Kenya has always been a relatively peaceful country until recently when the presidential election results were disputed.
NAIROBI, Kenya - Police used tear gas, water cannons and batons Thursday to block thousands of people from protesting Kenya's disputed election amid a political deadlock between the president and his chief rival. Kenya's attorney general said there should be an independent probe of the election results because of the perception the Dec. 27 vote was rigged. The U.S. and Europe pushed for reconciliation, saying a "made-in-Kenya solution" was needed to end violence that has killed about 300 people since President Mwai Kibaki was declared the winner.As the diplomats discussed unity, Kenya's slums burned."War is happening here," said 45-year-old Edwin Mukathia, who was among thousands of people who poured out of Nairobi's slums to heed opposition candidate Raila Odinga's call for a million-man march in the city's Uhuru Park.
On New Year's Day 1 January 2008 a church was torched and 50 were killed.
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I am very concerned about the situation because a very good friend of mine who is Kenyan went home to Kenya for the holidays with her twin babies and she is still there. I pray for them often.
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