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Special report
Overview
Before and after the elections
On 13 April 2008, Kenya’s president Mwai Kibaki named a grand coalition cabinet of 41 ministers, over three months after elections whose contested results tipped the country into chaos. After weeks of ethnic violence and political uncertainty, Kibaki and Prime Minister-designate Raila Odinga agreed on sharing power.
2008-05-13 13:53 TU
Focus
From the count to chaos
Polls closed on Thursday 27 December. As the count began in earnest, it looked like Raila Odinga had a clear lead over president Mwai Kibaki. But on Saturday, the media was banned from reporting on the results, and later in the evening, the comission announced Kibaki had won. This started a spiral that ended in a bloody massacre on New Year's day.
2008-05-01 11:54 TU
Eyewitness
Eldoret after the church massacre
At the end of the first day of 2008, news reached Nairobi that a church near the Rift Valley town of Eldoret had been burnt to the ground. Initial reports said at least 20 people had perished in the inferno; however the true horror of that day had yet to come to light. A few days later RFI's David Coffey travelled to Eldoret and heard first-hand accounts of the New Year’s massacre.
2008-05-22 08:55 TU
Listen
A walk through Kibera
Life has always been hard for the residents of Nairobi's Kibera slum, even before riots and looting destroyed homes and businesses following Kibaki's election victory. RFI's David Coffey walked around Kibera with local resident Gilbert Nyangor to find out what day-to-day life is like.
2007-12-26 by David Coffey
Election day in Kibera
Thousands of residents of Nairobi's Kibera turned out to cast their ballots on December 27, but many complained of problems with mistaken voter registration rolls and delays in getting ballot boxes into the polling stations.
2007-12-27 by David Coffey
The first displaced from Kibera
The riots that ensued following President Mwai Kibaki's election victory forced hundreds of families from their homes in Nairobi's Kibera slum. The IDP camp at Jamhuri stadium was one of the first to be set up outside the Kenyan capital following the first wave of post-election violence. RFI's David Coffey was one of the first foreign journalists on the scene.
2008-01-04 by David Coffey
Eldoret Church massacre (8 January 2008)
David Coffey speaks with survivors of the Eldoret Church massacre: one describes how she escaped the inferno with her child. Another returns with her daughter, hoping she will find her baby granddaughter who has been missing since the attack.
2008-01-08 by David Coffey
The Eldoret mortuary
A physiotherapist at Eldoret's Moi hospital gives his version of why the parishioners of Kyamba district were attacked. RFI's David Coffey spoke to him after being smuggled into the mortuary that was overflowing with corpses. The doctor refused to be named for fear of being targeted himself.
2008-05-01 by David Coffey
