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| Sharp rise in Kenya poll deaths | Sharp rise in Kenya poll deaths |
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| At least 486 people have died in violent clashes following Kenya's disputed elections, the police say. | At least 486 people have died in violent clashes following Kenya's disputed elections, the police say. |
| Officials had previously reported 350 deaths in clashes between rival political supporters, ethnic groups and the police. | Officials had previously reported 350 deaths in clashes between rival political supporters, ethnic groups and the police. |
| Some 250,000 people have fled their homes after the 27 December elections, which the opposition says were rigged. | Some 250,000 people have fled their homes after the 27 December elections, which the opposition says were rigged. |
| The opposition says it will defy a police ban on protests and hold nationwide rallies on Tuesday. | The opposition says it will defy a police ban on protests and hold nationwide rallies on Tuesday. |
| The police have sealed off Uhuru (Freedom) Park in the capital, Nairobi, where the Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) are planning to hold its main protest march. | |
| Last week, the police prevented ODM supporters from reaching the park. | |
| "The police will ensure that the meetings will not take place as the order barring political rallies after the election period is still in force," said Police Commissioner Hussein Ali. | |
| Roads blocked | |
| US Assistant Secretary for African Affairs Jendayi Frazer is in Nairobi, leading diplomatic efforts to resolve the political impasse between President Mwai Kibaki and his rival Raila Odinga, from the ODM. | |
| Charities are warning of a looming health crisis | |
| Both sides have accused the other of ethnic cleansing during the violence after Mr Kibaki was declared the winner. | |
| European Union observers have criticised the way some of the votes were counted, including anomalies between the results announced locally and nationally. | |
| The government says it has deployed its military engineering unit to assist in unblocking the main highways to enable relief supplies to be delivered to displaced people and for public transport to resume. | |
| Head of the humanitarian services committee Rachael Arunga told a press conference in Nairobi that sufficient urgent supplies are yet to reach thousands of displaced people. | |
| Ms Arunga said the Rift Valley province is the worst hit area and efforts are being made to deliver food items, tents and medicine to the displaced people. | |
| At the same time President Kibaki has sent a special envoy to Ghana to brief African Union chairman John Kufour on the situation in Kenya. | |
| Government spokesman Alfred Mutua said Foreign Affairs Assistant Minister Moses Wetangula will be meeting the Ghanaian leader in Accra this week. | |
| The ODM has proposed that President Kufour should lead the mediation efforts, but the government insists there is no need of a mediator. |