ODM: the public must boycott Kibaki-owned companies

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Jan. 18 (Bloomberg) -- Kenya's opposition plans to end street protests against President Mwai Kibaki's re-election after rallies today and will begin calling for economic boycotts and talks with international mediators, a spokesman said.

Today is the last of three days of gatherings called by Raila Odinga, leader of the Orange Democratic Movement, to protest the Dec. 27 vote that he says Kibaki rigged. The poll result sparked clashes that left hundreds dead, forced 250,000 to flee their homes and exposed tensions among the more than 40 ethnic groups in the previously stable East African nation.

``This is the end of the demonstration phase and we are now going to target economic boycotts of companies owned by hard- liners and to ask unions to strike,'' ODM spokesman Salim Lone said in a phone interview today from Nairobi, the capital.

The state-funded Kenyan Human Rights Commission and 26 other groups said today that vote-counting irregularities mean Kibaki ``cannot be said to be in office legitimately or legally.'' Former United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan is scheduled to arrive in Nairobi on Jan. 22 to begin his bid to mediate a settlement to the crisis, the UN said.

Two people were shot dead today in the coastal city of Mombasa when police fired on 500 protesters, Najib Balala, an ODM member of parliament, said in a telephone interview. Four more were killed in the Kibera slum of Nairobi, Agence France-Presse reported, citing the police.

Western Statement

Nine Western governments issued a joint statement today in which they called on the Kenyan police to stop shooting protesters. The Kenyan government bears particular responsibility in respecting human rights, according to the statement, released by Australia, Canada, Denmark, Finland, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland and the U.K.

``We urge security forces to exercise their duties strictly within the boundaries of law and desist from any extraordinary or disproportionate use of force and, in particular, the killing of unarmed protesters,'' the countries said. ``We have seen clear and disturbing footage of the use of lethal force on unarmed demonstrators.''

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[cliqmode]

English ni ngumu au sio !!!!

[inarag]

English si ngumu. English ni lugha ambao kila mtu anaweza kujua.

[inarag]

Ukijaribu kujifunza English, haitakuwa ngumu kwako hata kidogo!!!

[kevnjenga]

kwenda soma kizungu somali jinga wewe

[roshmn]

kibaki should kill anyone that acts out and make sure they are very dead.how does someone kill people in a church???(shame on those kalenjines).and all this luos that are advocating peace...stop pretending we all know you have wanted kikuyuz dead from 1945.

[njeriz]

Kibaki and Raila are both theifs, they both rigged the elections only that Raila did not win. In a race there can only be one winner. Raila should accept he lost. Now hundreds of kenyans have died and are still dieing because of this political BS. Raila lost the election and that is that. This people care nothing about the common mwananchi,do you think either of them will lose a wink of sleep?

[CHAPLAIN45]

Actually what is this man talking about?What language?Can someone shed some light?

[pamojaone]

look at the percentage of all kenyans KiKUYUS are not bad but they will be if they dont condem what KIBAKI has done for Kenya e doesnt care with those Kids sleeping in the cold...KIbaki sholud know that if raila was trible then He sholud not have had the preso sit,this Man has deffended the well of Kenyas for long ..Kibaki general Kagwaya know we know why LUCY rules ..he is such a chickeen.TELL HIM PEOPLE ARE DIEING he should not sleep with he hung overs we drink and work too.

[amanijuu08]

i repeat once again. what have these companies got to do with any stolen election?

were odm not also once in government? is ruto not under investigation for corruption? how did raila obtain that molasses plant? corruption is everywhere. mudavadi - goldenberg...

[amanijuu08]

and you don't seem to understand either the concepts of justice or business.

these are private companies they have named with many different shareholders. they had & have nothing to do with the eck, who are the real people you have a problem with.

[amanijuu08]

what a moronic comment. because you think kibaki stole, you target anyone who speaks kikuyu and kill them?? what a moron.

you ever heard of logic, look it up...

[maswabe]

kwa nini una kunja sura? why haide your face? kibaki is a thief, big one, kikuyus are not thieves!

[WAKIAGA]

The bigger theif is kibaki... so u should not complain about the kikuyus dying then because nobody can tolarate theives....