Kenya opposition to resume nationwide protests

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Source: Reuters

NAIROBI (Reuters) - Kenya's opposition said on Friday it would restart nationwide protests against President Mwai Kibaki's disputed re-election after African Union (AU) mediation failed to end the country's political crisis.

Leaders of Raila Odinga's opposition Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) said they would hold a mass demonstration in a central Nairobi park next Wednesday.

"Due to the large number of people expected we request the police to provide us with security," ODM said in a statement.

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The government has said it will not allow more protests, and police in riot gear patrolled parts of the capital on Friday.

"Dialogue is not engaged in the streets. Dialogue suggests that people resolve their differences peacefully, over a table, not through destroying property and killing innocent Kenyans," Local Government Minister Uhuru Kenyatta told reporters.



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