'Risk of Kenya poll violence high'

The risk of political violence in Kenya is "perilously high" ahead of next month's election, the first since bloody post-poll violence five years ago, Human Rights Watch (HRW) warned yesterday.
"The risk of violence and human rights violations remains perilously high," it added, blaming a failure to implement promised reforms, as well as "abusive or discriminatory conduct" of officials.
The 2007-8 violence shattered Kenya's image as a beacon of stability in east Africa, when what began as political riots quickly turned into ethnic violence that killed some 1,200 people and displaced 600,000 others.