Kisumu West Member of Parliament Hon Olago Aluoch has been arrested in Kisumu following demonstrations in the city. Riots continue in Kisumu. In the meantime, ODM members matching to Uhuru Park have been stopped by police. The rally has now been set for Tuesday January 8th 2007 and police have been asked to provide security.
Archbishop Desmond Tutu has held a Press conference in the company of Raila Odinga and other Pentagon members. He said that he has had discussions with ODM and that the Party is ready and looks forward to possibilities of mediation although he did not give details.
He commended ODM for their patriotism in making the gestures and added that his team did not come to Kenya as people who know everything but as people who have been there.
“We have been there and we know how Kenyans are feeling at the moment”, he told Journalists at the Orange House. “We come to make suggestions”, he said.
He expressed condolences to Kenyans who have lost loved ones during the riots across the country. Raila Odinga has repeated that Kibaki should step down.
In another development, a Kenyan was electrocuted in Nairobi after a bullet fired by police ruptured and cut an electricity wire.
Musalia Mudavadi told a Journalist after their match was stopped by police that ODM will continue to organise protests until Kibaki is removed from power.
He said that ODM will not have discussions with someone “who has stolen” the vote. He said that the government was violating the Constitution by preventing Kenyans from having public rallies.
Okoth Osewe
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