At Last - Kenya President and Opposition Leader Agree to Meet
Kenya’s president and opposition leader will meet to address vote-counting irregularities and the ensuing violence in which over 400 people have been killed, U.S. envoy Jendayi Frazer said on Monday. Another report has the death toll up to 600.
Frazer, the U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Africa, told CNN that she was able to get President Mwai Kibaki and bitter rival Raila Odinga to agree to talk under the mediation of the African Union’s chairman by relaying the concerns of the Kenyan people.
“I was simply able to echo that voice with the leaders,” Frazer said.
“They both have to acknowledge certain key issues — for instance that there were irregularities in the counting of the vote and that violence is not the answer to these problems.
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