Controversy In Kenya: Kibaki Re-Elected
Sunday, December 30, 2007
Kenyan elections chief, Samuel Kivuitu, read out the results of East African nation's tight presidential race on local television and announced that the incumbent, Mwai Kibaki, has been re-elected. According to Kivuitu, Kibaki beat his opponent Raila Odinga by 231,728 votes.
Odinga, who, prior to Kivuitu's surprising announcement, had a a narrow 38,000-vote lead. Mr.Odinga accused Kibaki of rigging the elections and said "This government has lost all legitimacy and cannot govern."
The closest presidential race in Kenyan history outraged citizens who felt that their democratic system has been tampered with and their rights rudely snatched from them by over-ambitious politicians. Riots broke out among Kenyan voters leaving 14 people dead.
Source: Associated Press/Yahoo News, cnn.com
