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*** 20-Sep-17 World View -- Kenya's government in chaos as it faces a new election delay
This morning's key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com
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**** Russia's 'telephone terror' forces evacuation of over 200,000 people
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Moscow police block the entrance to Louis Vuitton after bomb scare (Reuters)
Dozens of Russian cities have been the target of hundreds of bomb
scares, starting on Sunday, September 10. Police cleared two dozen
buildings in the city of Omsk, including cinemas, schools, malls and
City Hall. In Ryazan later that day, eleven malls and several cinemas
and restaurants were evacuated.
On Monday, there were 42 bomb scares in four cities. On Tuesday,
45,000 people were evacuated from 205 buildings in 22 cities across
Russia. The bomb scares have continued every day. It's estimated
that over 200,000 people have been evacuated in cities across Russia
so far, costing the authorities about $5.2 million. And the end is
nowhere in sight.
The Kremlin's spokesman Dmitry Peskov called the bomb threats
"telephone terrorism." The hoaxes are being perpetrated by unknown
individuals calling in bomb threats from internet phone systems.
Since the internet is everywhere, the bomb threats could originate
from anywhere in the world.
One report from an unnamed source says that the internet phone calls
were tracked to an IP address in Ukraine. However, other sources in
the Russia's Interior Ministry say that the hackers may be based in
Brussels.
Other theories are that the hoax phone calls are from the so-called
Islamic State (IS or ISIS or ISIL or Daesh), presumably by Russian
citizens from Chechnya or Dagestan who went to Syria to fight Bashar
al-Assad.
Russian authorities say that they're doing all they can to find the
perpetrators, but for the time being, the authorities are stumped.
Window on Eurasia and Moscow Times and Tass (Moscow) and Moscow Times
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**** Kenya's government in chaos as it faces a new election delay
****
When Kenya's Supreme Court declared that the August 8 election was
"invalid, null and void" because of electoral committee
irregularities, it gave the government 60 days to hold a new election.
A new election was scheduled for October 17, but Safran Identity and
Security, the French IT consultants that provide electronic election
management system, says that it will not have its systems ready by
then, and is requesting that the election be postponed at least until
October 26.
The key players are unable to agree on the details of how to run the
new election, and these disagreements raise doubts that any credible
election can be held.
The incumbent, Uhuru Kenyatta, who was reelected in the election
declared invalid, has called the four Supreme Court judges who voted
to nullify the election "crooks," implying that they were paid off by
the opposition. Kenyatta's supporters have been protesting in fron
the Supreme Court building, claiming that they stole the election from
Kenyatta.
The opposition candidate, Raila Odinga, blames the Independent
Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC), which oversaw the first
election. Odinga is demanding that its members resign, claiming that
the rigged the first election in favor of Kenyatta, and that he was
proven right when the Supreme Court nullified the election.
Because of numerous threats of violence, Supreme Court judge David
Maraga issued a statement on Tuesday:
<QUOTE>"1. You will recall that four weeks ago, the Judicial
Service Commission addressed Kenyans through a press conference at
this very place over the increasing incidence of attacks by
various groups of people who were given to making threats and
demands intended to interfere with the work of the Judiciary.
2. Since the Supreme Court delivered the judgement on the 2017
Presidential Election Petition on September 1, 2017, these attacks
have become even more aggressive, culminating in lengthy
uninterrupted demonstrations right outside the Supreme Court
Building yesterday and today.
3. Whereas we recognise and respect the rights of citizens to
picket as provided in the Constitution, these demonstrations have
bordered on violence and are clear, intended to intimidate the
Judiciary and
4. Further, in a particularly unfortunate incident yesterday in
Kirinyaga County, Hon. Martha Karua was blocked by demonstrators
from accessing the Kerugoya Law Courts for the hearing of her own
petition. This amounts to intimidation of petitioners and should
never be allowed to happen."<END QUOTE>
The Supreme Court has said that on Wednesday (today), the Supreme
Court would provide details of the reasoning behind its ruling
nullifying the August 8 election. Standard Media (Kenya) and Bloomberg and Chronicle (Zimbabwe) and Twitter - David Maraga
Related Articles
KEYS: Generational Dynamics, Russia, Omsk, Ryazan, Moscow,
Dmitry Peskov, Ukraine, Brussels, Syria, Bashar al-Assad,
Islamic State / of Iraq and Syria/Sham/the Levant, IS, ISIS, ISIL, Daesh,
Chechnya, Dagestan,
Kenya, Uhuru Kenyatta, Raila Odinga, David Maraga,
Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission, IEBC
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This morning's key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com
- Russia's 'telephone terror' forces evacuation of over 200,000 people
- Kenya's government in chaos as it faces a new election delay
****
**** Russia's 'telephone terror' forces evacuation of over 200,000 people
****
Moscow police block the entrance to Louis Vuitton after bomb scare (Reuters)
Dozens of Russian cities have been the target of hundreds of bomb
scares, starting on Sunday, September 10. Police cleared two dozen
buildings in the city of Omsk, including cinemas, schools, malls and
City Hall. In Ryazan later that day, eleven malls and several cinemas
and restaurants were evacuated.
On Monday, there were 42 bomb scares in four cities. On Tuesday,
45,000 people were evacuated from 205 buildings in 22 cities across
Russia. The bomb scares have continued every day. It's estimated
that over 200,000 people have been evacuated in cities across Russia
so far, costing the authorities about $5.2 million. And the end is
nowhere in sight.
The Kremlin's spokesman Dmitry Peskov called the bomb threats
"telephone terrorism." The hoaxes are being perpetrated by unknown
individuals calling in bomb threats from internet phone systems.
Since the internet is everywhere, the bomb threats could originate
from anywhere in the world.
One report from an unnamed source says that the internet phone calls
were tracked to an IP address in Ukraine. However, other sources in
the Russia's Interior Ministry say that the hackers may be based in
Brussels.
Other theories are that the hoax phone calls are from the so-called
Islamic State (IS or ISIS or ISIL or Daesh), presumably by Russian
citizens from Chechnya or Dagestan who went to Syria to fight Bashar
al-Assad.
Russian authorities say that they're doing all they can to find the
perpetrators, but for the time being, the authorities are stumped.
Window on Eurasia and Moscow Times and Tass (Moscow) and Moscow Times
****
**** Kenya's government in chaos as it faces a new election delay
****
When Kenya's Supreme Court declared that the August 8 election was
"invalid, null and void" because of electoral committee
irregularities, it gave the government 60 days to hold a new election.
A new election was scheduled for October 17, but Safran Identity and
Security, the French IT consultants that provide electronic election
management system, says that it will not have its systems ready by
then, and is requesting that the election be postponed at least until
October 26.
The key players are unable to agree on the details of how to run the
new election, and these disagreements raise doubts that any credible
election can be held.
The incumbent, Uhuru Kenyatta, who was reelected in the election
declared invalid, has called the four Supreme Court judges who voted
to nullify the election "crooks," implying that they were paid off by
the opposition. Kenyatta's supporters have been protesting in fron
the Supreme Court building, claiming that they stole the election from
Kenyatta.
The opposition candidate, Raila Odinga, blames the Independent
Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC), which oversaw the first
election. Odinga is demanding that its members resign, claiming that
the rigged the first election in favor of Kenyatta, and that he was
proven right when the Supreme Court nullified the election.
Because of numerous threats of violence, Supreme Court judge David
Maraga issued a statement on Tuesday:
<QUOTE>"1. You will recall that four weeks ago, the Judicial
Service Commission addressed Kenyans through a press conference at
this very place over the increasing incidence of attacks by
various groups of people who were given to making threats and
demands intended to interfere with the work of the Judiciary.
2. Since the Supreme Court delivered the judgement on the 2017
Presidential Election Petition on September 1, 2017, these attacks
have become even more aggressive, culminating in lengthy
uninterrupted demonstrations right outside the Supreme Court
Building yesterday and today.
3. Whereas we recognise and respect the rights of citizens to
picket as provided in the Constitution, these demonstrations have
bordered on violence and are clear, intended to intimidate the
Judiciary and
4. Further, in a particularly unfortunate incident yesterday in
Kirinyaga County, Hon. Martha Karua was blocked by demonstrators
from accessing the Kerugoya Law Courts for the hearing of her own
petition. This amounts to intimidation of petitioners and should
never be allowed to happen."<END QUOTE>
The Supreme Court has said that on Wednesday (today), the Supreme
Court would provide details of the reasoning behind its ruling
nullifying the August 8 election. Standard Media (Kenya) and Bloomberg and Chronicle (Zimbabwe) and Twitter - David Maraga
Related Articles
- Kenya's Supreme Court issues 'historic' ruling, overturning presidential election (02-Sep-2017)
- Kenya fears violence as opposition refuses to accept presidential election results (14-Aug-2017)
- Torture and murder of election official raise fears of violence in Kenya (01-Aug-2017)
- Post-election massacre in Kenya raises concerns of tribal war (02-Jan-2008)
KEYS: Generational Dynamics, Russia, Omsk, Ryazan, Moscow,
Dmitry Peskov, Ukraine, Brussels, Syria, Bashar al-Assad,
Islamic State / of Iraq and Syria/Sham/the Levant, IS, ISIS, ISIL, Daesh,
Chechnya, Dagestan,
Kenya, Uhuru Kenyatta, Raila Odinga, David Maraga,
Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission, IEBC
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