Kenyan Prime Minister Raila Odinga has called on the African Union to suspend President Robert Mugabe over Zimbabwe's widely condemned election.
"Mugabe should be suspended until he allows the AU to facilitate free and fair elections. AU will be setting a dangerous precedent if Mugabe is allowed to participate in its meetings. Right now Mugabe is a crisis, they have no president with legitimacy to run the country."
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- Nazli Hardy
- mother of Mischief and Mayhem, wife, writer, advocate of human rights, educator – humbled by wanderlust, balanced by pragmatism, driven by authenticity
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I hope you follow kenyan politics closely. Prime minister raila odinga’s hands drip with blood,” said charamba. He continued, ”raw african blood, and that blood is not going to be cleansed by any amount of abuse of zimbabwe.”odinga has become one of the harshest critics of the zimbabwean government. He called for zimbabwe to be suspended from the african union until president robert mugabe allows ‘free and fair elections’ adding that the au would be making a grave mistake if it recognized president mugabe as a legitimately-elected president.he also asked the african union (au) to deploy peacekeeping forces in zimbabwe to protect opposition supporters from alleged harassment and torture.charamba’s response referred to kenya’s recent which saw raila odinga declared prime minister after coalition talks with president mwai kibaki.
The kenyan election was marred by the worst election violence ever seen on the continent, with 300 pre election deaths and over 1 500 people dying post election.the government of president kibaki accused odinga’s party of unleashing “genocide” on the kenyan people. The coalition government in kenya has not been without problems as violence has continued in kenya.kenyan politics is deeply embedded in tribalism with most members of parliament elected on the basis of tribal and community votes.recently tension has been rising in kenya’s rift valley, the epicentre of last january’s post-election chaos
Sure I am aware of Oding and other African leaders (including Hosni Mubarak) with "marred elections". In fact before leaving for the summit Mugabe said, “I am going to go to that AU summit … I want to see whose finger there is clean.” BUT the fact remains, of all of those leaders at least some have had the guts to call Mugabe on the atrocities he has commited.
So I can say "Odinga you are a hypocrit" or I can say, "Odinga at least you are not ignoring the Mugabe atrocities". Multiples wrongs don;t make a right - right?
Thanks for your comment - I understand the problems in Kenya- believe me i do.
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