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Video Journalist Aaron Lewis reports on the post-election unrest sweeping Kenya, which has already killed 1,000 people and displaced up to 350,000.
Western
powers and Kenya's east African neighbours have complained of
irregularities in the presidential vote count, which the Opposition
leader Raila Odinga says was rigged.
However others strongly deny widespread accusations of vote rigging.
"The
election was fair. We have serious misgivings about the way the
opposition handled things, and the way that the Electoral Commission of
Kenya made the announcement, but we are certain president Kibaki won",
says Alfred Mutua, a spokesperson for the newly elected Kenyan leader.
With the nation spiralling into turmoil, Odinga's supporters say they won't stop the fighting until he's handed power.
Lewis
travels to the fertile Rift Valley, a region which is the ancestral
home of Odinga's tribe, the Luos. The once peaceful area is now
patrolled by politically connected gangs. Young soldiers extort money
from every car that passes by their improvised checkpoints, while
passengers from enemy tribes are taxed even higher.
Meanwhile,
Nairobi remains in a political deadlock. With the world watching
closely, the two parties have entered into peace talks mediated by
former UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan, but an end to the crisis looks
as distant as ever.
On air: 25th February 2008
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