Kenya—Facts & Links
Folks in Kenya are slaughtering each other.
Straight out the Nazi playbook of burning synagogues, a church full of people was burned in the Kenyan city of Eldoret. 30 people were burned to death.
The pretense is the disputed outcome of the recent Presidential election.
Closer to the heart of the matter may be long standing ethnic and tribal divisions.
From The BBC—
Ethnic tension, which has dogged Kenyan politics since independence in 1963, is widely believed to be behind the violence.
With patronage and corruption still common, many Kenyans believe that if one of their relatives is in power, they will benefit directly, for example through a relative getting a civil service job.
The current tensions can be traced back to the 1990s, when the then President Daniel arap Moi was forced to introduce multi-party politics.
Below is a picture of the President of Kenya—Mwai Kibaki. When Mr Kibaki took office in 2002, he was supposed to bring fresh life to Kenyan democracy after the long and corrupt rule of Daniel arap Moi.
That has not worked out so well.
Here is profile of opposition candidate Raila Odinga. Mr. Odinga does not fully seem like a committed democrat either.
Here is the blog Kenyan Pundit written by Harvard law student Ory Okolloh.