In Kuresoi, an administrative division in Molo district, ethnic strife had started rearing its ugly head since October last year. Members of the Kikuyu - president Kibaki's tribe - and Kisii tribe were being evicted from where they lived and their houses torched.

More than 100 people were killed before the December elections. Gangs of youth were incited by political leaders to chase the pro-government supporters from the area.

In our short tour in December, we saw hundreds of displaced people who were camping in market centres to access relief food while most were sleeping in churches and police stations. There was little response from the government and despite police presence anarchy ruled the area.

These scenes have been replicating themselves in this country where 300,000 people are currently displaced and more than a thousand killed in ethnic flare-up that the government seems unwilling to stop or overwhelmed. Just how was the current government caught off-guard while all the signs of the present political crisis stared them in the face?

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