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Kenyan election violence culprits may be punished

http://africa.reuters.com/top/news/usnJOE4B20K2.html

“NAIROBI (Reuters) - The masterminds of Kenya’s post-election violence may be barred from politics or face lengthy jail sentences under a draft law to set up a special tribunal in the east Africa nation.

President Mwai Kibaki’s disputed re-election nearly a year ago brought two months of violence that killed 1,300 people, made 300,000 homeless, and shook the region’s biggest economy.

Public anger over impunity for the post-election chaos and killings is unprecedented, local analysts say, and finding the culprits could be a watershed moment for the nation of 36 million people that became independent from Britain in 1963.

Many Kenyans say the roots of violence — ethnic divisions, land issues, and the gap between rich and poor — have not been addressed. Some argue that the buck should stop with President Mwai Kibaki, and former opposition leader Raila Odinga who became prime minister in the power-sharing deal. “


17 posted on 12/06/2008 9:36:39 AM PST by FocusNexus
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To: FocusNexus
Obama is responsible for much of it. He brought neo colonial Black Power Chicago politics to Kenyas last election cycle. And this POS wants to ne "inaugurated?"

Buahahahhahhahahahahahhhhhaaaaaa!

Please, inaugurate my Irish Setter. He is not a fascist.

71 posted on 12/06/2008 1:29:24 PM PST by Candor7 (Fascism? All it takes is for good men to say nothing, ( member NRA)
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