Kenya's Kibaki dissolves parliament in poll countdown
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Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki dissolved parliament on Monday, starting the countdown to what could be the closest election in east Africa's biggest economy.
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Scuffles and heckling broke out at Kenya's election results centre on Sunday, forcing police to escort the nation's poll chief to safety moments after he began reading vote tallies in a cliff-hanger vote.
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Kenyans will vote on December 27 in what is shaping up to be a tight race pitting President Mwai Kibaki against opposition firebrand and current poll leader Raila Odinga for leadership of east Africa's biggest economy.
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Kenya's President Mwai Kibaki said on Saturday he was ready to form a national unity government to end Kenya's bloody turmoil but the opposition brushed the offer aside, saying he must step down and negotiate.
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Kenya's opposition leader says he will not meet Mwai Kibaki to address growing political upheaval
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Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga called on Sunday for the government to concede defeat or allow a re-count of a presidential election, saying the government had lost "all legitimacy" due to fraud.
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Kenya's opposition candidate called on President Mwai Kibaki to concede defeat Sunday in the closest presidential race in the country's history, accusing him of fraud after a chaotic vote count sparked widespread violence and fears of rigging.
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Kenyan voters went to the polls on Thursday to elect a new president and parliament with delays in some locations and charges from the main opposition candidate that the government was trying to rig the result.
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Decision by parliament spells legislative trouble for President Mwai Kibaki
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Kenya's opposition leader Raila Odinga said on Monday he had called off protests because a "mediation process" to resolve the political crisis that has killed nearly 500 people was about to begin.
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Kenya's main presidential contenders held huge rallies in the capital on Monday, a final push to win votes in a race deemed too close to call.
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The dispute over President Mwai Kibaki's re-election in Kenya moved to parliament on Tuesday as the government and opposition prepared to wrestle for control of the east African nation's legislature.
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Guarded by armed police, Kenyans voted on Thursday in a general election preceded by violence, tainted by allegations of rigging and likely to be the closest in more than four decades of independence from Britain.
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Kenya's President Mwai Kibaki was to formally launch his re-election campaign on Sunday via a live address widely trailed as announcing a new political party to replace the coalition that brought him to power in 2002.
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NAIROBI, Jan. 15 -- Kenya's opposition party, which has accused President Mwai Kibaki of stealing a Dec. 27 election, scored a significant victory Tuesday when its candidate was elected speaker of parliament following a bitter and at times theatrical opening session.
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Kenya's opposition on Friday called three days of nationwide protests next week to pile pressure on President Mwai Kibaki's government after the collapse of mediation efforts over a disputed election.
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Kenyan police fired teargas to disperse stone-throwing supporters of the country's main presidential contenders on Monday after the candidates made a final push to win votes in a race deemed too close to call.