Dear Brothers and Sisters,

Greetings in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ!

Please pray for the security and safety of Kenya due to the presidential election held on this past Thursday December 27!

The election results are very close, and both the leading candidates (one is the incumbent) are claiming victory and accusing the other of voter fraud. Because results have been officially announced late, things are starting to get restless politically. Violence, turmoil and riots have started everywhere in the country; people in many towns along the highway have set up road blocks and create chaos, including burning tires, throwing rocks, and rioting. And people are getting killed—much of it is getting tribal because both these candidates are from different tribes.

We are currently in Taiwan for visiting our parents and relatives, and we have planed to postpone our return to Kenya to January 6.

Our children’s school that is a Missionary Kids’ school has officially announced that the new school term will be postponed one week due to security concerns.

Please pray:

(1) for the peace of the country,

(2) for our return schedule to be settled as soon as possible, and

(3) for the safety of all missionaries serving in Kenya.

中國時報

2007.12.31

肯亞大選

14死現任總統稱獲勝

楊明暐/綜合奈洛比

30日外電報導

東非洲肯亞共和國27日舉行大選,但計票進度緩慢,兩天來在全國各地引發騷亂,至少造成14人喪命。肯亞選舉委員會30日則宣布,現任總統吉巴基贏得本次大選,但反對派候選人歐丁嘉指控他作票,要他認輸下台。

然而,吉巴基不到一小時隨即宣誓就職。肯亞首都奈洛比最大貧民區也爆發大規模暴動。

肯亞選委會今天恢復因騷亂而中斷的計票工作,選委會主席基福伊圖特地前往奈洛比選舉中心,就在他剛要宣讀各選區計票結果時,一名反對派人士走近講台高喊:「維持正義!這不是警察國家!」場內執政和在野兩派人馬隨即暴發激烈扭打。

在雙方叫罵聲中,基福伊圖要大家遵守秩序,但他的講話一再被打斷,後來他在警察護送離開選舉中心。反對派領袖,包括總統候選人歐丁嘉,奪得了麥克風,他告訴在場數百名記者和黨內支持者:「他們就在這裡竄改選舉結果。」

肯亞總統選舉27日投票,隨後展開計票,反對派歐丁嘉原本大幅領先吉巴基總統,但在緩慢的開票作業中,差距逐漸縮小。到昨天,近90%選區開票結果出爐,吉巴基反而微幅領先歐丁嘉…。

反對派指控吉巴基作票舞弊,肯亞各地則爆發多起暴力衝突。美國國務院發表聲明,除了譴責暴力,並呼籲肯亞人在選票統計過程中保持平靜。