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Klarissa1 year, 2 months ago
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Odinga's Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) lost the election.
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Hundreds of opponents of the Orange Democratic Movement supporters died in fighting sparked by last month's presidential election, which Odinga's supporters insist was rigged to ensure Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki's re-election.
Bloody street battles often have involved machetes. The government says 600 to 650 people have been killed, while the opposition says at least 1,000 have died. The Kenyan Red Cross Society puts the number at 863.
More than 200,000 people have been displaced in the turmoil, according to the Red Cross.-
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hyperbola1 year, 2 months ago
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Actually Nixie, Obama visiting Kenya and speaking out in favor of democracy in a country recovering from a dictatorship and with enormous corruption problems is highly commendable.
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You favor corruption and stolen elections by oligarchs Nixie? Is that what you propose for the US?
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Candida1 year, 2 months ago
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Klarissa,
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Aren't you guys getting tired of posting this same B.S. over and over again? These are not facts about Obama; this is all just innuendo.
Yes, there was violence in Kenya, but Obama was there in 2006, and the election was at the end of 2007. He had nothing to do with it.-
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antibrainwasher1 year, 2 months ago
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Obviously propeller is scammed and gamed by the con artists of the right wing shills paid by propeller and AOL/Time warner, the right wing biased facist massive media empire.
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No they are not tired of the same old tin foil hat propanda projectile vomit repugnicon lies and insane slanders. They are filthy pigs, and pigs like to wallow and rout around in putrid crap.
its tha same people, every day, promoting these non stories to the top of propeller, with the assistance of the republian shill moderators, gaming the system with false reads and props.
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hyperbola1 year, 2 months ago
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Well Klarissa, you reach new lows of corruption, vicousness and desperation. You should tell us whether you supported the corruption in Kenya and whether you support corruption in the US. You should also tell us whether you think Americans are stupid enough to fall for this kind of lie.
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Corruption again at the forefront of Kenya's presidential election
NAIROBI, Kenya: Corruption is part of daily life in Kenya, from crooked cops demanding bribes to lawmakers who drain public coffers for personal gain.
Five years after President Mwai Kibaki swept into office on promises to stamp out graft, the issue is once again at the forefront as Kibaki tries to win re-election Thursday in the closest race in Kenya's history.
"Kibaki gave people high hopes five years ago, but the government failed to get rid of corruption," Steve Mugo, a taxi driver in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi, said Wednesday. "The police are still corrupt, they're all corrupt."....
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/12/26/africa/A...-
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hyperbola1 year, 2 months ago
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Kenya: Corruption Contributed to Post-Election Crisis
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Former Ethics and Governance permanent secretary John Githongo has said there was a direct link between corruption and the post-election crisis in Kenya.
Mr Githongo said "conspicuous consumption of public resources by the leaders" had contributed to the perception, especially among the poor, that they had been excluded from the nation's development agenda. He said this was the main reason people went to the streets to try and get justice....
http://allafrica.com/stories/200808220069.html
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hyperbola1 year, 2 months ago
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Well Klarissa, from this we have to assume that you are in favor of stolen elections by corrupt oligarchs. Do you advocate the same in the US?
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Kenya
Election fraud and violence
While European tourists are sunbathing at the beaches of the Indian Ocean, the country is shattered by violence between the supporters of the opposition presidential candidate, Raila Odinga, and those of President Kibaki, the police and the military. The Kenyan presidential elections, on 27 December, caused the biggest riots the country has witnessed since the fall of the former dictator, Daniel arap-Moi...
In 2002, Kibaki was elected successor of former dictator Daniel arap-Moi who had ruled the country for 20 years. Many Kenyans, who longed for democratisation, less corruption and a rise of living standards, pinned their hopes on Kibaki. However, the situation for the majority did not improve. Only a small elite, surrounding the president and those controlling the commanding heights of the economy, benefited form the economic upswing, which was constantly at around 6% per year, during the last six years. The majority of Kenyans still live below the poverty line. Kibaki did nothing to stop proliferating corruption. A big part of the national budget is going to the private pockets of ministers and leading officials; the head of the national anti-corruption authority had to flee to England to protect his life. “The government’s policies in the last years were not orientated on improving the living standard of the people, but to support the economy which guarantees that only the small upper class is profiteering,” stated Walter Schicho, professor at the Africa-institute at the University of Vienna. As well as this, the Kenyan government is conducting “hidden intervention” into the Somali civil war and supports Ethiopian troops occupying Somalia....-
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hyperbola1 year, 2 months ago
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The election fraud was obvious – for Kibaki’s constituency a turnout of 99% were reported (which is nearly impossible). In another constituency, 115% of the people went to vote - another clear evidence for the massive election fraud. Unrealistically, thousands of people only voted in the presidential elections and not in the parliamentary and local elections, which were running parallel. This led to the situation where Kibaki was sworn in as president yet his party has only a small minority in the parliament, where the ODM holds the majority. It makes more sense to assume that ballot cards for Kibaki were secretly added to rather then thinking of a big confusion within the voters. Even the chairman of the national election-commission said he did not know who won the election. Later, he was put under pressure from supporters of Kibaki, and was forced to announce an election ‘victory’. The fact that Kibaki has stolen Kenyans’ right to elect their government was the main cause for riots.
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Probably the most disastrous legacy of the Kibaki-government is the intensification of ethnic conflicts in Kenya. Kibaki, an ethnic Kikuyu, gave higher posts in the public sector to candidates from his own tribe and public assignments usually went to companies owned by Kikuyu. That led to anger amongst the majority of the population against the leading figures of the Kikuyu, who have been privileged since colonial times. Governments over the last decades boosted these tensions, using “divide and rule” policies.
http://socialistworld.net/eng/2008/01/23kenyaa.htm...
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