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...Nairobi overnight after being dispatched by Nelson Mandela's high-profile mediation group The Elders. However, Tutu's efforts to broker a compromise between the two sides had little immediate success. While he met Odinga, Tutu told a press conference he was unable to make an appointment with Kibaki. "This is a country that has been held up as a model of stability," said Tutu. "This picture has been shattered. This is not the Kenya that we know...
Soon afterwards, in his first public appearance since he was sworn in, Kibaki called for calm, said he would talk to "concerned parties" once that was achieved and urged "leaders" to restrain themselves and their supporters "from engaging in unlawful activities." Security forces will remain "vigilant" and "deal firmly" with those who broke...
Meanwhile, Odinga visited the city mortuary, where his aides opened up lockers and displayed the dead to the press. On the steps of the building, with the stench of bodies in the air, Odinga declared Kibaki "a thief" and added: "I have no other power to change what is happening right now. [The people] voted for change and what they got is the continuation of the status quo. So people must address the cause of this problem, not the consequence. The cause of the problem is the rigging of elections...
Prospects of a resolution are distant, not least because the rivalry between the two leaders is personal. Kibaki and Odinga were once political allies and Odinga backed Kibaki in the 2002 election, in return for a promise that Kibaki would change the constitution to create the position of Prime Minister - which he would then hand over to Odinga. That never happened and the pair fell...
Though regarded as one of Africa's most stable nations, violence has often accompanied elections in Kenya. That's because political rivalry often reflects tribal divisions. Kibaki's Kikuyu are the largest of the country's 42 tribes and have dominated politics and business since independence in 1963. Odinga is a Luo, the third largest tribe. Luos, who have never had a President, have been the most vocal in their criticism of Kikuyu dominance...