Kenya prays for peace ahead of neck-and-neck polls
- Published: 4 Mar 2013 at 09.49
- Online news: World
Kenyans prayed for peace on the eve of the first elections since bloody post-poll unrest shook the nation five years ago, with a top presidential candidate facing a crimes against humanity trial over the violence.
Kenya's Prime Minister and presidential candidate Raila Odinga (3rd L) releases a dove along with his running mate Kalonzo Musyoka (4th L) at a rally in Nyayo Stadium in Nairobi on March 2, 2013. Kenyans prayed for peace on the eve of the first elections since bloody post-poll unrest shook the nation five years ago, with a top presidential candidate facing a crimes against humanity trial.
Presidential frontrunners Prime Minister Raila Odinga and his neck-and-neck rival Deputy Prime Minister Uhuru Kenyatta have publically vowed there will be no repeat of the bloodshed that followed the disputed 2007 polls, in which over 1,100 people died.
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