Report: Kenya leaders incited riots

NAIROBI, Kenya, Aug. 28 (UPI) -- Five members of the Kenyan Cabinet and other leaders planned the violence that followed the national elections, a report said.

The Waki Commission ruled this week that the Kenyan National Commission on Human Rights report on the violence can be published, The Nation reported. But the names of those blamed for the violence cannot be released.

More than 1,000 people were killed and 300,000 driven from their homes after the disputed Dec. 27 election. Both President Mwai Kibaki and Raile Odinga, leader of the opposition, claimed victory.

Organizers used fake harambees, the traditional Kenyan self-help groups, to incite violence, the report said. It says 200 people are responsible, including the ministers, five religious leaders, eight provincial administrators and 13 members of parliament.

Members of the Party of National Unity and Odinga's Orange Democratic Movement were implicated.

One minister allegedly held a meeting in August for members of his ethnic group to plan the removal of members of other groups. Another allegedly sheltered violent young people at his house and incited them to block a highway.