Death Toll Climbs in Kenya as Talk of War Spread
Posted on December 31, 2007 - Filed Under Elections, Kenya |
Sky News is reporting that at least 124 people have been killed in Kenya overnight as the violence continues to escalate. Police are warning those living in Nairobi’s slums that they will be shot dead if found outside their homes. The government has pledged to crackdown on the rioters even as the violence spreads.
Opposition leader Raila Odinga has been threatened with arrest but that has yet to happen. Today Odinga announced, “We are going to call for a meeting at Uhuru park on Jan. 3 where we expect a million Kenyans to attend.”
“We have been rigged out, we are not going to accept defeat,” 24-year-old James Onyango, who lives in Nairobi’s Kibera slum, told AP. “We are ready to die and we’re ready for serious killings.”
Ory Okolloh, at the Kenya Punit Blog reports the following:
- At least 46 people killed in Kisumu, 20 injured. Running battles still going on.
- 7 people dead in Mombasa
- 40 people dead in Eldoret
- At least 36 dead in Nairobi. GSU heavily guarding city mortuary probably to prevent real death toll from being known. 4 people killed in skirmishes between Mungiki and ODM supporters on Ngong Road.
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