Tuesday, 15 January 2008

Kenya: the human tragedy continues

As the Kenyan parliament meets for their first session the defeated opposition is trying to disrupt their meeting by sitting on the government benches.
The opposition party of Raila Odinga Orange Democratic Movement became the largest party in parliament, though it does not have an absolute majority.
The defeat of Mr. Odinga’s party is blamed on the election fraud.
About 250,000 people also fled or were driven from their homes in a country once seen as a beacon of relative stability in East Africa.
Mr Odinga's ODM is planning another three days of consecutive mass rallies around Kenya this week, beginning on Wednesday to bring president Kibaki to his knees.
Up to 500,000 people in Kenya will need humanitarian assistance in the weeks ahead if the country's political crisis intensifies, the UN has warned.
The UN Office for the Co-ordination of Humanitarian Affairs said 255,000 had been forced from their homes and that malnutrition was now a growing risk.
Talks conducted by Ghanaian President John Kufuor to end Kenya's political crisis have broken down, opposition and government sources have said.
Mr Kufuor had been hoping to broker a deal between President Mwai Kibaki and opposition leader Raila Odinga after last month's disputed elections.
About 600 people have died in unrest which followed the poll.
It is the earnest hope of anyone that the opposing political parties will come in terms for the same of the people and the future of the nation.

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