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During a news conference in which he showed television footage of a policeman shooting two protesters, who were later said to have died, Odinga called President Mwai Kibaki's government "a fanatical, crazed group of people who, in their lust for power at any cost, have taken leave of their senses." Odinga said, "The government and the police have turned this country into killing fields of the innocent...
...December 27, Kenya held its elections, which saw incumbent President Mwai Kibaki claim victory over opposition Raila Odinga, whose supporters then accused Kibaki of fraud. Mass riots and looting occurred across the country, blocking trade routes and killing over 600. Aid agencies estimate 250,000 people have been displaced due to the conflict...
...chaos in Kenya broke out after the elections of December 23rd. [see correction below] According to election officials, incumbent president Mwai Kibaki narrowly beat Odinga in an election that Odinga and many foreign nations claim was rigged. Building resentment towards the Kikuyu, the ethnic group that has dominated Kenyan politics since independence and to which Kibaki belongs, erupted as angry citizens killed more than 300 people before New Years day. Now more than a quarter million Kenyans have been internally displaced...
Although Odinga has demanded that the international community apply sanctions to force Kibaki out of power (or at least to countenance another election), unilateral U.S. involvement in the situation should be limited to basic humanitarian aid. The African Union and Kenya’s neighbors are far better positioned to understand the intricacies of the situation and mediate an acceptable political compromise. Already these countries have shown their willingness to do so; several African presidents including Ghanaian President and African Union chairman John Kufuor have gone to Kenya to attempt to make peace or at least ameliorate the situation. This...
...work together to end the violence, and then create the institutions of justice that can support a new election. The electoral commission’s failure to produce credible results in December is evidence of Kenya’s long struggle with corruption. The Kenyan elections pitted incumbent Mwai Kibaki, against the populist opposition leader, Raila Odinga. Although Odinga’s party won a majority of the parliamentary seats, and it looked as though he would win the presidency, Kibaki made a last minute come back to eek out victory with 46 percent of the vote to Odinga?...