28 January 2008
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The party also took issue with the cancellation of a prayer meeting that was scheduled for Eldoret yesterday. Mudavadi said: "There are belligerent entities in Government who do not want us to hold peaceful meetings."
Eldoret North MP, Mr William Ruto, said: "Politics should not be turned into an ethnic contest. Politics is about policies, development and manifestos. We should create harmony and coexist."
He added: "Many of the people who have been killed and admitted to hospitals have bullet wounds. The security forces should discharge their mandate professionally."
The MP said political leaders must have the courage to make hard decisions, but also show humility and be able to listen and the wisdom to put all that together.
On their part, MPs from central Kenya told President Kibaki to take charge of and restore peace and order in clash-torn areas.
Tigania East MP, Mr Peter Munya, who led the MPs in making the call, said: "President Kibaki must take charge now and stop the killings of innocent people in Rift Valley. We demand that perpetrators be brought to book."
They said the Government had not done enough to protect lives and property being destroyed by gangs.
Renowned scholar, Prof Ali Mazrui, said the international community should not relent and called on the African Union and the Commonwealth to suspend Kenya from their ranks.
"The AU has been more of an apologist for President Mugabe of Zimbabwe than a correction officer," Mazrui, who is also the Chancellor of Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology, said.
Mazrui said Kenya's reputation internationally has been tarnished and its stability compromised.
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