there are bodies everywhere in kenya now. the ugnadan army has reportedly massed along the western border of the country, and is running operations within kenya at night. police have turned hoses on citizens of kenya in nairobi. kibaki meanwhile, remains 'jovial' according to the bbc, despite the fact that the chairman of the electoral commision told western and local media that he does not know who won the election.
well, kenya has officially descended into one of those unbelievable states. in less than a week, kenya has been reduced from a model of stability for the continent, to just another ridiculous african nation, with horrible scenes and stories of violence, which can only be obtained from independent bloggers, as the goverrnment has shut down the nations' live media. how soon before isp's begin to go down? this is seriously terrifying. i don't know what raila is thinking asking for his 'million man march' in nairobi, but i can only imagine half those guys showing up with machetes, kerosene, rocks and tires. these guys need to reconcile this thing really quickly before more than the estimated 200 dead, are lost.
familiar scenes in nairobi, as allegations of election fraud have began to surface. raila's slim lead over old man kibaki (also called emilio-who knew?) has evaporated, and it seems like we may really be headed to a florida-like situation. the country, however, has spoken out loudly against emilio's governance, as a huge percentage of his ministers have suffered heavy losses, begining with his vice president, moody. this seems to lend credence to the fact that emilio himself may be on his way out. we will soon see. predictions of a bloodless election obviously failed to factor in the fact that (as di caprio would say) 't-i-a, this is africa.' evidently, people in kibera (one of the largest slums in the world, found right in the back yard of state house, the presidential palace in nairobi) are running around with machetes, waiting to erupt, rwanda-style, if their hummer driving mp raila is not pronounced president (as though much would change for them whomever becomes president). anyways, another day in africa. the americans are saying that the election went about as well as could have been expected. guess they're just using their own high standards, reflected by their recent history.
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by now every one knows bhutto is dead. evidently nobody knows how, though. pakistani officials have already advanced three different causes of death, giving the grassy knoll gunman heady competition in the 'crazy assasination' stakes. more importantly, as this 'democracy' crumbles right before us, another thrives in a non-western region. raila appears to be leading kibaki by about 250 thousand votes with about half the votes counted. kalonzo is out of it, at 3 million votes behind both guys. too bad neither of them took a hummer truck to one of the poorest slums on the planet during their campaigns! kenya appears to have held a second transparent election, and the world outght to be celebrating this marvel. south saharan africa is not known for this kind of thing, but perhaps a few people in florida may have something to learn from a kenyan election. tomorrow we see what happens, and we hope that it does not come down to hanging or dimpled chads.
closing out the year, musharraf made sure to put an end to his one political nemesis, benazir bhutto, one of the most widely respected politicicans in the world. 
she'd lived in exile for years because of this crazy fuck, then returned recently to pakistan after brokering with musharraf to return there in a power-sharing deal. of course, ON THE WAY TO HER HOME, having just touched down in pakistan after twelve years away, her convoy was bombed, leaving 138 people dead. musharraf then quickly placed her under house arrest before promptly declaring a state of emergency. i hope the world forces this guy to face his just due. fuck you musharraf, for robbing the world of her. i don't want to hear your empty condolences and promises to 'bring the killers to justice.' in one of her final public statements, while critcizing efforts to find the perpetrators of her failed assasination in october, she had the moral fiber and fortitude to grant mushar-fuck a pass on any culpability in the attack. evidently, that just wasn't enough for him, and he had to see the job through.
