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Kenya's president must go, rival
says
10. 02. 2008
CHEPKIOYO, Kenya - Kenya's opposition leader demanded yesterday
that the president resign and new elections be held, dropping a
conciliatory stance that had brought hope for a political
settlement to end weeks of postelection violence.
Raila Odinga, who accuses President Mwai Kibaki of stealing the
Dec. 27 election, spoke in his traditional power base in western
Kenya before cheering supporters at the funeral of a slain
opposition lawmaker.
It was a sharp turnaround from comments he made two days earlier
that prompted former U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan to suggest
a settlement might be reached early next week.
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