It is official for the second time around. President Uhuru Kenyatta has been reelected with 98.2% of the vote of 38.8% (compared to 79.8% last time) of registered voters.
Mombasa is quiet including Bangladesh, which had violence during the polling.
The US Embassy has sent a message that they are limiting services, cancelling routine services and dismissing nonessential personnel indefinitely. They're afraid of violence.
Tomorrow the opposition party will announce their way forward. More uncertainty!
I heard a BBC report today about an elderly Luo man who was hacked to death by Kalenjin warriors. He worked on a sugar plantation and when the Kalenjin attacked he couldn't run fast enough to get away. The reporter saw his mutilated body and then walked over the ridge to meet about 100 Kalenjin warriors with spears and arrows with poison tips. He asked them why they killed the man. They said because the Luos prevented them from voting and they wanted to vote. But there is the issue of land and cattle that may have also been a reason. The Luos are the tribe of the opposition party and the Kalenjin are the tribe of the deputy vice president. The Kalenjin are reputed to be the best warriors in the country.
On a very sad note, Bishop Korir died this morning. He was also a Kalenjin and Bishop of Eldoret. During the post-election violence in 2008 he opened his cathedral compound to 10,000 people fleeing the kind of violence that happened above. At that time, the Kalenjin and the Kikuyus were killing each other. He was a man who tried to follow Jesus and I feel very sad that he is no longer with us. He will be known as the peacemaking Bishop and will be greatly missed. May he rest in the peace of Christ.
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