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Kenya official urges vote inquiry Kenya official urges vote inquiry
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Kenyan Attorney General Amos Wako has called for an independent investigation into vote results that led to President Mwai Kibaki's disputed re-election.Kenyan Attorney General Amos Wako has called for an independent investigation into vote results that led to President Mwai Kibaki's disputed re-election.
Mr Wako said on national television that "a proper tally of the valid certificates returned and confirmed should be undertaken immediately".Mr Wako said on national television that "a proper tally of the valid certificates returned and confirmed should be undertaken immediately".
His call came as police fired tear gas and water cannon at crowds in Nairobi.His call came as police fired tear gas and water cannon at crowds in Nairobi.
More than 300 people have been killed and at least 70,000 driven from their homes across Kenya since Sunday.More than 300 people have been killed and at least 70,000 driven from their homes across Kenya since Sunday.
The violence was triggered by claims of vote rigging in the 27 December presidential election.The violence was triggered by claims of vote rigging in the 27 December presidential election.
Arson attacks
The Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) has claimed its leader Raila Odinga is the "people's president" and have demanded a re-run of the poll.
This is a country that has been held up as a model of stability. This picture has been shattered Desmond TutuSouth African Archbishop Back to the tribalism debateRwanda fears propel WestThis is a country that has been held up as a model of stability. This picture has been shattered Desmond TutuSouth African Archbishop Back to the tribalism debateRwanda fears propel West
Police dispersed thousands of opposition supporters on Thursday as they tried to hold a banned rally in the Kenyan capital's Uhuru Park. Police dispersed thousands of opposition supporters on Thursday as they tried to hold a banned rally in the Kenyan capital's Uhuru (Freedom) Park.
Organisers called off the event and told reporters the rally would be held next Tuesday instead. Demonstrators poured out of Kibera slum and other shanty towns after dawn but were prevented from reaching the centre of Nairobi by a massive security presence.
The Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) has claimed its leader Raila Odinga is the "people's president" and the true winner of last week's poll. There were also running battles between police and youths in the coastal city of Mombasa.
Samuel Kivuitu, head of Kenya's election commission, told the BBC on Wednesday he could not say for sure if Mr Kibaki had won the poll fairly. In the township of Bombolulu on its northern fringes, police fired live rounds over the heads of a group of demonstrators, who chanted: "No peace!"
South African Archbishop Desmond Tutu has flown in to try to mediate in the crisis. And the BBC's Karen Allen in Eldoret says targeted arson attacks continue in the western Kenyan town, where at least 30 died on Tuesday when a church was torched.
The latest disorder prompted the Nairobi Stock Exchange to shutThe latest disorder prompted the Nairobi Stock Exchange to shut
South African Archbishop Desmond Tutu has flown in to try to mediate in the crisis.
The Nobel laureate was quoted by Reuters news agency as saying: "This is a country that has been held up as a model of stability. This picture has been shattered."The Nobel laureate was quoted by Reuters news agency as saying: "This is a country that has been held up as a model of stability. This picture has been shattered."
The latest disorder prompted the Nairobi Stock Exchange to close barely an hour after opening.The latest disorder prompted the Nairobi Stock Exchange to close barely an hour after opening.
There were also running battles between police and youths in the coastal city of Mombasa.
Supporters of President Kibaki (a member of Kenya's predominant Kikuyu tribe) and Mr Odinga (from the Luo community) have accused each other of genocide and ethnic cleansing in the post-poll unrest.Supporters of President Kibaki (a member of Kenya's predominant Kikuyu tribe) and Mr Odinga (from the Luo community) have accused each other of genocide and ethnic cleansing in the post-poll unrest.
Perhaps the most shocking of the violence in the past week was the torching on Tuesday of a church at Eldoret, in western Kenya's Rift Valley, where at least 30 (mainly Kikuyu) people were burnt alive.
Mr Kibaki invited all MPs to crisis talks at state house on Wednesday but Mr Odinga's Orange Democratic Movement refused and demanded the president quit.Mr Kibaki invited all MPs to crisis talks at state house on Wednesday but Mr Odinga's Orange Democratic Movement refused and demanded the president quit.
Samuel Kivuitu, head of Kenya's election commission, which declared that Mr Kibaki had been re-elected, has told the BBC he could not say for sure if he had won the poll fairly.