Kenya govt denounces "genocide" as toll hits 300

from AlertNet

President Mwai Kibaki's government accused rival Raila Odinga's party of unleashing "genocide" in Kenya on Wednesday as the death toll from tribal violence over a disputed election passed 300.

"It is becoming clear that these well-organised acts of genocide and ethnic cleansing were well planned, financed and rehearsed by Orange Democratic Movement leaders prior to the general elections," said the statement read by Lands Minister Kivutha Kibwana on behalf of his colleagues.

Odinga's party shot back that the government was also "bordering on genocide" by ordering police to shoot protesters enraged by Kibaki's victory in the Dec. 27 polls that international observers said fell short of democratic standards.

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