Yeah, right. I doubt whether this is true but if it is, then using Khat as an escape goat is an old cliche'. The man most probably had ulterior motives, and should be a man enough to bite the bullet for his crime. Mirqaan, my futto.

Rumour has it that the government would impose a media lock-down move very soon. There will be no live reporting on TV and Radio, and that the press would have no freedom to print stories relating to the elections. It is looking like there is going to be a severe marshal law. Holy skunk!

Sun Dec 30, 2007 11:09am EST NAIROBI, Dec 30 (Reuters) - Ten people have died in west Kenya as protests against President Mwai Kibaki's controversial re-election erupted around the nation, the respected local broadcaster Nation Television (NTV) said. NTV said the deaths occurred in the town of Kisii, in the province of Nyanza, which is the homeland of opposition candidate Raila Odinga and his Luo ethnic group. (Reporting by Duncan Miriri; Writing by Andrew Cawthorne; Editing by Kevin Liffey)

Kibaki wins Kenya vote, protests erupt Sun 30 Dec 2007, 15:46 GMT [-] Text [+] By Daniel Wallis and Wangui Kanina NAIROBI (Reuters) - President Mwai Kibaki beat opposition rival Raila Odinga by a narrow margin to win re-election in Kenya's closest ever vote, the head of the country's electoral commission (ECK) said on Sunday. Thousands of pro-opposition protesters immediately launched angry demonstrations, burning shacks in the capital's Kibera slum. Odinga has accused the government of widespread rigging -- allegations that had already fuelled two days of ethnic riots. Police also fired teargas in another slum in the capital. Kibaki was sworn in immediately at State House, witnesses said, as the announcement of his victory sent his supporters pouring into the streets in celebration, many beeping car horns. "Honourable Mwai Kibaki is the winner," ECK chairman Samuel Kivuitu told a small group of reporters at the tally centre. Scuffles and heckling had erupted moments earlier, forcing paramilitary police to escort Kivuitu to safety soon after he began reading final results in the cliffhanger vote. Party agents, politicians and most journalists were then ejected from the Nairobi conference centre, and the ECK head completed the results announcements in front of a small group. Chief European Union observer Alexander Graf Lambsdorff said some doubts remained about the accuracy of the final count. "We believe that, at this time, the ECK, despite the best efforts of its chairman, has not succeeded in establishing the credibility of the tallying process to the satisfaction of all parties and candidates," he said in a statement. "We regret that it has not been possible to address irregularities about which both the EU (observer mission) and the ECK have evidence ... some doubt remains as to the accuracy of the result of the presidential election as announced today." GUNSHOTS, ARSON Odinga had earlier alleged that "doctoring" was taking place at the ECK centre inself. ODM officials were locked in a crisis meeting after the announcement and did not immediately comment. Delays announcing official results have triggered furious protests and ethnic clashes across the east African nation. Riots convulsed Kibera -- one of Africa's biggest slums -- after the announcement and residents said opposition supporters were burning houses and kiosks. "There's a lot of heat over here. People are out in their thousands," Kibera resident Joshua Odutu said against a backdrop of gunshots, whistles and shouting. Police reinforcements in riot gear had been deployed in large numbers as many Kenyans feared worse violence was to come. The few supermarkets and food shops that opened were packed with nervous customers. Shelves of meat, milk, beer, bottled water and other provisions emptied fast. Business leaders said this weekend's tribal clashes were costing more than $30 million a day in lost taxes -- not to mention looting damage -- and threatened investment in Kenya. The country normally enjoys a reputation as a haven of relative calm in a volatile region of Africa. One election observer who asked not to be named said they were "in very little doubt" there had been rigging.

Kibaki named victor in Kenya vote Kenya's President Mwai Kibaki won Thursday's closely-fought election, the electoral commission has declared. The announcement came after opposition leader Raila Odinga accused Mr Kibaki of electoral fraud and called for a full re-assessment of the results. Opposition protesters began riots in the capital Nairobi, just minutes after the announcement. The count was badly delayed, sparking violence in which at least 10 people are reported to have been killed. 'Time for healing' Mr Kibaki won 4, 584,721 votes, beating Mr Odinga by more than 230,000 votes, the Electoral Commission of Kenya (ECK) said. [Mr] Kibaki has flooded this [electoral] commission with his cronies Raila Odinga, opposition leader Kalonzo Musyoka, another presidential contender, got 879,903 votes. "The commission therefore declares Honourable Mwai Kibaki as the winner," ECK chairman Samuel Kivuitu said. Mr Kibaki was then immediately sworn in for his second five-year term. In his speech, he described the elections as "free and fair", urging all political parties to "accept the verdict of the people". Mr Kibaki said it was now "time for healing and reconciliation" to overcome issues dividing the nation. Opposition heckling Mr Odinga had led since vote counting began, but saw his advantage evaporate as later votes were added. HAVE YOUR SAY An inextricably divided Kenya will be Kibaki's legacy Gitau Githongo, Nairobi The ECK announcement was delayed, following chaotic scenes at the commission's headquarters in Nairobi. Just minutes after Mr Kivuitu began reading the poll results, an opposition member approached the podium, shouting "Justice!" and "This is not a police state!" Pandemonium then broke out, as other members of Mr Odinga's Orange Democratic Movement got to their feet and began shouting, the BBC's Adam Mynott reports from inside the ECK headquarters. Mr Kivuitu had to be led away from the building by police, only to return later and announce Mr Kibaki as the winner of the poll. Mr Odinga had earlier said that Mr Kibaki "flooded this [electoral] commission with his cronies". Story from BBC NEWS: http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/2/hi/africa/7164890.stm Published: 2007/12/30 15:57:45 GMT © BBC MMVII

Well, I never! BREAKING NEWS: Kibaki declared winner, sworn in By NATION Reporter The Electoral Commission has declared Mwai Kibaki the winner of Thursday’s presidential elections, garnering 4,584,721 to Raila Odinga’s 4,352,993. The commission announced the results through the national broadcaster, KBC-TV after an earlier attempt at the Kenyatta International Conference Centre broke down into chaos. “I declare Mwai Kibaki the president of the republic of Kenya,” the commission chairman Samuel Kivuitu declared after reading the final tally of the election results. He said any irregularities alleged by the Orange Democratic Movement was now in the domain of the law courts. “The Electoral Commission has no jurisdiction over the issues raised. These are matters for the judiciary. We hope the courts would move expeditiously,” he said. Mr Kivuitu said he understood any bitterness the losers of the election may have. All local journalists were ejected from the precincts of the KICC as the results were announced. Arrangements are already underway for the swearing in of President Kibaki at State House, Nairobi for a second term. .

^Yes, he is. Hope to wake to good news too.

^^Stop being the doctor for a moment and congratulate the young president, would ya?

^^Certainly there must have been some underhanded tactics going on, Norf. That is African politics for you. SHAR MA'ARKE, it seems you are right. The move to swear in Kibaki in the state house has all the hallmarks of monkey politics to me. I just dread the consequences of this move. Hope all ends well. Originally posted by HornAfrique: Jamaal, I was very disappointed when I read the ECK results from the Northeast in which Odinga did not receive landslide support. As a matter of fact, it was to the contrary, Kibaki seemed to be ahead of him in that area. quote: we should be happy that ministers like Raphael Tuju, who masterminded the rendition of Kenyan-Somalis to Ethiopia, Sharmarke, and here I believed I was the only one praying Tuju loses his seat! Good riddance and may he never get voted back in. Also Mohamed Abdi lost his vote, to him I say good riddance, what a corrupt man. Hornafrica, I was disappointed too sxb. In the North-east, it has become almost a political norm that folks up there always vote for the incumbant party. I remember the Kanu days when old mothers believed voting for another party is a cardinal sin . For a more indepth insight on the goings-on of NEP politics, I would hope SHARMARKE whom I know (because he is my younger bro ) is privy to things up would englighten us. SHAR MA'ARKE, be kind enough and give us some nuggets of wisdom bro

Kenya election foes neck-and-neck, riots flare Sat Dec 29, 2007 3:57pm GMT (Recasts with latest results, scuffles) By Katie Nguyen and Wangui Kanina NAIROBI, Dec 29 (Reuters) - Kenya's presidential rivals were neck-and-neck on Saturday with nearly 90 percent of official results counted as accusations of rigging ignited ethnic violence across the east African nation. Chaos reigned as the Electoral Commission of Kenya (ECK) announced latest results showing opposition challenger Raila Odinga leading President Mwai Kibaki by just 38,000 votes on a tally of 180 of a total 210 constituencies. But the ECK head 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. Scuffles broke out and police moved in after an opposition politician heckled ECK Chairman Samuel Kivuitu and repeatedly demanded a recount in one constituency. "Nobody can push me, not even you!" Kivuitu told scores of party agents, politicians and journalists packed into a Nairobi conference centre ringed by armed guards. The ECK gave Odinga 3.88 million votes to 3.84 million for the president from the 180 constituency results. Delays announcing official results fuelled tensions across the nation, with political parties trading rigging accusations and riots erupting in most major cities. Both Odinga's Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) and Kibaki's Party of National Unity (PNU) had earlier claimed victory and the leadership of the region's biggest economy for the next five years, citing their own agents' reports. Meanwhile, youths from rival tribes fought, looted and burned homes, mostly in opposition strongholds. Police fired teargas and several people died in scenes marring what foreign observers had praised as broadly peaceful polls on Thursday. If Odinga -- a wealthy businessman who paints himself as a champion of the poor -- fulfils a long-held ambition to lead Kenya, Kibaki would become the first of the country's three post-independence leaders to be ejected by the ballot box. RIGGING CLAIMS The opposition led early tallies, but as Kibaki narrowed the gap overnight, Odinga's party said it feared fraud. From Kisumu in the west to Mombasa on the coast and many towns in between, trouble broke out on Saturday pitting Odinga's Luo supporters against members of Kibaki's Kikuyu ethnic group. The tribes, two of Kenya's biggest, have a long history of rivalry during the country's four decades of independence. "We are sensing a plan to rig the elections," taxi cyclist Eric Ochieng, 18, told Reuters in the middle of riots in Kisumu city, in Odinga's homeland. "We will not accept this." Residents said one person was killed in Kisumu -- a normally sleepy city by Lake Victoria -- as hundreds of youths took to the streets, burning tyres, ransacking shops and blocking roads. "The government has failed to declare Odinga the winner," said 11-year-old Kennedy Ochieng, stumbling under the weight of a box of clothes, mobile phone chargers and other stolen goods. "They stole our votes so we are looting everything we can." As black smoke billowed overhead, one crowd waved machetes and yelled "Death to Kikuyus". Young boys swigged looted beer. "We have just started. We will loot all Kikuyu shops and kill them on sight," said Richard Ondigi, 23, a driver. Locals said two people were killed in another hotbed of support for Odinga, Nairobi's huge Kibera shantytown, where shots were fired and dozens of shacks burned to the ground. Groups of youths protested elsewhere in Nairobi and city centre streets were near deserted as business owners pulled down their shutters. Truckloads of military police patrolled. If Odinga does seal victory, he will realise a dream that eluded his late father Jaramogi Oginga Odinga, a nationalist hero who became vice-president. Kibaki says he will double economic growth for Kenyans if he is re-elected. The inauguration of Kenya's next president will take place in days. If it is Odinga, his priority will be to enlist support of the economically powerful Kikuyus, ensure a peaceful handover and allay business fears that he is a left-wing radical. Kibaki would have a tough time appeasing the opposition if he returns to State House. The ECK forecast record turnout figures for what became Kenya's tightest race since British colonial rule ended in 1963. (Additional reporting by Guled Mohamed in Kisumu; Noor Khamis, Tim Cocks, Bryson Hull, George Obulutsa, Joseph Sudah, Duncan Miriri, Helen Nyambura-Mwaura and Nicolo Gnecchi in Nairobi; Writing by Daniel Wallis; Editing by Andrew Cawthorne) © Reuters 2007. All rights reserved. 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^^Bloody hell, why? Shar ma'arke, I think that expection is a given one. Although I grant that Kenyans are very smart (moreover civil), I am not very sure how cautious the Luos would be in this case. I think that they actually expected a certain win, and thus their refusal of results might enflame them to react irresponsibly. A situation that would prove counter-productive. PS: To be on the safe side, I think in Somalida nairobi la isaga baxdo in the meantime and go to Garissa or Mombasa.

I see. I hope the good news of Farah's re-election becomes true to the word. We need folks like him back in parliament to represent both NEP and Coast province. According to news from a Kikuyu friend of mine in London, reliable sources say that all the heads of the army, navy, police, civil servants and attorney general have been summoned to the state-house. Rumour has it that the presidential elections results will be announced within the hour, and that the summoning of these officials is planned to minimize anticipated violence by Jaluos, once Kibaki is announced as the winner! As things stand, the situation is combustible, my brother.

Whatever the case; maalintii dumar miino lagu qarxiyo ayeey umaddu karaamo beeshaa.... . Allow kuu naxariiso.

^^Hello bro, good seeing you again. Na hiyo ni maendeleo! Lool. Are you sure Farah Moalim is back in Laghdera seat? If that is true then its good news. I hear big shots such as Moodi Awori have been kicked to the curb, and that half the cabinet has been ousted...that is some news. I hope things wont flare up more than they did. The stakes are high indeed.

Possibly from the early 70s Urban Mogadishu. http://waaberistudio.net/music/mix_music/heeso_hore_wsl/track9.html Or perhaps a pebob attempt? Dunno. But hell this sounds crazily refreshing! . Swingers time!

I want Kibaki out. I was there during the Mungiki witch-hunt and my God it was a scary shidh. I told anyone before but I run like hell when the cops come chasing Mungiki suspects through Eastleigh. This is what the police did to poor folks in Kibera...

Huge turnout in Kenya vote Millions of Kenyans have voted in a close-fought national election marred by delays, sporadic trouble and rigging charges from the opposition. Police on Thursday fired teargas to disperse an angry crowd in one district, as voters across the east African country took part in the tightest contest since independence from Britain in 1963. Mwai Kibaki, the incumbent president, is vying for the top job with former ally Raila Odinga, who is determined to realise a long-held dream of leading the region's top economy. In Nairobi's vast Kibera slum, gunmen shot dead one man and wounded two others near a polling station. Vote delay Voting had been due to stop at 5:00 pm (1400 GMT) nationwide but was extended in many regions after some polling stations opened late due to heavy rains and delays in the arrival of polling staff and equipment. "Those polling stations that opened on time have closed and those where voting started late are going on," Jack Tumwa, an official with the electoral commission, said. Official and definitive results are only expected on Friday but partial results could start filtering as early as Thursday night. Alexander Graf Lambsdorff, the chief EU election observer, said he had seen no evidence of fraud. Voters were choosing their president as well as 210 members of parliament and some 2,000 local councillors. Opinion polls in the run up to the elections suggested that the contest would be very tight, with Kibaki and Odinga in a neck-and-neck race. If Kibaki loses, he will be Kenya's first sitting president ousted at the ballot box. Analysts say the chance of a second transfer of power in two elections shows democratic maturity. Others fear it heightens the potential for trouble. Source

Originally posted by J.a.c.a.y.l.b.a.r.o: Come on ,,,, we are not that behind in Hargeisa i can be the weather man if needed I bet stickera yaryaroo ay daruur ama roob da'aya, amba cadceed ay ku sawiran yihiin ayaad ku dul dhejisaa halkay Seylac mapka xaashida ah uga taalo, markaasaad tiraahdaa..."daawadayaal, roob ma hiigaan ah ayaa Seylac saaka ka curtay', amba ' Hargeysa qorax kulayl caga belbel ayaa ku soo aaddan ee yaanan jambal la'aan la lugaynin innaba habayaraatee'.. That just reminds of old East Africa Tv lol. Their weather forcast was a comedy to watch .

No you are not, Odey, but to be paranoid comes with the Somali status quo sxb.

Aamiin. Alloow caafi. Waan soo ducaynaynaa KK.

^^Dabshid, the man was a visionary ninyow. His poetry is as relevant as it was then, and I am sure many years from now when w're all gone, his poetry will still have strong relevance.

^^Dhandhanaan in Afrika weeye. Markaad nin odey ah noqoto oo aay is maaweelinta dhallinyaranimo kaa guurto, waxbaa kuu kala caddaada; 1) reer iyo ubad waa howl culus oo cimri daayin ah; 2) xaas waa qof qabata howshaa iyadoon niic-iy-naac oran; 3) odeyga reerka marasho iyo masruuf ayaa wakhtigiisa qaba, intaa wixii kabadanoo xaaska la yimaadda looma baahna. So, no mix ups.

^^Oo haddaan la kala faai'daysanayn maxaa la isku ag yuururi? . Nuune, Alley lehe haa.

^^Haaheey. Cajiib. Gabaygan markaan dhagaysto waan madluumaa sxb.

About the lions, Allaha u naxariistee, one of our neibhours Yuusuf Boor (a giant) killed himself a lion, skinned him and used the hide for his alool . True story. He brought the evidence with him and even developed a 'how to' manual for killing lions , but not to be tried at home (bush). Simply demostrational. PS: Nice stories.