27 die in clashes in western Kenya Army deployed for first time since vote

NAIROBI, 27 Jan—Three days of attacks and counterattacks among rival tribal gangs have killed at least 27 people in the previously calm city of Nakuru in western Kenya, prompting the deployment of the Kenyan Army for the first time since the disputed presidential election last month unraveled this East African nation. People have been hacked with machetes, shot with poison arrows, stoned, bludgeoned and burned to death in street fighting mostly in the poorest neighbourhoods of the city, residents, local media and aid groups said Saturday. Gangs of young men from President Mwai Kibaki’s Kikuyu tribe are battling Kalenjins and Luos loyal to opposition leader Raila Odinga, who has accused Kibaki of stealing the 27 December election.