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Kenyan elder denies masterminding violence

Reuters: "ELDORET, Kenya, March 20 (Reuters) - An influential Kenyan elder accused of masterminding post-election ethnic violence has denied any involvement and accused authorities of a witch-hunt against his Kalenjin community.

'I am an old man, my age does not allow me to go to war,' said Jackson Kibor, 73, chairman of elders in the Rift Valley for the opposition Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) that challenged the government at a December poll."

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