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Is The Violence getting out of Hand in Kenya?

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KYONNE GIBSON

Fifty people taking refuge from the on going violence in Rift Valley Kenya were burned to death. Mostly children were among those killed. A gang from a rival tribe set the church on fire. The Human Rights Watch preliminary report cites a pro-opposition preacher, who claims that a local leader from the Orange Democratic Movement, also known as ODM, "called a meeting and said that war had broken in Eldoret town, so the elders organized the youth into groups … and they went to loot [Kikuyu] homes and burn them down." "The attacks targeting mostly Kikuyu and Kissi people in and around the town of Eldoret could continue unless the government and opposition act to stop the violence," the humanitarian group said Friday in a statement.

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