Please Pray

A Family escapes the Kibera slums, after violence broke out there after President Mwai Kibaki was declared as the winner in the General Elections in Nairobi Sunday, Dec. 30, 2007 .
11:45 a.m. ET, 12/30/07




Please be in prayer for the situation in Kenya. Unrest following the presidential election has led to widespread violence throughout the country. A number of people have been killed. As you know we have many friends in Kenya and are concerned for their safety. Following is a news report out of Nairobi.

NAIROBI, Kenya - Kenyan police battled thousands of opposition supporters enraged over President Mwai Kibaki's allegedly fraudulent re-election, firing tear gas and live ammunition as the death toll from the violence rose to 125, officials and witnesses said.
Three police officers said they had orders to shoot to kill, while opposition supporters said they would risk death to protest what they called a stolen election.
The vote also ignited smoldering resentment between Kenya's two largest tribes, with supporters of Raila Odinga, a Luo who officially came in second, clashing with members of Kibaki's Kikuyu. The head of Kenya's Red Cross said many of the dead were killed in ethnic violence across the country.

Kenya is one of the most developed countries in Africa, with a booming tourism industry and one of the continent's highest growth rates. Many observers saw the campaign as the greatest test of this young, multiparty democracy and expressed great disappointment as the process descended into chaos.

PRAY! PRAY! PRAY! -craig