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Violence threatens fragile Kenya
chicagotribune.com ^ | November 30, 2008 | Laurie Goering

Posted on 11/29/2008 8:24:28 PM PST by Jet Jaguar

Frustration builds at corrupt government

Barack Obama's late father grew up in this region of western Kenya, so when his son swept to the U.S. presidency earlier this month, townspeople erupted in joy, waving American flags.

It could easily have been a riot instead. Last December, another popular native son, Raila Odinga, lost his bid for the Kenyan presidency to incumbent President Mwai Kibaki in voting widely seen as rigged.

Frustrated Kenyans erupted in an unprecedented spasm of ethnic violence that left more than 1,000 people dead and 350,000 homeless, many of them members of Kibaki's dominant Kikuyu tribe.

Now, nearly a year later, Odinga is prime minister in a power-sharing government, and an independent commission has produced a damning report on the crisis that may result in prosecutions of top politicians and businessmen alleged to have incited the violence.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Extended News; Foreign Affairs
KEYWORDS: africa; african; africans; barackobama; kenya; kikuyu; luo; mohammedanism; obama; odinga; railaodinga
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To: Eric Blair 2084

Barack Hussien 0bama is more qualified to be President of Kenya than the U.S. I would be happy to arrange his transportation…


21 posted on 11/30/2008 5:40:50 AM PST by Pablo Mac
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To: Cicero

I guess the Chicago Tribune forgot to say who was RESPONSIBLE for the violence: the Communist/Muslim Raila Odinga, who presided over the burning of churches and the killings of Christians.

And, of course, he was aided and abetted by Obama, who gave him a million dollars to help fund his terrorist activities.
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And this makes our ‘president elect’ an accessory to mass murder.
Isn’t that nice?
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22 posted on 11/30/2008 6:07:45 AM PST by patriot08
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