Kenya President Narrows Poll Gap
Kenya's electoral commission said that incumbent president Mwai Kibaki was closing the gap on opposition leader Raila Odinga. Opposition leader Raila Odinga had earlier claimed victory. Violence breaks out as frustration mounts at the slow pace of vote counting. If Kibaki were to lose the election it will be the first time an incumbent leader has been unseated at the ballot box in the country's history.
Roaming gangs armed with machetes burned shops and broke into the homes of their political opponents 29 Dec. in Kibera, the largest slum in Kenya's capital of Nairobi. Odinga has accused President Kibaki of favoring members of his own Kikuya tribe, which has dominated Kenyan politics since independence. Odinga, who hails from the minority Luo tribe, has won support from the rural and urban after promising to share the wealth among all the people.
This is the first time we hear reports of "tribal divides" The Country received its independence in 1963 from England and a 2 party system of government have been in place for only 15 years.
