Kenyans use GoPetition to protest latest election results
Published on Jan 05, 2008
Kenya: Street protests and cyberspace campaigns are starting to take effect in the current Kenyan crisis. After several days of vociferous online protesting by thousands of Kenyans, local and expat, it appears that the incum bent President Mwai Kibaki m ay allow an election re-run. The governm ent has said it is ready to accept a re-run of the disputed December election, which unleashed a wave of violence, if a court ordered it.
Kenya's president, Mwai Kibaki, is also facing growing dissent within his own Kikuyu community over the way Kenya's election was conducted and his refusal to accept talks with opposition leaders under international mediation.
Wealthy Kikuyu business people, who control much of Kenya's economy, have seen their companies' value dive over the past week and are trying to persuade Kibaki to soften his stance. Younger Kikuyus, meanwhile, are accusing the president and his advisers of turning the rest of the country against their ethnic group.
Kenya's president, Mwai Kibaki, is also facing growing dissent within his own Kikuyu community over the way Kenya's election was conducted and his refusal to accept talks with opposition leaders under international mediation.Wealthy Kikuyu business people, who control much of Kenya's economy, have seen their companies' value dive over the past week and are trying to persuade Kibaki to soften his stance. Younger Kikuyus, meanwhile, are accusing the president and his advisers of turning the rest of the country against their ethnic group.
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"Both leaders have shown clearly their incapacity to lead and lack of concern for the general population in
"Both leaders should suspend their personal disputes with each other until the end of violence and carnage sweeping the
Whether the growing protests will cul
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