Police are struggling to restore order in western Kenya, amid a recent wave of violence linked to disputed elections. Riots were continuing in the towns of Naivasha and Nakuru in the Rift Valley, where dozens of people have been killed in five days of ethnic violence.
In some cases, a few police officers are trying to keep gangs of hundreds apart by firing bullets into the air.
Amid the political impasse a cycle of violence is emerging, warn analysts, of attacks followed by reprisal attacks.
The national death toll since December's polls is now about 800.
Members of President Mwai Kibaki's Kikuyu tribe have been fighting with Luos and Kalenjins who backed his rival Raila Odinga in the election a month ago.
Mr Odinga accuses Mr Kibaki of stealing the vote and has refused to recognise the result.
Monday,28.January.2008
