Comments on: It’s a sad day for Kenya

By: Ushahidi.com Blog » Chronology of The Crisis

Ushahidi.com Blog » Chronology of The Crisis — Sun, 27 Jan 2008 13:44:37 +0000

[...] have they done?‘. The day wears on and Kibaki is announced as the winner of the elections. It is a sad day for Kenya. People are killed in various parts of the country, houses are torched in Eldoret, on the 30th and [...]

By: Shiroh

Shiroh — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 10:26:18 +0000

sorry instigated the violence

By: Shiroh

Shiroh — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 10:25:22 +0000

You know what makes me sadder, the fact that the very same people who investigated the violence Read Ruto and Kosgey move you with their pleas. Do you know to which extent ODM rigged the elections, it is as strange as Bondo with 102%

Kibaki rigged for sure but they also tried to rig him out with the so called hatred against Kikuyus. We are totally hurt here.

By: The Postnational Monitor

The Postnational Monitor — Sun, 30 Dec 2007 23:38:15 +0000

Kenyan Election Conclude In Riots…

This is what I was afraid would happen due to the situation on the ground being so ethnically charged ahead of the elections. This latest report is claiming “vote rigging”, but originally the elections were determined “free and fair&…

By: mogi

mogi — Sun, 30 Dec 2007 21:18:45 +0000

US congratulates Kenyan president on re-election

2 hours ago

WASHINGTON (AFP) — The US State Department Sunday congratulated Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki on his re-election, and called on all sides to accept the results despite opposition allegations of ballot fraud.

“We obviously congratulate the president on his election,” department spokesman Rob McInturff told AFP.

“Again we would call on the people of Kenya to accept the results of the election and to move forward with the democratic process,” he said.

Kibaki was sworn in Sunday less than an hour after Kenya’s electoral commission announced he had defeated opposition leader Raila Odinga, who has accused Kibaki of stealing the election by rigging the tallying process.

The result’s announcement triggered riots in bastions of Odinga’s Orange Democratic Movement in the capital Nairobi and western Kenya.

“I think the electoral commission in Kenya and the commissioner there would be the ultimate authority, and we would look to them to investigate any claims of fraud or mismanagement,” McInturff said.

“That said we would also, given that the results are out, congratulate and support the president and look forward to working with the people of Kenya in the coming years.”

By: Maria

Maria — Sun, 30 Dec 2007 20:09:26 +0000

The saddest part is that it does not matter what you and I say (ordinary Kenyans)…….Kibaki and his cronies are too arogant…..we do not matter.
Kenya does not matter.
Period

By: Ateka

Ateka — Sun, 30 Dec 2007 18:56:31 +0000

First I applaud you for the fabulous work on covering the Elections, You’ve been very effective and transparent and thats why you are unique and my best reporter .

Secondly, I am disappointed with ECK They have misrepresented and failed Kenyan voters and a quest for atrue , fair and transparent results and thats intolarable . To me this is an act of cowardness and under no circmstance should we let this prevail .
It is and will only be fair to mandate a recount, esp after all the inconsistency in tabulating the final votes analysis.

Somehow, we all have to deal with this anguish but should not deter from PEACE, LOVE and UNITY for fair and just democratic state.

By: Man

Man — Sun, 30 Dec 2007 18:15:12 +0000

I hate to do this, but here’s a quote from EU election observers on BBC:
“Observers from the European Union said the Electoral Commission of Kenya (ECK) had failed to ensure the credibility of the poll.
“We believe that… the ECK… has not succeeded in establishing the credibility of the tallying process to the satisfaction of all parties and candidates,” chief EU observer Alexander Graf Lambsdorff said in a statement.
British Foreign Secretary David Miliband said London had “real concerns at the irregularities reported by the EU observers and others”.

By: sunstripe

sunstripe — Sun, 30 Dec 2007 18:13:02 +0000

It seems that Kibaki orchestrated the outcome to favour him regardless from back in the day. Kivuitu was compromised as his term was about to come to an end and it was extended – as a ‘favour’. Another person could have been appointed but that would have been way too obvious. It has been shown that the other commissioners were also compromised. That took care of the electoral process. Then wholesale sacking of judges and their replacement, that took care of any legal avenue that ODM might attempt to pursue. Add a delay in communicating results to maximise confusion, then a hasty announcement and an immediate and secret swearing in – I definitely think Machiavellian is the word. He has this sewn up tight, and short of a coup or revolution there is nothing Kenyans can do about it right now. ODM can take it to the courts since the ECK has absolved itself of responsibility for the rigging, but since the judges are Kibaki appointees it probably won’t get anywhere. So let’s just swallow it and carry on the culture of corruption for another five years – it will be life as usual after all. May God grant us the the serenity
to accept the things we cannot change;
the courage to change the things we can;
and the wisdom to know the difference.

God bless Kenya!

By: Abass

Abass — Sun, 30 Dec 2007 18:04:17 +0000

The government has reportedly now BANNED all independent LIVE media broadcasts including KTN and NTV. Probably a state of emergency next. Kibaki, why must you get us into all this?