Kenya: Rumors and Shenanigans (UPDATE: African Union Talks Fail)

I have familial duties to attend, but I wanted to get this out...

Kenya's Electoral Commission Chairman--the one who is tasked to present presidential election results to the country--now says that he did not approve the results in question.

[Samuel Kivuitu] blamed “outside forces” for making public the controversial presidential tallies, which appeared in three pages of paid-for advertising in Daily Nation and The Standard Thursday.

“I did not submit this report or authorise my name to be used for its publication. The use of my name is a falsification,” the besieged Electoral Commission chairman said in statement.

His complaint will once again raise questions over who really is in charge of the commission, which has been accused of doctoring presidential results in President Kibaki’s favour and announcing figures different from those read out at the constituencies, plunging Kenya into a political crisis.

More in a bit.

UPDATE: The AU-led talks failed so they're bringing in :::drumroll::: Kofi Annan! You, of course, remember Annan.

Before he left, [AU Chairman] Kufuor highlighted the fact the two sides had at least "agreed to an end to violence".

Two weeks, hundreds of dead Kenyans and Kibaki and Odinga are just now getting around to addressing the violence, eh?

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