Word: kibaki
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...clear but people like Kung'u fear that their leaders have no desire to confront the problems that led to the clashes, which saw ethnic groups turn on each other and forced more than 300,000 people to flee their homes. (The Dec. 27, 2007 vote saw President Mwai Kibaki edge out his rival, Raila Odinga, in balloting that was seen as rigged by both sides.) Damning evidence has emerged that Kenyan politicians plotted much of the violence that killed 1,200 people last January. This was done by offering cash to poor kids out in the countryside to kill...
After the worst of the violence, Odinga and Kibaki created a coalition government, leaving Kenyans to wonder what they had been fighting for. On Monday, the Kenyan Red Cross said it was still feeding 250,000 people and that at least 100,000 were still living in refugee camps, now euphemistically called "transit camps." That does not include the thousands who still live with relatives and friends...
...dichotomy, about what is lost and what is gained.”The time Hoy spent in Kenya was characterized by great loss and gain in the political arena; Hoy had to leave the country when many lives were lost to the horrendous violence that ensued after President Mwai Kibaki was reelected in June of 2007. But the Luo, who are infinitely proud of their descendant—President-elect Barack Obama—gained confidence in the potential for progressive social change.But social change will not necessarily leave Luo pottery behind, according to Blier. Though this pottery tradition...
...close contact with Odinga, advising the Kenyan politician on strategy after the results were announced. Lone claims he was there the one time Obama called Odinga, and says it wasn't to talk campaign strategy but rather to demand that the violence end and that Odinga and Kibaki come to a peaceful solution to the crisis...
...Kenyan and who has several half-siblings here. While there is animosity between Luos and Kikuyus - and the tribes were responsible for much of the postelection violence - Obama is immensely popular across ethnic lines in Kenya. Ever since Odinga became Prime Minister in a power-sharing agreement with Kibaki, his own approval ratings have soared...