Today, the Bishops of Kenya will make an appeal to peace and reconciliation in the country, where they spoke of an increasingly tragic humanitarian situation and concern for Christians living in some areas as well. The contents of a declaration of the Bishops Conference of Kenya, which will be announced today, has been previewed to SIR today by father Martin Wanyoike, director of the Catholic radio station Waumini. "The situation is really nasty and risks getting worse, especially in some areas of the country says father Wanyoike -. The dioceses are sending news that a huge number of people have been killed, even if the Kenyan media gave no figures and are covering very little of what is going on. In downtown Nairobi, the situation is fairly quiet, but in the slums it is really very dangerous, because people of the kikuyo ethnic group (he most endangered because they are of the same ethnic group as Kibaki, the president who was challenged by the opposition for having won the election again, editor’s note) are the worst affected by the riots". According to the international media, Kenya is in danger of an ethnic war as it happened in Rwanda in the Nineties: the fights about the results of the presidential election, which would have been won by the outgoing president, Kibaki, eventually turned into massacres between the tribal groups. Kibaki, leader of the Pnu, is a member of the Kikuyo dynasty, while the opposition leader, Odinga, of the Orange democratic movement (Odm) is a Luo. (continued)
