Tuesday, January 22, 2008
Kenya crisis to hurt insurers
The persistence of post-election violence in Kenya will cause losses to the insurance industry in Uganda, experts have warned. “Although we have not yet seen direct losses coming through, we believe if the situation does not change in the long run, the industry will be affected,” Deepak Pandey, the general manager of Jubilee Insurance Company, explained.
Kenyan violence blocks Uganda cargo trains
Trains from Mombasa in Kenya are not coming to Uganda because a kilometre-long section of the rails was uprooted in Kibera, a Nairobi suburb, on Friday during the post-election demonstrations. Two wagons were also looted. The spokesperson of the Rift Valley Railways, the company managing the route, Elizabeth Zalwango, said some of their Kampala staff had gone to their head office in Nairobi for meetings about the matter. “It is expected that the line will be fixed by Tuesday (today). Trains can’t do the journey when the line is still down,” Zalwango said yesterday.
Kenyan Police divided over crackdown
The police commander poured gasoline down the walls of three slum shacks and set them alight. At each home, his officers waited until his back was turned, then doused the flames. The small rebellion is symptomatic of rifts within Kenya’s police force over harsh tactics ordered to suppress opposition protests, some officers say - a new fracture in ethnic and political conflicts tearing at the country since a disputed presidential election Several police officers sought out The Associated Press to express concern over the tough measures they have been ordered to use against opposition supporters protesting what they say was President Mwai Kibaki’s theft of the Dec. 27 ballot.
Annan prepares to mediate in Kenya
Former United Nations secretary general Kofi Annan was due to arrive in Kenya on Tuesday to try to mediate in a post-poll crisis that has torn the country in two and triggered weeks of violence that has killed at least 650 people. A hotly disputed election returned President Mwai Kibaki to power last month amid cries from opposition leader Raila Odinga that he rigged it. Electoral observers complained of “serious irregularities” in the tallying process.
MoreKibaki, an Imposition of the West, Says Rawlings
Former Ghanaian President, Jerry Rawlings, has said that the violence that erupted in Kenya over alleged rigging of the election by the incumbent President, Mwai Kibaki, is a protest against neo-colonialism and the imposition of leadership by the West. According to him, Kenyans do not want to go through the same kind of experience again hence their insistence on change.
Former Ghanaian President, Jerry Rawlings, has said that the violence that erupted in Kenya over alleged rigging of the election by the incumbent President, Mwai Kibaki, is a protest against neo-colonialism and the imposition of leadership by the West. According to him, Kenyans do not want to go through the same kind of experience again hence their insistence on change.Speaking to journalists yesterday at the Murtala Mohammed Airport Lagos, Rawlings said: “Kenyans are demonstrating that enough is enough in neo-colonialism. If we have done away with coup d’etat, then let us preserve the integrity of the electoral process. And if we cannot count on the integrity of the electoral process, where do we go? This is happening in many countries in Africa, including my own country.”
The former Ghanaian president said that the electoral process in many African countries is so weak, which in turn weakens the relationship between the African governments elected in such doubtful electoral process.
Monday, January 21, 2008
The Great Divide
Michael Holman & Greg Mills
The unfolding catastrophe in Kenya, where elections have triggered the country’s worst crisis and violence since independence, raises questions that go to the heart of Africa’s development challenge.
Kenya, along with Nigeria, the Democratic Republic of Congo, and South Africa, are four African countries which are regarded not only as encouraging examples of political reform and economic progress, but as states with wider potential.
Not only could they turn their respective regions in West, Central, Eastern and Southern Africa around, but in so doing drive the continent forward. Together they total more than one-third of sub-Saharan Africa’s 750 million people and over half of its combined economy.
But elections in each over the past 18 months have not gone quite to plan, raising doubts not only about the path of these countries, but the impact on their regions and the role that external actors might play in ensuring stability.
Moderate majority must defeat ethnic hawks
By KARIM ANJARWALLA
Kenya is being held captive by two groups of people. Those whose primary objective was to rig the presidential elections — call them the ethnic riggers — and those who inflame ethnic hatred and cause death, destruction and displacement — call them the ethnic warriors.
The ethnic riggers do not believe that the Kenyan people have a right to freely and fairly elect their own leaders. They believe that the Kenyan people are inherently too stupid to do so. Crucially, they also believe that their own interests may not be best served by the results of a free and fair election.
Ethnic riggers were to be found on both sides of the political divide. However, the ethnic riggers who favoured President Mwai Kibaki were obviously more successful and creative than the ethnic riggers who favoured Raila Odinga.
The ethnic warriors on the other hand believe that killing and maiming people and destroying Kenyans’ property because these Kenyans belong to the “other tribe” is a valid method of enhancing their negotiating position in the current political dispute.
MoreThe December 2007 Kenya presidential election: where did fraud occur?
Dr. David Ndii
and
Dr. Karuti Kanyinga
Electoral fraud is hard to prove. This is one of the reasons as to why political operatives frequently engage in it the world over, though not always successfully. The predicted closeness of the presidential race before the election may have contributed to an irresistible temptation on all sides to participate in fraud—or at least predict its occurrence. Since the counting began, members of political parties, accredited observers, both domestic and international, as well as civil society organisations and wananchi have lodged allegations of rigging. Commissioners of the ECK including its chairman have also cast aspersions on the results.
But what truth is there to these claims? There are two opposing claims. There are those who contend that it is still possible to get to the truth, that is, to know who Kenyans elected president of the republic on the 27th of December. The other view is that the records have been compromised to the extent that the true outcome will never be known. In this article we provide some preliminary analysis of the official presidential election results released by ECK which provides statistical evidence consistent with the claims that significant fraud may have taken place. Our analysis entails showing the discrepancies between parliamentary and presidential vote tallies. We use the 2002 results as a benchmark to arrive at an estimate of the magnitude of fraud that could have taken place. Numbers by themselves do not “prove” every instance fraud, but they are highly suggestive and allow us to provide information on whether realistic attempts at fraud might have swung the result of the presidential election. Our analysis suggests that the magnitude of fraud would have been sufficient to affect the outcome.
MoreNews Roundup 21 January (2)
Todays roundup:
The British are yet to decide whether to recognise Kibaki’s regime as ligitimate, and Kibaki regime protests at the debate in the UK parliament on the Kenya elections.
Europe suspends aid.
Kenyans for Peace through Truth and Justice analysis of the electoral rigging gets circulated widely. Anglican bishops express concern about the ‘present, painful and damaging crisis’.
ODM pursues its policy of economic boycott of target companies linked to Kibaki. Assesments are that there is no short term resolution of the crisis. In response, Kibaki’s regime threatens to ‘crack down’ on the opposition. ODM responds that they will continue to struggle however long it takes. Video clips of Odinga saying he’s ready to talk. Police in Kisumu have apparently licenced a funeral service for victis of police in mass protests. Meanwhile, 5000 police recruits have been put on duty as reinforcement. PazaSauti explains why Raila should prepare for his day in court.
ODM welcomes President Museveni of Uganda in mediation. Ghanaian President Kufuor will brief the AU Summit on the Kenya crisis. Wangari Maathai has dismissed the mediation team led by Musyoka saying it will not solve the impasses.
People continue to be killed, homes set on fire, and police continue their extrajudicial killings. The number of people forced out of their homes escalates
The economy - Kenyan and East African - is suffering as a result of the crisis, with the sale of Safaricom going back to the drawing board, organised dumping taking place on a wide scals; losses in the real estate market; piling up of cargo at the ports; and disruption of cargo transit by rail to Uganda.
Schools and health facilities continue to be disrupted.
Meanwhile two young stowaways survive an 8-hour journey.
Also in Pambazuka News Action Alerts: Signs in Kenya That Killings Were Planned/ Karim Anjarwalla on why the ‘moderate majority’ must defeat the ethnic hawks/Michael Holman & Greg Mills on the unfolding catastrophe in Kenya/Dr. David Ndii and Dr. Karuti Kanyinga on where the fraud in the elections occurred.
... and much more.
Signs in Kenya That Killings Were Planned
By JEFFREY GETTLEMAN
KERINGET, Kenya — At first the violence seemed as spontaneous as it was shocking, with machete-wielding mobs hacking people to death and burning women and children alive in a country that was celebrated as one of Africa’s most stable.
But a closer look at what has unfolded in the past three weeks, since a deeply flawed election plunged Kenya into chaos, shows that some of the bloodletting that has left more than 650 people dead may have been premeditated and organized.
Leaflets calling for ethnic killings mysteriously appeared before the voting. Politicians with both the government and opposition parties gave speeches that stoked long-standing hatred among ethnic groups. And local tribal chiefs held meetings to plot attacks on rivals, according to some of them and their followers.
As soon as the election results were announced, handing a suspiciously thin margin of victory to Kenya’s president, Mwai Kibaki — whose policies of favoring his own ethnic group have marginalized about half the country — all the elements lined up for the violence to explode.
Thousands of young men swept the countryside, burning homes and attacking members of rival ethnic groups. The killings go on. On Friday, six bodies arrived at a morgue in the town of Narok, northwest of Nairobi, some with deep spear wounds. On a strip of white medical tape affixed to the victims’ foreheads was written their names, dates of death and the cause: “Post-elections violence.”
News Roundup 21 January
Kenya: More Killed as Rivals Differ Over Peace Talks: “Ten more people were killed in different parts of the country as the Government and ODM continued to differ over the way forward in the search for a peaceful settlement to the current political crisis.”
(Via AllAfrica News: Latest.)
How Heroic Woman Died in Inferno: “A disabled woman who was a source of hope and inspiration in a village ravaged by poverty and despair was among 35 people killed in the single worst mass killing episode in post-election violence in Eldoret.”
(Via AllAfrica News: Kenya.)
Kenya government condemns ‘sabotage’ plan: “The Kenyan government condemned as ‘illegal sabotage’ on Monday a plan by the opposition to widen its protests against President Mwai Kibaki’s re-election to a boycott of companies linked to his allies. After a bloody weekend that added to the death toll of around 650 since the December 27 vote, the Orange Democratic Movement vowed to continue street rallies.”
(Via Mail & Guardian Online.)
Kenya: Justice Commission is the Way to Peace: “Not too long after the Kibaki government came to power, we spurned the opportunity to establish a kind of truth, justice and reconciliation commission.”
(Via AllAfrica News: Latest.)
Kenya: State Dismisses UK Remark: “The Government Sunday dismissed a remark by a British deputy minister that the European country does not recognise President Kibaki’s government.”
(Via AllAfrica News: Latest.)
Kenya: UN Agency Opposes Plan to Close Camps: “The UN Children’s agency, Unicef, Sunday expressed concerns over Government’s plan to close all camps and send the displaced back to their homes.”
(Via AllAfrica News: Latest.)
Kenya: More Killed as Rivals Differ Over Peace Talks: “Ten more people were killed in different parts of the country as the Government and ODM continued to differ over the way forward in the search for a peaceful settlement to the current political crisis.”
(Via AllAfrica News: Latest.)
Kenya suffers setback in democratic freedom: “Kenyas political freedom index has moved from free to partly free due to the events surrounding last years polls, an international rights body has reported.”
(Via Nationmedia.com - Politics.)
Civil society calls for aid freeze: “The civil society Sunday called on western donors to freeze aid to Kenya.”
(Via Nationmedia.com - Politics.)
Restore public faith in courts, CJ told: “The International Commission of Jurists has appealed to the Chief Justice to urgently restore public confidence in the Judiciary as the custodian of the law.”
(Via Nationmedia.com - Politics.)
Families Return Home to Start Life Afresh: “Displaced families in the Rift Valley are slowly returning to their farms to start life afresh.”
(Via AllAfrica News: Kenya.)
Varsity Recalls First Batch of Students: “Moi University in Eldoret opens its doors to the first group of students Monday after the December holidays were extended due to violence over the disputed presidential election.”
(Via AllAfrica News: Kenya.)
Policeman Killed As He Tries to Prevent Robbery: “A police officer was killed by gangsters Sunday as he tried to foil a robbery at a shop in Nairobi’s Ronald Ngala Street.”
(Via AllAfrica News: Kenya.)
Long-Serving Magistrate Takes ‘Christmas Gift’ in Her Stride: “She had just arrived in Nakuru Town three days to Christmas and was ready to join her husband and two children for the festivities.”
(Via AllAfrica News: Kenya.)
Kalonzo-Led Team to Start Work Monday: “The team appointed by President Kibaki last week to spearhead dialogue and reconciliation towards quelling political violence sparked by his controversial swearing-in is expected to begin work Monday.”
(Via AllAfrica News: Kenya.)
We May Never Know His Name, But He Will Not Be Forgotten: “As the daughter of a professional photographer, I learned to appreciate the power of images at a very young age. My father always carried a camera, even when he was not working, because, as he told me, ‘some of the best and most memorable photos are taken when you least expect to take them’.”
(Via AllAfrica News: Kenya.)
Country Suffers Setback in Democratic Freedom: “Kenya’s political freedom index has moved from ‘free’ to ‘partly free’ due to the events surrounding last year’s polls, an international rights body has reported.”
(Via AllAfrica News: Kenya.)
Justice Commission is the Way to Peace: “Not too long after the Kibaki government came to power, we spurned the opportunity to establish a kind of truth, justice and reconciliation commission.”
(Via AllAfrica News: Kenya.)
Editorial: Police Decision to Arrest William Ruto A Wrong Path: “We elect leaders in Kenya; the season might have changed that selfish crooks in politics of yesterday decide against the will of the people and handpick their own choices-the unpopular! The Kibaki!
Power dictates greedy unidirectional leaders to eliminate not by good cause, but disregard of other communities. So a former chief commander of the armed [...]”
(Via Public Eye Group.)
What lies ahead for Kibaki Presidency? (Posted 1/20/2008): “With the apparent transformation of inter-ethnic relations and the hardened positions adopted by the Party of National Unity and the Orange Democratic Movement, it seems the break-up of the political alliance between Kenyas two largest communities has happened again. Will the President have the authority and international recognition to govern? DN”
(Via AfricaFiles InfoServ: Recent Postings.)
Kenya: Let’s free our children from bondage of ethnic bigotry (Posted 1/20/2008): “A Psychiatrist describes some of the situations faced by children and youths in Kenya following the ritos after the results of the December election, and suggests what needs to happen now - not later. JDN”
(Via AfricaFiles InfoServ: Recent Postings.)
Kenya: "How will we feed the children?" (Posted 1/20/2008): “The market in Nyanza Province where they bought food for the orphans was burnt down, and their income-generating activies have also been destroyed. JDN”
(Via AfricaFiles InfoServ: Recent Postings.)
Kenyan Crisis - Living Through Death And Violence: “Florence Radull-Goroba took leave from her hectic schedule at Mmegi to visit friends and relatives in her home country, Kenya during the festive season. She was looking forward to a rewarding rest and to exercise her constitutional right to vote in the general elections. But what awaited her and the rest of the Kenyan population was not what she bargained for. She narrates her shocking Kenyan experience.”
(Via AllAfrica News: Kenya.)
Sunday, January 20, 2008
Kenya: ethnicity, tribe, and state
Kenya: ethnicity, tribe, and state
John Lonsdale
The key to the post-election crisis in Kenya lies in the changing role of the post-colonial state in relation to the country’s ethnic terms of political trade, says John Lonsdale.
17 - 01 - 2008
The extensive commentary on Kenya’s troubles has tended to blame ancient tribal rivalry, cynical political calculation, or a combination of the two; with the corrupted electoral process seen as providing the unintended catalyst - or worse, the deliberate instigator that awakens latent tribal hostility. British imperialism has also received its expected share of criticism, for inventing the now-indigenous Kenyan practice of divide and rule (see Caroline Elkins, “What’s Tearing Kenya Apart? History, for One Thing”, Washington Post, 6 January 2008).
John Lonsdale is emeritus professor of modern African history and fellow of Trinity College Cambridge.
Among his books are (as co-author) Unhappy Valley: conflict in Kenya and Africa (James Currey, 1992) and (as co-editor) of Mau Mau and Nationhood
MoreNews Roundup 20 January
What lies ahead for Kibaki Presidency? (Posted 1/20/2008): “With the transformation of inter-ethnic relations, and the hardened positions adopted by Party of National Unity and the Orange Democratic Movement, the break-up of the political alliance between Kenya’s largest two communities has happened again. Will the President have the authority and international recognition to do what he plans?”
(Via AfricaFiles InfoServ: Recent Postings.)
National Park’s Income Declines Due to Violence Over Elections: “The Lake Nakuru National park has recorded reduced revenue due to the post-election violence that has seen the number of visitors decline.”
(Via AllAfrica News: Kenya.)
Businesses Feel the Impact of Poll Protests: “The collective impact of the post-election violence was felt this week as businesses in major towns remained shut in the afternoons while police battled demonstrators protesting the presidential election results.”
(Via AllAfrica News: Kenya.)
Polls Groups Lift the Lid On Tallying Mess: “The Electoral Commission could not have determined the winner of the Presidential election from the flawed results received from different constituencies, one of the biggest group of poll observers in the Kenyan General Election said Friday.”
(Via AllAfrica News: Kenya.)
PNU Bags Mt Kenya Civic Seats: “President Kibaki’s Party of National Unity dominated the civic seats in the December 27 General Election in Mt Kenya region.”
(Via AllAfrica News: Kenya.)
Why PNU And Allies Lost House Election to Their ODM Rivals: “After losing to the Opposition in the election of the National Assembly Speaker and his deputy, questions are being raised about the Government’s preparedness to chart the business of the House.”
(Via AllAfrica News: Kenya.)
New Speaker Must Offer the Country a Lifeline: “The country was enthralled by the recent election of Mr Kenneth Marende as Speaker of the National Assembly, and the subsequent swearing in of MPs.”
(Via AllAfrica News: Kenya.)
Kenya: Businesses Feel the Impact of Poll Protests: “The collective impact of the post-election violence was felt this week as businesses in major towns remained shut in the afternoons while police battled demonstrators protesting the presidential election results.”
(Via AllAfrica News: Latest.)
Kenya: Polls Groups Lift the Lid On Tallying Mess: “The Electoral Commission could not have determined the winner of the Presidential election from the flawed results received from different constituencies, one of the biggest group of poll observers in the Kenyan General Election said Friday.”
(Via AllAfrica News: Latest.)
Court Shut Over Bomb Threats By Mob: “Activities at the Kibera Law courts were Friday suspended at noon after word went round that the premises would be petrol-bombed.”
(Via AllAfrica News: Kenya.)
Despite Many Odds, Sky’s the Limit for Young Artist: “Huge portraits on the rusty iron-sheet walls of a tiny shack behind United Mall in Kisumu town scream for attention. A peek into the structure reveals more portraits and landscape paintings.”
(Via AllAfrica News: Kenya.)
What If Local Leaders Practised the Religious Faith They Profess?: “An item in Tuesday’s edition of the Daily Nation’s Cutting Edge made interesting reading.”
(Via AllAfrica News: Kenya.)
Orange Group And PNU to Fight for Control of Civic Authorities: “The next political fight between the Orange Democratic Movement and the Party of National Unity will be over control of close to 200 local authorities countrywide.”
(Via AllAfrica News: Kenya.)
Several dead in Kenya slum clashes: “At least three people killed as Nairobi faces a fifth day of confrontations.”
Kenya: Towns Slowly Pick Up From Ruins: “Most parts of the country experienced calm after ODM called off its countrywide demonstrations. Shop owners opened their businesses as traffic jams returned to haunt residents.”
Kenya: EU’s Mediation Efforts Now Offer Hope: “A flicker of hope that negotiations could start despite the standoff between the Government and ODM came with the arrival of European Union commissioner for Development, Mr Louis Michel.”
Uganda: Roles Change As Kenyans Seek Refuge: “Roles have drastically reversed along the Kenya-Ugandan border. The traditionally peaceable Kenyans are no longer walking tall. Instead, it is the Ugandans -who have perpetually been at war-now playing host.”
Kenya: Rustling Rises in Post-Poll Violence: “Livestock owners in parts of Eastern and North Eastern provinces have lost their animals as rustling soars due to post-election violence.”
Living in fear in Kenyan town: ”Source: Reuters By Nick Tattersall
NAROK, Kenya, Jan 20 (Reuters) - In the burnt-out market place, a youth appears swinging a machete, its blade glinting in the late afternoon sun.
Opposition Calls Fresh Round of Protests: “The Orange Democratic Party has retreated from a promise made only hours before and announced a new round of mass action to protest against the disputed presidential election results.”
Kibaki Willing to Meet Opposition, Says European Union: “The standoff between the Government and ODM could ease and then end.”
Uganda Maintains It Has Not Deployed Troops in Country: “Foreign Affairs Minister Sam Kuteesa has said he will resign his job if accusations that Uganda has sent soldiers to politically troubled Kenya are proved true.”
Kibaki Ready to Meet With Opposition, Says Vice President: “Vice-President Kalonzo Musyoka has said that President Kibaki is ready to meet and discuss t
Kenya: Kibaki Willing to Meet Opposition, Says European Union: “The standoff between the Government and ODM could ease and then end the he present political situation with the opposition.”
Armed Youths Besiege Monastery, Kill Six: “Six people were killed near a monastery in Kipkelion District that was last night besieged by armed youths.”
Kenya: Opposition Calls Fresh Round of Protests: “The Orange Democratic Party has retreated from a promise made only hours before and announced a new round of mass action to protest against the disputed presidential election results.”
Kenya: Uganda Maintains It Has Not Deployed Troops in Country: “Foreign Affairs Minister Sam Kuteesa has said he will resign his job if accusations that Uganda has sent soldiers to politically troubled Kenya are proved true.”
Kenya: Kibaki Ready to Meet With Opposition, Says Vice President: “Vice-President Kalonzo Musyoka has said that President Kibaki is ready to meet and discuss the present political situation with the opposition.”
Kenya: Armed Youths Besiege Monastery, Kill Six: “Six people were killed near a monastery in Kipkelion District that was last night besieged by armed youths.”
Kenya opposition to resume protests: “Five more people killled in Rift Valley as ODM vows to return to the streets.”
Saturday, January 19, 2008
to live is to work
to live is to work
....and the only thing which lasts
is the work; start then, turn to the work.
Throw yourself like seed as you walk, and into your own field,
don’t turn your face for that would be to turn it to death,
and do not let the past weigh down your motion.
Leave what’s alive in the furrow, what’s dead in yourself,
for life does not move in the same way as a group of clouds;
from your work you will be able one day to gather yourself.
from Throw Yourself Like Seed, Miguel De Unamuno
(translated by Robert Bly)
This poem grounded me today, as I grapple with the strangeness of dropping back into Planet Bay Area, where nothing appears to have changed since I left 8 months ago. How is it possible that one of my worlds, Kenya, has been ripped apart, lies in bleeding fragments, while another is still lush, tranquil, and unmoved? How to even begin to answer, when a checkout clerk says cheerfully: “New Year going well for you?”
Work is the constant I orient myself around. What am I here to do, in the next 6 weeks before I return to Kenya?
Kahlil Gibran’s phrase runs through my mind a lot: Work is love made visible.
My ritual, since I landed, is to set my alarm for 10 minutes before sunrise each morning. I propel myself from bed before my first waking thought. Fumble on clothes, socks, gloves, woolly hat, with chilled fingers, to get outdoors under the sky by the time it lightens. Everything is so sharply etched in the knife-edge cold of dawn - leaves, magnolia buds, the Marin headlands over the pale waters of the Bay. In that stinging silent clarity, I can contain all the contradictions. Stretch my lungs to the icy air, stretch my mind and body to the privilege of being alive, of throwing myself like seed into what I can do.
http://shailja.com/news/newsletterblog/2008/01/to-live-is-to-work.html
News Roundup 19 January
VP says Kibaki ready to meet with opposition
Vice-President Kalonzo Musyoka has said that President Kibaki is ready to meet and discuss the present political situation with the opposition.
http://www.nationmedia.com/dailynation/nmgcontententry.asp?category_id=2&newsid=114983
Kibera women in campaign to restore peace
Some residents of Kibera, the Nairobi slum hit hard by violence since the announcement of the controversial presidential election,
http://www.nationmedia.com/dailynation/nmgcontententry.asp?category_id=2&newsid=114984
It’s relief as calm is restored
The country seemed to sigh with relief as calm returned to major towns yesterday after ODM suspended country-wide protests.
http://www.nationmedia.com/dailynation/nmgcontententry.asp?category_id=2&newsid=114985
Raiders kill six as they besiege monastery
Six people were killed near a monastery in Kipkelion District that was last night besieged by armed youths.
http://www.nationmedia.com/dailynation/nmgcontententry.asp?category_id=2&newsid=114986
More on how the Kenyan election was stolen
Four Kenyan election observers who witnessed the last phase of the presidential vote tallying, when political parties were verifying the results that had been announced, have recorded their observations in an hour-by-hour log. Their testimonies expose what can only be termed a resolve among electoral officials—including Commissioners and staff—to obtain a pre-determined outcome, whether supported by fact or not. Kenyans for Peace with Justice have released a series of documents that record how the election was stolen. This is a minute by minute account of what happened over those two fateful days.
http://kenyanemergency.wordpress.com/2008/01/19/more-on-how-the-election-was-stolen/