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| Kenya braced for wave of protests | Kenya braced for wave of protests |
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| Opposition activists in Kenya are set to begin three days of banned mass rallies across the country against the disputed presidential election result. | Opposition activists in Kenya are set to begin three days of banned mass rallies across the country against the disputed presidential election result. |
| Raila Odinga's Orange Democratic Movement received a boost on Tuesday when it won the speaker's chair in the parliament also elected on 27 December. | Raila Odinga's Orange Democratic Movement received a boost on Tuesday when it won the speaker's chair in the parliament also elected on 27 December. |
| Its supporters, many of them from the slums of Nairobi, hope to march on the city's politically symbolic Uhuru Park. | Its supporters, many of them from the slums of Nairobi, hope to march on the city's politically symbolic Uhuru Park. |
| Police sealed off the slums to prevent previous attempts at a mass gathering. | Police sealed off the slums to prevent previous attempts at a mass gathering. |
| See an aerial map of Nairobi and the city centre | See an aerial map of Nairobi and the city centre |
| Unrest since the announcement of the election results has claimed more than 600 lives, driven about a quarter of a million of people from their homes and shaken relations between the country's dominant tribes. | Unrest since the announcement of the election results has claimed more than 600 lives, driven about a quarter of a million of people from their homes and shaken relations between the country's dominant tribes. |
| Attempts at outside mediation between Mr Odinga and President Mwai Kibaki have failed with the latest, a bid by Kofi Annan, postponed when the former United Nations chief fell ill. | Attempts at outside mediation between Mr Odinga and President Mwai Kibaki have failed with the latest, a bid by Kofi Annan, postponed when the former United Nations chief fell ill. |
| At Tuesday's inauguration of the new parliament, Kenya's two bitter rivals studiously ignored each other, correspondents say. | At Tuesday's inauguration of the new parliament, Kenya's two bitter rivals studiously ignored each other, correspondents say. |
| Defiance in the slum | Defiance in the slum |
| When plans to hold ODM rallies in at least 28 locations were announced last week, police immediately slapped a ban on them, saying they were "inappropriate". | When plans to hold ODM rallies in at least 28 locations were announced last week, police immediately slapped a ban on them, saying they were "inappropriate". |
| Nairobi's slums have seen deadly clashes since the polls | Nairobi's slums have seen deadly clashes since the polls |
| Nairobi was already under a virtual security lockdown on Tuesday for the state opening of parliament. | Nairobi was already under a virtual security lockdown on Tuesday for the state opening of parliament. |
| News that the ODM's candidate for speaker, Kenneth Marende, had been elected was greeted by cheers in Nairobi's Mathare slum, The Associated Press reports. | News that the ODM's candidate for speaker, Kenneth Marende, had been elected was greeted by cheers in Nairobi's Mathare slum, The Associated Press reports. |
| The slum also saw scuffles as a group of ODM supporters chased members of President Kibaki's Kikuyu tribe. | The slum also saw scuffles as a group of ODM supporters chased members of President Kibaki's Kikuyu tribe. |
| "The police will shoot tomorrow, but they don't have a bullet for each of us," ODM supporter Cliff Owino told the agency, as he picked up a lump of cement and aimed it at a fleeing Kikuyu. | "The police will shoot tomorrow, but they don't have a bullet for each of us," ODM supporter Cliff Owino told the agency, as he picked up a lump of cement and aimed it at a fleeing Kikuyu. |
| "These will be our bullets. This is how the war starts." | "These will be our bullets. This is how the war starts." |
| The AFP news agency reports that police entered Mathare to dismantle ODM barricades being built in preparation for the protests. | The AFP news agency reports that police entered Mathare to dismantle ODM barricades being built in preparation for the protests. |
| "No Raila, no peace!" protesters shouted at a police patrol in the slum, Reuters reports. They also chanted the Swahili word for tomorrow, kesho. | "No Raila, no peace!" protesters shouted at a police patrol in the slum, Reuters reports. They also chanted the Swahili word for tomorrow, kesho. |
| Uhuru (Freedom) Park is a symbolic rallying-point as it was the focus of pro-democracy protests in the 1990s. | Uhuru (Freedom) Park is a symbolic rallying-point as it was the focus of pro-democracy protests in the 1990s. |
| Bitterness across the benches | Bitterness across the benches |
| Kenya's 10th parliament started in an atmosphere of rancour, anger and acrimony, the BBC's Adam Mynott reports from Nairobi. | Kenya's 10th parliament started in an atmosphere of rancour, anger and acrimony, the BBC's Adam Mynott reports from Nairobi. |
| Bums stayed firmly on seats Josphat Makori BBC News, Kenyan parliament Tempers fray in parliamentIn pictures: Angry parliament | Bums stayed firmly on seats Josphat Makori BBC News, Kenyan parliament Tempers fray in parliamentIn pictures: Angry parliament |
| Ringed by hundreds of paramilitary police, the building looked more like a garrison than a debating chamber, he says. | Ringed by hundreds of paramilitary police, the building looked more like a garrison than a debating chamber, he says. |
| ODM MPs took their seats but when President Kibaki entered, none stood up for a man they accuse of vote-rigging and stealing the presidential election. | ODM MPs took their seats but when President Kibaki entered, none stood up for a man they accuse of vote-rigging and stealing the presidential election. |
| There were three rounds of laborious voting, interspersed with shouting and disorder. | There were three rounds of laborious voting, interspersed with shouting and disorder. |
| Our correspondent notes that it was an important election as the speaker is the third most powerful political figure in Kenya behind the president and vice-president. | Our correspondent notes that it was an important election as the speaker is the third most powerful political figure in Kenya behind the president and vice-president. |
| Mr Annan had been due to arrive on Tuesday but was said to have come down with a "severe flu" on his way to the airport in Geneva. | Mr Annan had been due to arrive on Tuesday but was said to have come down with a "severe flu" on his way to the airport in Geneva. |
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