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A worker examines the remains of a tea plantation torched by arsonists in Kericho town January 6, 2008. Looters in one of Kenya's major tea-growing areas in the Rift Valley struck Unilever's Chebown tea estate in a bout of post-election violence, causing workers at it and all the surrounding farms to flee.

Internally displaced people camp at a transit-centre set for victims of clashes in Kericho town January 7, 2008. One week after the announcement of President Mwai Kibaki's re-election ignited protests, riots and looting around the east African nation, there was little sign of him meeting opposition rival Raila Odinga to sort out the crisis directly.

A policeman keeps guard as internally displaced people board a truck at a transit centre set up for victims of clashes in Kericho town January 6, 2008. Kenyans across the political divide prayed for peace on Sunday while aid workers sought to bring relief to an estimated 250,000 refugees from post-election violence that has also killed hundreds.