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Kenya Government calls for calm after blast
Nurses at Kenyatta National Hospital attend to the injured admitted at the Kenyatta National Hospital on June 13, 2010, following a blast that occurred at the Uhuru Park rally, Nairobi.
Posted Monday, June 14 2010 at 18:22
The State House meeting resolved that police should carry out quick and thorough investigations, Kenyans should maintain calm and that security will be enhanced at all public rallies.
“The police are pursuing the matter as a serious crime and they are placing on the team the best investigative minds we have,” he said.
However, he questioned how the meeting which was supposed to be a prayer crusade was converted into a No rally. “Police were notified there was to be a crusade by Bishop (James) Ng’ang’a of the Neno Evangelist. Police were not aware it could be converted into a No rally,” Odinga added.
The attack came a day before the opening of a meeting on terrorism, organised by the African Union and Algiers-based African Centre for the Study and Research on Terrorism (ACSRT) in Algeria. The meeting is expected to discuss ways of countering terrorism.
Reported by Bernard Namunane, Lucas Barasa and Jeff Otieno
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