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One old man, panga in hand, told us they would seek revenge on the police. “They are killing our people,” he said, “today we will kill them. You will see.”
But it was the police who had the fire power, and they used it.

Apart from Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni, no other East African leader has sent a congratulatory message to him. (As of last Thursday, in the rest of Africa, only Swaziland, Somalia and Morocco sent such messages.)

DemocracyNow:Kenya’s political crisis is deepening after opposition groups rejected a new cabinet by President Mwai Kibaki. Kibaki’s new set of government ministers on excludes any members of the opposition. His main rival, Raila Odinga, said he opposed the cabinet.
Raila Odinga: “We will not go to State House to meet Mr. Kibaki because we say he [...]

Kenya’s opposition leader rejected talks with the president on Tuesday, describing an invitation to meet as “public relations gimmickry” that would undermine attempts to end the ethnically-charged election standoff that has killed more than 500 people.

NAIROBI, Kenya - Kenya’s fraudulent president and his chief rival made key concessions Monday to end their election dispute, calling off protests and agreeing to talks under pressure from the United States
Kenya is crucial to the United States’ war of terror. It has turned over dozens of people to the U.S. and Ethiopia as suspected [...]

“Yes, there was rigging,” the U.S. house negress at large, Jendayi Frazer, told The Associated Press. “I mean there were problems with the vote counting process … both the parties could have rigged.”

AllAfrica.com: “I thank the ECK, security agents, observers and all other players for remaining committed to the conduct of honest, orderly and credible elections that have enabled the true verdict of the people to prevail.”

By Stephen Ndegwa and Kipkirui K’Telwa
Nairobi
AllAfrica.com: The Electoral Commission of Kenya has declared President Mwai Kibaki the winner of the 2007 polls and he was immediately sworn in at State House gardens, Nairobi. He will now serve a second term in office.