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KENYA: Clashes, tension "routine" in troubled Molo

In Kenya’s Rift Valley town of Molo, about 200km from Nairobi, displacement by conflict has become a recurrent feature of life, and not only at election times. Some of the destitute families sheltering in makeshift camps in church and government compounds in Molo told IRIN that this was the fifth time that they had been chased from their homes in the last two decades. “In Molo, this has been a routine. Elections are only one of the trigger events. We have other things that trigger clashes,...

KENYA: Inefficient peace committees frustrate reconciliation in clash areas

Mother-of-four Ann Wacu is afraid to return to her home in Kenya's New Molo District, where inter-ethnic violence has killed dozens and displaced thousands of people since September. "I don't want to go back because all our property was destroyed or looted; this happens every five years when we have general elections," the 24-year-old said. "The attackers have even injured the police officer who was guarding us after we left our homes. He is now admitted to the district hospital here in...

KENYA: "Revenge attacks and rumours" fuelling hostilities in Molo

Revenge attacks, rumours, inaccurate media reports and provocative public statements by politicians have fuelled hostilities in Kenya's New Molo district, where clashes have displaced thousands of people and caused dozens of deaths, according to a government official. "As a result of the tension among the three communities in the district, opportunists have taken advantage of the fluidity of the situation to fuel hostilities," Mohamud Salim, the district commissioner, told a UN delegation...