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VIOLENCE ERUPTS AFTER ELECTION IN KENYA.(News)
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The Cincinnati Post (Cincinnati, OH)
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December 31, 2007
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Byline: Associated Press
NAIROBI, Kenya -- Kenya's opposition leader compared President Mwai Kibaki to a military dictator today amid protests and violent clashes over an election marred by allegations that Kibaki stole the vote. Several people were shot as heavily armed police tried to contain demonstrations in Nairobi's slums.
"There is no difference between him (Kibaki) and Idi Amin and other military dictators who have seized power through the barrel of the gun," Raila Odinga said today.
Kibaki was re-elected and sworn in Sunday after the closest vote in Kenya's history. Within minutes of the announcement of the results, the slums -- home to tens of thousands ...