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Kenyan President Re-Elected

Incumbent President Mwai Kibaki was sworn into office Sunday, amid allegations that the government stole the vote.

NPR's Gwen Thompkins visits a Nairobi slum where angry voters carrying machetes, bricks, and large sticks were being held at bay by police and military forces. Jacki Lyden also discusses the mounting tensions.

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