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Chaos, booing at Kibaki rally as rivals clash

The Kenya Standard Online Edition: "Riot police tear-gassed rival youths of two Cabinet ministers on a day President Kibaki came face-to-face with the ugly side of local politics — violence and heckling. But the bitter rivalry between PNU politicians, Dr Mukhisa Kituyi and Mr Musikari Kombo, could not have peaked on a worse moment with the campaigns entering a critical stage in a province where ODM poses a real threat. Kibaki’s frustration and pain were evident when TV footage showed him leaving his seat to calm down a heckling and rowdy crowd."

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