Malawi president expresses concern over Kenyan deaths

Malawi President Bingu Wa Mutharika said Wednesday that his country was very much concerned with the death of so many innocent people in Kenya\’s post election violence, which has seen the death of nearly 1,000 people since the opposition lost the 27 December polls.

Speaking at Kamuzu International Airport (KIA) in Lilongwe on his departure for Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, where he will attend a three-day 10th Ordinary Session of African Union Heads of State and Government, he said that an urgent solution needs to be put in place for peace to prevail in Kenya.

« We would like to see both the government and opposition leaders come to a compromise to end the situation, » he added.

The president said the situation in Kenya, once the beacon of stability on the continent, should be an example to African governments to learn that they need free and fair elections to maintain unity, peace and stability in their countries.

Mutharika added that although African Union envoys have been sent to Kenya, the summit will still engage the Kenyan issue on its agenda so that a possible solution can be found immediately.

Among other things, the summit will elect and appoint a new chairperson of the AU and other senior officers of the continental body.