Bloodbath In Kenya
Tuesday, January 1, 2008
Ever since the announcement of the dubious election results in Kenya, turmoil and death has ensued. So far over 200 Kenyans have been killed in protests and riots over the re-election of Mwai Kibaki. Many Kenyans feel that the election was rigged and that they were cheated in the country's closest election in history. Kibaki claimed victory with 4,584, 721 votes to his rival Raila Odinga's 4,352, 993. Since the election Kibaki, who has been plagued with accusations of corruption, has been unable to bring stability to his people and the situation grows worse by the day:
BBC reports: 30 Kenyans Burned To Death In Church
Yahoo News/AP report that the Death Toll At Kenyan Church Has Risen To 50
The AFP reports the Kenya's Poll Violence Has Escalated To 50
Odinga told the BBC: "I have asked my people to be peaceful, to desist from acts of hooliganism or thuggery, but to continue to protest peacefully, which is what we call the act of civil disobedience until President Kibaki agrees to hand over power,"
Apparently Mr.Odinga's words have fallen on deaf ears. Meanwhile, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown has been trying to defuse the situation and start a dialogue between Odinga and Kibaki. Brown said: "What I want to see is them coming together, I want to see talks and I want to see reconciliation and unity. It is unacceptable that lives are being lost"
Washington withdrew it's endorsement of Kibaki as the winner of the election. US State Department spokesman Tom Casey remarked,"I'm not offering congratulations to anybody."
The tragically the violence has turned ethnic as members of each candidates tribe target one another.
The turmoil in Kenya today begs the question: what now Mr.Kibaki?
However, Mr.Kibaki was unavailable to comment at this time. The Weekly Tribune previously reported Kibaki's government suspended live broadcasting in the wake of the violence that followed the announcement of his supposed re-election. However news media has successful been able to record the horrors that occur daily in Kenya as a result of the power struggle.
BBC reports: 30 Kenyans Burned To Death In Church
Yahoo News/AP report that the Death Toll At Kenyan Church Has Risen To 50
The AFP reports the Kenya's Poll Violence Has Escalated To 50
Odinga told the BBC: "I have asked my people to be peaceful, to desist from acts of hooliganism or thuggery, but to continue to protest peacefully, which is what we call the act of civil disobedience until President Kibaki agrees to hand over power,"
Apparently Mr.Odinga's words have fallen on deaf ears. Meanwhile, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown has been trying to defuse the situation and start a dialogue between Odinga and Kibaki. Brown said: "What I want to see is them coming together, I want to see talks and I want to see reconciliation and unity. It is unacceptable that lives are being lost"
Washington withdrew it's endorsement of Kibaki as the winner of the election. US State Department spokesman Tom Casey remarked,"I'm not offering congratulations to anybody."
The tragically the violence has turned ethnic as members of each candidates tribe target one another.
The turmoil in Kenya today begs the question: what now Mr.Kibaki?
However, Mr.Kibaki was unavailable to comment at this time. The Weekly Tribune previously reported Kibaki's government suspended live broadcasting in the wake of the violence that followed the announcement of his supposed re-election. However news media has successful been able to record the horrors that occur daily in Kenya as a result of the power struggle.
