The fighting around the country seems to have calmed. People are now working to find shelter, food and other essentials. Others are reaching out to people who have been displaced. They are housing relatives, sending money and food. Land transportation around the country is still limited.
ODM and PNU leaders are making more conciliatory noises, but both are asserting conditions that might slow any forward movement. We will see what the next few days bring.
International media are claiming a little more than 300 people have died in the violence. I find that number a little unbelievable, to be frank. From the people I've spoken with around the country, it seems the finally tally will be at least three times that.
Edwin says he went to the ODM meeting in Kibera, yesterday. Raila was not there. He says some ODM officials came into the settlement to announce that there will be a rally in downtown Nairobi next Tuesday. They also tried to hand out bread, but when chaos broke out around the truck, they retreated without distributing the food.
The shops in Kibera that are still standing are open for business. Edwin says they are crowded and running low on supplies, particularly paraffin.
In Kisumu, Judy says the streets are calm. She says it is eerie going into town with burned shops and the lingering smell of tear gas.
Paul says Mombasa is quiet.
Amos says the situation in Eldoret is relatively calm but tension is still high. He says people are still being evacuated from the city center. One of the people killed in Eldoret during the post-election violence was Luka Sang, a middle-distance runner. Amos says people are threatening to revenge his death when he is buried next week.
I am taking the rest of the day to try to take care of some practical matters and to suss out the situation on the ground. Check in tomorrow.
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