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| Kenyan party to defy protest ban | Kenyan party to defy protest ban |
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| Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga has insisted he will go ahead with a banned rally on Thursday despite pleas for an end to post-election unrest. | Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga has insisted he will go ahead with a banned rally on Thursday despite pleas for an end to post-election unrest. |
| Refusing to accept the legitimacy of Mwai Kibaki's election win, Mr Odinga's party did not attend a meeting with the new president on ending the crisis. | Refusing to accept the legitimacy of Mwai Kibaki's election win, Mr Odinga's party did not attend a meeting with the new president on ending the crisis. |
| The US ambassador to Nairobi has urged the two to sit down and talk. | The US ambassador to Nairobi has urged the two to sit down and talk. |
| Violence has claimed more than 300 lives across Kenya since the disputed result was announced on Sunday. | Violence has claimed more than 300 lives across Kenya since the disputed result was announced on Sunday. |
| Both sides have hardened their positions ahead of the planned mass rally, the BBC's Grant Ferrett reports from Nairobi. | Both sides have hardened their positions ahead of the planned mass rally, the BBC's Grant Ferrett reports from Nairobi. |
| And hopes of outside mediation are fading with news that a visit by African Union leader John Kufuor to Nairobi is unlikely to happen, our correspondent adds. | |
| Genocide accusations | Genocide accusations |
| Supporters of Mr Odinga and President Kibaki have accused each other of genocide. | |
| See Kenya's ethnic divisions by province | See Kenya's ethnic divisions by province |
| Mr Kibaki had invited all newly elected members of parliament to an urgent meeting at state house. | Mr Kibaki had invited all newly elected members of parliament to an urgent meeting at state house. |
| [Africans] can no longer be comprehensively fooled or dictated to Mark DoyleBBC world affairs correspondent Back to the tribalism debateRwanda fears propel West | [Africans] can no longer be comprehensively fooled or dictated to Mark DoyleBBC world affairs correspondent Back to the tribalism debateRwanda fears propel West |
| But instead of attending, Mr Odinga's Orange Democratic Movement MPs held a news conference to again urge Mr Kibaki to leave office. | But instead of attending, Mr Odinga's Orange Democratic Movement MPs held a news conference to again urge Mr Kibaki to leave office. |
| "How could we attend? He is not a president but a usurper. It is genocide because police are killing people," ODM secretary general Anyang Nyongo was quoted by AFP news agency as saying. | "How could we attend? He is not a president but a usurper. It is genocide because police are killing people," ODM secretary general Anyang Nyongo was quoted by AFP news agency as saying. |
| Mr Odinga himself said there could be no "dialogue with a thief", referring to the alleged vote-rigging which returned Mr Kibaki to office. | Mr Odinga himself said there could be no "dialogue with a thief", referring to the alleged vote-rigging which returned Mr Kibaki to office. |
| Speaking on behalf of the government, Lands Minister Kivutha Kibwana accused the ODM of planning, funding and rehearsing "genocide and ethnic cleansing" before the election. | Speaking on behalf of the government, Lands Minister Kivutha Kibwana accused the ODM of planning, funding and rehearsing "genocide and ethnic cleansing" before the election. |
| The mutual accusation of genocide is a dangerous escalation of the rhetoric at a time of heightened tension, our correspondent notes. | The mutual accusation of genocide is a dangerous escalation of the rhetoric at a time of heightened tension, our correspondent notes. |
| 'Two patriots' | 'Two patriots' |
| Mr Kufuor, president of Ghana, had been expected to arrive on Thursday but a senior Kenyan government minister said on Wednesday the visit would not take place. | |
| Human life is more important than leadership Musyoka, Nairobi BBC News website reader Have your sayKenya economy under threat | Human life is more important than leadership Musyoka, Nairobi BBC News website reader Have your sayKenya economy under threat |
| Finance Minister Amos Kimunya told the BBC the visit was not going ahead because there was no need for international mediation in a "Kenyan situation". | |
| The comments are contrary to statements from Mr Kufuor's office that Mr Kibaki has invited him to Kenya. | |
| Michael Ranneberger, the US ambassador, told the BBC World Service that Mr Kibaki and Mr Odinga had to work together to bring peace to Kenya, even if the election result was still being contested. | Michael Ranneberger, the US ambassador, told the BBC World Service that Mr Kibaki and Mr Odinga had to work together to bring peace to Kenya, even if the election result was still being contested. |
| "This is a time when two of the greatest Kenyan patriots - the president and Raila Odinga - need to step forward and work out a practical way forward in the interests of the Kenyan people," he said. | "This is a time when two of the greatest Kenyan patriots - the president and Raila Odinga - need to step forward and work out a practical way forward in the interests of the Kenyan people," he said. |
| Samuel Kivuitu, head of Kenya's election commission, told the BBC's Network Africa programme that he could not say for sure if Mr Kibaki had won fairly until he was shown the original records. | Samuel Kivuitu, head of Kenya's election commission, told the BBC's Network Africa programme that he could not say for sure if Mr Kibaki had won fairly until he was shown the original records. |
| "I don't know until I see the records - the original records - which I can't see unless the court authorises it - if we can get authority from law allowing us to check whether these figures are correct, we'll do so," he said. | "I don't know until I see the records - the original records - which I can't see unless the court authorises it - if we can get authority from law allowing us to check whether these figures are correct, we'll do so," he said. |
| Fear in the night | Fear in the night |
| The full devastation and horror of this week's unrest emerged on Wednesday as journalists visited the charred slums of Nairobi and areas of western Kenya which saw tribal violence. | The full devastation and horror of this week's unrest emerged on Wednesday as journalists visited the charred slums of Nairobi and areas of western Kenya which saw tribal violence. |
| The BBC's Karen Allen walked through the smouldering embers of the church near Eldoret, in the Rift Valley, where some 30 people were burnt alive as they tried to shelter from rioters. Two bodies still lay outside. | The BBC's Karen Allen walked through the smouldering embers of the church near Eldoret, in the Rift Valley, where some 30 people were burnt alive as they tried to shelter from rioters. Two bodies still lay outside. |
| Chemu Mungo, an Eldoret student, told BBC radio she no longer felt safe. | Chemu Mungo, an Eldoret student, told BBC radio she no longer felt safe. |
| "The nights are scary because you don't know what is going to happen," she said. | "The nights are scary because you don't know what is going to happen," she said. |
| "You hear gunshots, you don't feel safe even if you feel they are not coming after you. | |
| "There was one night when we prepared a bag just in case we had to leave the house at night because these people come and try and burn your house. | "There was one night when we prepared a bag just in case we had to leave the house at night because these people come and try and burn your house. |
| "You have to go to the bush to be safe." | "You have to go to the bush to be safe." |
| MAIN ETHNIC GROUPS IN KENYAN PROVINCES | MAIN ETHNIC GROUPS IN KENYAN PROVINCES |
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