Kenya opposition wants new polls

The opposition in Kenya has called for a re-run of the presidential election last week, which it says was rigged.
An opposition spokesman said President Mwai Kibaki should step aside, and a transitional administration should hold elections within three months.

A government spokesman indicated that Mr Kibaki might accept fresh elections, under certain conditions.

More than 300 people died in violence following the election. The UN says another 180,000 have been displaced.

The head of the UN office for humanitarian affairs in Nairobi says that around half-a-million people are in acute need of assistance.

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By TOM ODULA, Associated Press Writer
2 hours, 5 minutes ago



NAIROBI, Kenya - Kenya's opposition party called for a new presidential election to settle a dispute over the vote that has sparked days of deadly riots, and police hurled tear gas to scatter more than 1,000 protesters in the coastal city of Mombasa Friday.

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There was no immediate comment on the call for a new vote from the government of President Mwai Kibaki, who is unlikely to accept such a demand.

The U.S. and Europe were among those pushing for reconciliation, but said a "made-in-Kenya solution" is needed to end the violence that has killed 300 people and displaced 100,000 in what was once lauded as among the most stable democracies in Africa.

The upheaval has spread from the capital to the coast and the western highlands. In Mombasa, a city heavily dependent on tourism, police scattered 1,500 protesters who were shouting "Kibaki has stolen our vote!" There were no immediate reports of injuries.

In Nairobi, supporters of opposition candidate Raila Odinga vowed that street protests that shook Nairobi a day earlier would continue Friday, but by midday there no signs of a mass protest brewing. Small groups of protesters were gathering on street corners in the slums, though, saying they were preparing for a rally.

International observers say ballot counting after the Dec. 27 vote that returned Kibaki to power was flawed.


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