Chaotic: Members of the Kikuyu ethnic group running away during a street battle in the Mathare slum, a neighbourhood in the capital Nairobi, after violent clashes erupted with the Luo supporters of defeated opposition leader Odinga. — AFP
The current deadlock in a largely stable East African nation has its roots in the dynamics of its first government.
KNOWN for its safaris and endless stable of lithe middle-distance runners, Kenya has long been seen as a relatively peaceful and prosperous nation and a bulwark against the al-Shabaab militants next door in Somalia.
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