Kenyan Election Upheaval
ODM supporters accuse Uganda and its President Museveni of siding with President Kibaki in the disputed election row There are rumours and only that of Ugandan military personnel helping Govt forces quell protesters While these accusations remain unfounded what is certainly true is that Museveni President of Uganda remains the only Head of State to officially congratulate President Kibaki on the disputed re appointment before the peace agreement was signed On Wednesday 23rd January 2008 collective funerals were held at a church named Ligi Ndogo in Nairobi for those killed during the previous week s 3 day rallies by ODM supporters They were protesting at the request of the Opposition leader Raila Odinga over the now much debated disputed election result held 27th December The ceremony was overseen by the ODM leadership Unfortunately half way through the service when police tried to force supporters who had spilled onto the streets back into the church grounds clashes between the GSU General Service Unit who are specially equipped riot police and the service attenders ensued The local telecommunications building was raided looted and burned during the clashes In the aftermath of the December 2007 elections Kenya was plunged into mayhem threatening to tear one of Africa s most stable countries apart Tribal tensions were unleashed when the Opposition felt it was denied the Presidency after allegations of mass vote rigging in the elections Attempts at mediation were bravely led by Kofi Annan but for a while seemed doomed to failure as both sides continued to bicker over the extent of rigging in the elections and the identity of those who bore responsibility for the troubles and tribal violence in the country Finally after the dedicated persistence of Kofi Annan a peace agreement was signed on 28th February A power sharing Government between President Mwai Kibaki and the Opposition Leader Raila Odinga who formally took up the newly created
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