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Call for Kenya elections

Nairobi: Opposition leaders have urged Kenya's President Mwai Kibaki to dissolve his Government and call an election after the publication of a dossier implicating key Ministers in corruption. The Government, weakened after losing a referendum in November, faces a crisis after allegations by the former anti-corruption tsar John Githongo that the Vice-President and three Ministers plotted to siphon off public funds. He also alleges that Mr Kibaki knew about the deals. When he was elected three years ago, Mr. Kibaki promised a fresh start after the corruption of then President Daniel Arap Moi. But Kenyans are disappointed that the Government remains hit by scandals while there is drought and starvation in northern Kenya. —

© Guardian Newspapers Limited 2004

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