KENYA'S ELECTION ROUSES INTERNATIONAL SUSPICION
By Barney Jopson in Nairobi
Published: December 31 2007 15:52
The international community began to turn up the pressure on Mwai Kibaki, the Kenyan president, on Monday as the country was devastated by violence following his disputed election victory.
The US effectively retracted a statement from Washington that had congratulated Mr Kibaki on his victory by releasing a statement from its Nairobi embassy expressing concern about “serious problems experienced during the vote counting process”.
Separately, Ross Hynes, Canada’s high commissioner to Kenya, offered Raila Odinga, the opposition leader, a public show of support by allowing a crowd of journalists to see him meet Mr Odinga by the swimming pool of a Nairobi hotel.
Sources: http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/28569052-b7b8-11dc-96f3-0000779fd2ac.html?nclick_check=1
and
http://www.nationmedia.com/dailynation/nmgcontententry.asp?category_id=1&newsid=113681
By Barney Jopson in Nairobi
Published: December 31 2007 15:52
The international community began to turn up the pressure on Mwai Kibaki, the Kenyan president, on Monday as the country was devastated by violence following his disputed election victory.
The US effectively retracted a statement from Washington that had congratulated Mr Kibaki on his victory by releasing a statement from its Nairobi embassy expressing concern about “serious problems experienced during the vote counting process”.
Separately, Ross Hynes, Canada’s high commissioner to Kenya, offered Raila Odinga, the opposition leader, a public show of support by allowing a crowd of journalists to see him meet Mr Odinga by the swimming pool of a Nairobi hotel.
Sources: http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/28569052-b7b8-11dc-96f3-0000779fd2ac.html?nclick_check=1
and
http://www.nationmedia.com/dailynation/nmgcontententry.asp?category_id=1&newsid=113681
