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- More than 30 unarmed civilians were killed in a church near Eldoret
- Kenya had seen violence after the 1992 elections too
- Kibaki and Odinga signed a power sharing agreement on February 28, 2008
- The new power-sharing Cabinet has Odinga as the Prime Minister
- The new Cabinet was sworn in on April 17, 2008
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By the term ‘Kenyan election crisis’ we refer to the political, economic and humanitarian crisis that developed in Kenya following the election of President Mwai Kibaki on December 27, 2007. Kibaki’s opponent Raila Odinga of the Orange Democratic Movement alleged serious electoral manipulation. This view is shared by international press and by the international observers. The supporters of Odinga didn’t stop with nonviolent protests. They ignited a violent rampage in various parts of the country, especially in the Nyanza Province and the slums of Nairobi. The police shot a number of demonstrators, which in turn sparked off more riots. The ethnic violence at first turned only against the Kikuyu people, the community to... Read more
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