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From the count to chaos
Protesting the results
by David Coffey
Article published on the 2008-04-30 Latest update 2008-05-13 14:41 TU
Protests in Nairobi, 31 December 2007
(Photo: Reuters)
By Monday 31 December, the Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) called for mass protests and a rally in central Nairobi to contest the election results.
Interview with Raila Odinga (31 December 2007)
"[O]ur main concern is what happened yesterday, what it portends the fissure of this country..."
Pandora’s box had been opened, as violence spread across the country and ODM supporters attacked anyone perceived to be pro-government, mostly people belonging to Kibaki’s majority Kikuyu tribe.
Overnight violence (31 December 2007)
The people of Kibera slum begin to regroup for demonstrations following a night of violence and confrontation with the security forces.
Alexander Lambsdorff, head of EU election observers in Kenya
(Photo: European Parliament)
On 1 January, international observers started taking stock of election irregularities. The EU electoral observer team issued a damning report on the count process. In particular, discrepancies with the "16A forms", documents that should be signed by the returning officers in each tally centre. Many were found to have been tampered with.
Alexander Lambsdorff explains tally irregularities
1 Jan 2008: The head of the European Union Election Observer mission explains how the EU team juged indiscrepancies in the vote counting system, and irregularities in the signing of final retun sheets.
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