Thursday, March 15, 2012

Kenyan opposition leader willing to discuss power sharing, calls mass rallies

Kenya's opposition leader signaled he is willing to share power with the government he accuses of rigging elections, but at the same time called for mass rallies _ a move that threatens renewed bloodletting.

Weary Kenyans, some hungry and homeless after a week of violence marked by ethnic clashes, prayed for peace Sunday and begged their leaders to break the political deadlock.

"This fighting is meaningless," said Eliakim Omondi, 17, at a Lutheran church in Nairobi's Kibera slum that was torched last week. "I wish they would just talk and square everything so the fighting will stop."

Pastor Dennis Meeker urged congregants …

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