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Kenya election foes neck-and-necklacing
2007-12-30
NAIROBI - KenyaÂ’s presidential rivals were neck-and-necklacing on Saturday with nearly 90 percent of official results counted and accusations of rigging ignited ethnic violence across the east African nation. Several people died in the unrest.

Chaos reigned as the Electoral Commission of Kenya (ECK)Â’s latest results showed opposition challenger Raila Odinga leading President Mwai Kibaki by just 38,000 votes from a tally of 180 out of 210 constituencies. But the head of the commission was interrupted after reading tallies from seven other constituencies that would have put Kibaki in the lead by about four times as big a margin.
That's real encouraging.
With most of KenyaÂ’s 36 million people hanging on the commissionÂ’s every word, it extended the torment by saying it would only give further results on Sunday.
Posted by:Steve White

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