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Kenya rivals agree peace plan
02.02.2008
Rival parties in Kenya said they had agreed to take immediate
action to end violence after a month of deadly clashes over a
disputed presidential election.
The two sides signed a four-point agenda that said they would
complete talks within 15 days on measures to end the political
crisis.
Former UN chief Kofi Annan who is acting as a mediator between
President Mwai Kibaki and opposition leader Raila Odinga announced:
"We believe within 7 to 15 days, we should be able to tackle the
first three agenda items. The first is to take immediate action to
stop the violence."
More than 800 people have been killed in riots and tribal clashes
since President Kibaki was returned to power in a disputed
election on December 27.
The parties now have to quickly agree on what to do to stop the
violence, how to get aid to those affected by it, and how to
resolve the immediate political crisis. They also need to come up
with a permanent solution, which Mr Annan said should be in place
within a year.
Earlier, a Kenyan policeman was lynched by a mob of demonstrators
in revenge for the shooting of an MP by another officer.
The killing came as more than 3,000 demonstrators armed with bows
and arrows, spears, clubs and machetes took to the streets in the
Rift Valley village of Ainamoi, home to MP David Too who was
killed on Thursday.
They turned on the officer accusing him of wounding one of them
after police opened fire on the crowd.
It was the first police casualty in the violence which erupted
after December's disputed presidential election.
Police have shot scores of people in the same period and the
civilian death toll is now more than 800.
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