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UN envoy heads to Kenya hotspots UN envoy visits Kenyan hotspots
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The UN emergency relief co-ordinator, John Holmes, is to visit some of the key flashpoint areas of violence which followed Kenya's disputed election. UN emergency relief co-ordinator John Holmes has called for a peace deal after visiting some flashpoint areas of violence after Kenya's disputed polls.
The envoy's visit comes at a time of renewed hope that a political solution to the crisis can be found. The envoy's visit comes at a time of renewed hope that a political solution to the crisis can be found at talks.
Kofi Annan, who has been mediating the talks, said the political issues could be settled by as early as next week. Mediator Kofi Annan is urging patience but said a deal on political issues could be settled by next week.
About 1,000 people have been killed and more than a quarter of a million people made homeless in the post-poll unrest.About 1,000 people have been killed and more than a quarter of a million people made homeless in the post-poll unrest.
Mr Holmes will visit Molo and Nakuru, towns in Kenya's Rift Valley which have seen some of the worst fighting following December's disputed election result. Mr Holmes visited camps in Kenya's western Rift Valley which have seen some of the worst fighting following December's disputed election result.
The envoy told reporters he had come to see for himself the extent of the displacement that has been triggered by inter-ethnic fighting, and was lending support to mediation efforts being spearheaded by Mr Annan.The envoy told reporters he had come to see for himself the extent of the displacement that has been triggered by inter-ethnic fighting, and was lending support to mediation efforts being spearheaded by Mr Annan.
In a significant development on Friday, Mr Annan said he expected that the political issues that separated the two sides could be settled by as early as next week. "It is clear that people want to go home," Holmes said in Nakuru, the biggest town in the Rift Valley.
"We are tired. There is no food and no blankets. And I don't think the violence will end," AFP news agency quoted 32-year-old Idi Abubabakar as telling Mr Holmes
Mr Annan said he expected that the political issues that separated the two sides could be settled by as early as next week.
Although no final deal has been struck it is understood that President Mwai Kibaki's party and the opposition are beginning to talk of an interim power sharing arrangement, but exactly how this would work and how long it would last, are details that still need to be thrashed out.Although no final deal has been struck it is understood that President Mwai Kibaki's party and the opposition are beginning to talk of an interim power sharing arrangement, but exactly how this would work and how long it would last, are details that still need to be thrashed out.
"In negotiations, a deal is not a deal until it is done," the former UN chief warned in a statement.
"While the talks are making progress, they have not come to a definite conclusion."
In Western Kenya, thousands of mourners, including opposition leader Raila Odinga, have attended the funeral of MP David Kibutai Too who was killed during the violence.