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Countdown to election need not be downhill affair, again

Four years ago, the National Security Intelligence Service warned the Government that certain areas of the country were ethnic flashpoints.

It did not stop there, but also warned that certain measures needed to be taken to ensure the 2007 presidential election outcome did not spark violence and blood letting. Its warnings were ignored and we all know what happened afterwards.
Yesterday, Prime Minister Raila Odinga quoted secret reports by the intelligence service that echoed similar concerns.

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