town on Monday, it
was clear that her mission was to put more pressure on President
Kibaki to accept a power-sharing deal as the solution to Kenya’s
post-election crisis.
Up the pressure,
Maathai urges
(19.02.2008) Former MP, Prof Wangari Maathai, has urged the
international community to put more pressure on President Kibaki
and ODM leader, Mr Raila Odinga, to speed up the search for a
political settlement.
Police shuffle a ploy,
say MPs
(19.02.2008) ODM leaders reacted angrily to transfers of police
officers from Nyanza, terming it a political scheme against
certain communities.
Anti-sect squad
disbanded
(19.02.2008) The transfer of the anti-Mungiki police squad head
and re-deployment of officers have given credence to reports that
the unit has been disbanded.
Why Kenya needs an
inclusive government
(19.02.2008) Foreign minister Moses Wetang’ula and some key voices
in the Party of National Unity, including Justice and
Constitutional Affairs minister Martha Karua and Finance minister
Amos Kimunya, are clearly out of tune with the suffering people of
Kenya on the crisis facing this nation.
Government faulted on
post-poll Violence
(19.02.2008) An account detailing incidents of the post-election
violence will be tabled before the House of Lords on Friday. The
Oscar Foundation report says no attempt was made by the Government
to record deaths in the affected provinces.
ODM’s proposals on how
to solve crisis
(19.02.2008) ODM has proposed a two-step process to settle the
political crisis even as the mediation team resumes talks this
morning.
Reforms could see the
return of powerful PM
(19.02.2008) The executive Prime Minister’s office, abolished on
December 12, 1964 when Jomo Kenyatta became Kenya’s first
President, is now inevitable if a political settlement out of the
impasse is to be reached, The Standard has learnt.
Kibaki holds talks
with Rice
(19.02.2008) President Kibaki met visiting US Secretary of State,
Ms Condoleezza Rice, on Monday for more than two hours at his
Harambee House office, Nairobi. US Assistant Secretary of State
for Africa, Dr Jendayi Frazer, and US Ambassador, Mr Michael
Ranneberger, accompanied the top US diplomat.
US proposes ‘real
power sharing’
(19.02.2008) US Secretary of State, Ms Condoleezza Rice, gave the
strongest hint yet of a possible power sharing arrangement between
President Kibaki and ODM leader, Mr Raila Odinga.
Judges: Kenya has no
constitutional court
(19.02.2008) Kenya does not have a constitutional court, the Court
of Appeal has declared. Eleven days ago, the Court of Appeal told
High Court judge, Justice Joseph Nyamu, that the Constitution had
not created a constitutional court with supervisory powers over
all the other courts.
Curfew helps restore
calm
(19.02.2008) The night curfew imposed in Nakuru has helped reduce
crime in the town, bringing back normalcy. “I can tell you that
things are not bad, it is getting back to normal because they (residents)
have obeyed the order,” the officer commanding Nakuru Police
Division, Mr Franchio Nyamatari, said.
Settle farmers or risk
famine, warns MP
(19.02.2008) The Government has been asked to fast-track the
resettlement of internally displaced people in their former homes.
West Mugirango MP James Gesami said the majority of those
displaced were farmers and unless they were resettled, the country
was likely to be hit by famine.
Angry opposition
youths oppose Kenya compromise
(19.02.2008) Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice arrived in Kenya
Monday to press for a power-sharing agreement. Reporter Robert
Crilly discusses the latest developments between the government
and opposition leaders in Kenya.
Violence not ethnic
cleansing
(19.02.2008) Kenya is at a crossroads that could lead to either
the complete disintegration of the country or the beginning of a
new, more democratic, sustainable nation suited to the needs and
aspirations of Kenyans in the 21st Century.
DAY 52
Next Steps for
Resolving the Crisis in Kenya
(18.02.2008) SECRETARY RICE: Good afternoon. I’ve just completed
discussions first this morning with former Secretary General Kofi
Annan, who is on behalf of the African Union and the international
community here to try and help the Kenyan people and their
leadership come to an end to the stalemate and the crisis that has
been at the core of difficulty for this country for some time now.
US may support civil
society to "check" Kibaki
(18.02.2008) The US Monday warned that failure to strike an accord
to end the political crisis in Kenya would push the US to support
the civil society group in ’checking’ the Kenyan government.
Speaking at the end of her day-long visit to Kenya, which plunged
into a near civil war following the disputed 27 December election,
US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said the government should
embrace "real power-sharing" and form a grand-coalition.
Slow Revolutions
Subvert Minds
(18.02.2008) There are many "revolutions" that have taken place
over the course of time. In itself, the word "revolution" connotes
an overhaul of whatever is being "revolutionised" and tends to be
of two types, slow and dramatic ones. The dramatic are disruptive
and capture imagination.
Leaders Have Always
Ignored the People's Voices
(18.02.2008) Macharia Gaitho was right, that by default, Kenya has
attained a majimboist status (Daily Nation, February 5, 2008).
This status arose from the post-December 27 General Election
crisis, which some of our selfish leaders have forced onto us.
Bush in the bush
(18.02.2008) The US president's search for a legacy in Africa is
in reality an attempt to bolster American interests on the
continent - Where does a US president, who first got elected on a
promise of "compassionate conservatism", go in search of a legacy?
Africa.
Rice warns Kenya on US
relations
(18.01.2008) Condoleezza Rice, the US secretary of state, on
Monday warned Kenya’s leaders that unless the country’s
post-election crisis was solved soon, relations with the US would
be badly affected.
Kenya breathes out
(18.02.2008) A lull in the violence in Kenya has brought some hope.
National newspapers, filled so recently with killings, are now
focused on the path to peace. But if this calm is to be more than
temporary, rival politicians must act fast and out of character.
Seven Questions:
What’s the Matter with Kenya?
(18.02.2008) Kenya was supposed to be Africa’s development success
story. But a disputed election has brought reality crashing down,
with blood in the streets and widespread reports of ethnic
cleansing. John Githongo, a former corruption czar in the office
of President Mwai Kibaki, explains why the West got Kenya so wrong.
There's a lot to learn
from history on land revolutions
(18.02.2008) The highlight of the other week was no doubt the
attempt by some Members of Parliament to block the tabling of the
five-clause bill that seeks to amend the Land Act.
Rice lays down the
gauntlet in Kenya
(18.02.2008) America has warned that it will not be business as
usual in Kenya, unless a coalition government is in place. US
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice met with the country's
political rivals, President Mwai Kibaki and the opposition's Raila
Odinga, today.
Rice in Kenya for
crisis talks
(18.02.2008) NAIROBI (AFP) - US Secretary of State Condoleezza
Rice on Monday urged for an urgent power-sharing deal between
Kenyan President Mwai and opposition leader Raila Odinga and join
a grand coalition.
Rice presses leaders
on power sharing in Kenya crisis - Summary
(18.02.2008) Nairobi - US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice
called on warring parties in Kenya to share power and share the
responsibilities of governance in order to stem the conflict over
disputed polls that has left more than 1,000 people dead.
Rice backs power
sharing in Kenya crisis
(18.02.2008) US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has said Kenya
feuding parties should share power so as to end the post-election
crisis.
Rice roots for grand
coalition
(18.02.2008) US secretary of state Condoleezza Rice says the only
way out of the current political crisis in the country is a
properly structured grand coalition.
President holds talks
with US Secretary of State
(18.02.2008) President Mwai Kibaki Monday afternoon at his
Harambee House office held talks with visiting US Secretary of
State Dr. Condoleezza Rice.
US pressures Kenya to
accept ’grand coalition interim government’
(18.02.2008) Visiting US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has
sent the strongest warning yet that Washington would only do
business with a legitimately constituted government in Kenya,
dealing a major blow to President Mwai Kibaki, who is resisting UN
and AU-backed proposals for "a grand coalition interim government."
Rice Offers Help if
Kenya Ends Crisis
(18.02.2008) NAIROBI, Kenya - Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice
arrived in Kenya on Monday to try to break the deadlock between
Kenya’s rival politicians, and it seemed that she was bringing
carrots, not sticks.
50,000 Face Starvation
in Parts of Coast
(18.02.2008) More than 50,000 people are faced with starvation in
Kilifi and parts of Kaloleni District. The food deficit is
attributed to the prolonged drought
that has ravaged Ganze and Kaloleni
constituencies as well as the rampant destruction of food crops by
rampaging wild animals.
UK Rights Body Wants
Kenya Trouble Causers Punished
(18.02.2008) INDIVIDUALS behind the widespread human rights abuses
during the post-election violence in Kenya should immediately be
arrested to face justice that meets "international standards."
A GRAND COALITION
GOVERNMENT FOR KENYA?
(18.02.2008) Can peace be brought to Kenya? Last week, a curious
mission from Berlin sought to help rival political parties out of
the current crisis. The solution proposed is a coalition modelled
on Berlin.
The Sound of Silence
(18.02.2008) China is playing a spoiler role not only in Sudan,
but now in Kenya as well. In the midst of the country’s
post-election turmoil, Beijing has steadfastly refused to put any
pressure on the warring parties, despite (or perhaps because of)
its “large and growing economic stake.
U.S. wants Kenya
crisis solution "yesterday"
(18.02.2008) NAIROBI (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State
Condoleezza Rice told Kenya's feuding parties on Monday to hurry
up with a pact to end a post-election crisis that has killed 1,000
people and dented their nation's global status.
Government accuses the
West of meddling
(18.02.2008) Foreign powers will not dictate to the Government. Mr
Moses Wetangula, the Foreign Affairs minister, said: "We will not
be led, guided or given conditions by foreign States on how to
reach a solution to solve the political impasse in Kenya."
Long fight for change
and link to crisis
(18.02.2008) The ghost of constitutional reforms - which two
successive regimes failed to deal with - has re-emerged to haunt
the political leadership in the middle of a post-election crisis,
The Standard can report.
37 Mungiki suspects
arrested
(18.02.2008) Thirty-seven Mungiki suspects were arrested taking an
oath after a bust up in Nairobi’s Kayole estate. More than 200
others who had taken the oath escaped because the officers who had
laid the ambush were few.
Where is the First
Lady? Ida asks
(18.02.2008) First Lady Lucy Kibaki has been challenged to break
her silence and help restore peace. Mrs Ida Odinga, the wife of
ODM leader, Mr Raila Odinga, wondered why the First Lady had not
visited displaced people and address their plight.
Over 200 police
officers transferred from Nyanza
(18.02.2008) More than 200 police officers have been transferred
from Nyanza to stations outside the province. The mass transfers
have sparked anxiety among officers in the region with some
linking them to the political crisis. "May be the transfers are
over reports of police brutality in quelling post-election
violence," said one who believed he would be affected.
Executive power in the
Bomas document
(18.02.2008) The document that the National Constitutional
Conference adopted in 2004 - popularly known as the Bomas Draft -
proposed radical changes to share executive power.
Government scoffs at
US calls
(18.02.2008) The Government Sunday scoffed at the US and
international community calls for a power-sharing formula that
would end the political crisis in the country.
To the world, Kenya is
now in the league of war-torn states
(18.02.2008) One of the things Kenyans will have to get used to
from now onwards is the fact that outsiders will be putting us in
the same category as Somalia, Rwanda, the Democratic Republic of
the Congo, Sierra Leone and other war-torn African countries.
Coalition agenda as
Miss Rice arrives for talks
(18.02.2008) The Government and ODM have set their terms for
Monday’s meeting with chief mediator Kofi Annan as top US diplomat
is scheduled to arrive in the morning to push for a power-sharing
formula aimed at ending the political crisis.
Rice: Deal in Kenya
Will Enhance US Ties
(18.02.2008) NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) - Secretary of State Condoleezza
Rice told Kenya's rival politicians Monday that a power-sharing
solution to a bloody political crisis would enhance the country's
relationship with the United States.
Rice in Nairobi to
Attend Mediation
(18.02.2008) Nairobi (Prensa Latina) US Secretary of State
Condoleezza Rice arrived in the Kenyan capital Monday to attend a
mediation among the political rivals who unleashed a crisis in the
country after the results of the 2007 presidential elections.
Elders killed in arson
attack
(18.02.2008) Two elderly men were Sunday hacked to death by a
group of raiders who later set eight houses on fire in Kuresoi,
Molo District. The incident occurred at Tegea Farm where most
residents have fled their homes and sought refugee at a nearby
trading centre following the post election violence.
DAY 51
Six arrested over
killing Belgian tourist
(17.02.2008) A combined force from the Uganda Wildlife Authority (UWA),
the army and the Police have arrested six people suspected of
involvement in the shooting of a Belgian tourist in Mt. Elgon
National Park two weeks ago, a statement from UWA said yesterday.
Ouko family still
seeking answer
(17.02.2008) The family of the former Foreign Affairs minister,
John Robert Ouko, quietly marked the 18th anniversary of his
brutal murder. One of Ouko’s brothers, Mr Collins Seda, on
Saturday said the family is still waiting to know Ouko’s killers.
Nakuru attack victims
shot while fleeing
(17.02.2008) Police have been accused of brutality while handling
protests in the Rift Valley. Despite Government denial and
attempts to justify the actions of the officers, police are said
to have trampled on human rights.
US says no deal
expected from Rice Kenya visit
(17.02.2008) DAR ES SALAAM (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State
Condoleezza Rice does not expect her visit to Nairobi on Monday to
forge a deal to end Kenya's political crisis, the White House said
on Sunday.
Kenya elders demand
goat from Kibaki
(17.02.2008) NAIROBI (Reuters) - Kenyan elders have demanded a
goat from President Mwai Kibaki as compensation for an alleged
assault by First Lady Lucy Kibaki, local media said on Sunday.
Scores feared dead as
police, cattle rustlers clash
(17.02.2008) Ten people are feared dead following a gun battle
between police and suspected raiders who attacked Kabolet, on the
Trans Nzoia/West Pokot border.
Annan optimistic that
a final deal will be struck
(17.02.2008) As they took a weekend break, the PNU and ODM
negotiating teams were still worlds apart over the option of a
coalition government suggested by former UN secretary-general Kofi
Annan.
Executive power has
been a thorny issue
(17.02.2008) Executive power and how it is exercised has been a
thorny issue for a long time. And, as PNU and ODM seek a political
solution to the current dispute that ostensibly centres around
such power, President Kibaki and ODM leader Raila Odinga will be
expected to make hard choices.
Hostile youths
confront police
(17.02.2008) Panic gripped Kakamega on Saturday when hostile
youths confronted police over the arrival of displaced families
returning to their rural homes.
Police force may
recruit former street children
(17.02.2008) Former street children who were sent to the National
Youth Service might now find their way into the police force. This
follows a decision by the government to increase the number of
police officers and include NYS graduates during recruitment.
We will hunt you down,
arsonists told
(17.02.2008) Police investigating the post-election violence in
Nairobi are looking for more than 20 people said to have been
photographed committing various crimes.
Amnesty alarmed by
violence
(17.02.2008) Amnesty International has called for investigations
into human rights abuse and killings perpetrated in the
post-election violence in Kenya.
Children nurse gunshot
wounds
(17.02.2008) I thought he was crying. Getting closer, I could hear
him struggle to utter something. He drools uncontrollably as his
heavily bandaged jaw has made his mouth to remain agape for the
past two weeks and he has to be fed by relatives taking care of
him at the hospital.
Kalonzo’s party faces
credibility test
(17.02.2008) He may have genuine concerns protesting at a
power-sharing deal between President Kibaki and Mr Raila Odinga or
insisting that ODM should take the presidential election dispute
to court.
Grand coalition
government could save Kenya
(17.02.2008) United States President George W Bush backed calls
for a power-sharing agreement to end weeks of civil strife
following disputed and discredited presidential election.
Kenya says forcing a
deal would be a mistake
(17.02.2008) NAIROBI (Reuters) - Kenya's foreign minister said on
Sunday the solution to a post-election crisis lay with Kenyans and
any outside attempt to force through a deal would be a mistake.
The mayoral election
circus is back
(17.02.2008) Mayoral elections are slated for a week from tomorrow.
They come amidst a background of serious challenges facing urban
centres across the country. Some of these challenges result from
the post- election violence, while others are rooted in decades of
ineffective, incompetent and lackadaisical management of civic
institutions.
Why Britain should
help Kenya resolve its political crisis
(17.02.2008) Letter PM Gordon Brown - Dear honourable Gordon
Brown, Prime Minister, UK. - We are Kenyan citizens and have been
troubled by the turn of events in our country in recent weeks.
ODM wants ECK
disbanded
(17.02.2008) The Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) has demanded
that a new team be appointed at the Electoral Commission of Kenya
before the pending by-elections are held.
Seasoned negotiator
proposed to join talks
(17.02.2008) Mr Kofi Annan, leader of the ongoing mediated talks,
on Friday announced the possible inclusion of Ambassador Oluyemi
Adeniji of Nigeria in the negotiations.
Why World's Attention
is Focused On Country
(17.02.2008) When US Secretary of State, Dr Condoleezza Rice joins
Dr Kofi Annan for the peace talks in Nairobi tomorrow, the full
force of the world will have landed in Kenya in a way the
Government never seems to have anticipated.
Parties to table
concerns during Tuesday meeting
(17.02.2008) Mediated talks to end the political crisis in the
country resume on Tuesday, with the PNU and ODM representatives
expected to discuss their reservations about working together.
Government says
outside threats won't end crisis
(17.02.2008) The Government has said outside threats to force a
deal to end the political crisis will not work. Foreign Affairs
minister Moses Wetangula has said that any solution lies with
Kenyans.
Kenya rejects US
pressure over power-sharing deal
(17.02.2008) NAIROBI (AFP) - The Kenyan government Sunday issued a
veiled warning to the United States not to put "a gun to anybody's
head", on the eve of US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice's
visit to push for a power-sharing deal.
Kenyan children
haunted by memories of violence
(17.02.2008) NAKURU, Kenya (Reuters) - Children crammed into a
soccer stadium in this Rift Valley town won't be kicking a ball
around any time soon.
Kenyans demand more
graft scalps
(17.02.2008) Riot police have deployed in Kenya's capital as
anti-corruption protesters took part in a banned demonstration.
PART 7 - 17th Feb.
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