Kenyan Election Upheaval
A youth taunting the GSU General Service Unit the riot police division in Kenya from a distance in the Kibera slum of Nairobi The riot police are blocking the way for a mass contingent of opposition ODM Orange Democratic Movement supporters who were intent on answering calls by their leaders to march into the city centre in mid January to protest against the much disputed Kenyan election result in December 2007 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 position of Prime Minister was formed The price though on the common Mwanainchi common man was terrible Approximately 1 500 people were killed and nearly 250 000 were internally displaced The world waits and hopes that Kenya does not become the latest victim to be condemned by a very African sickness that of inter tribal conflict and ultimately the destruction of a once stable and peaceful country
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Location: Kibera, Nairobi
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