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PrintEmailMore sharingKenyan DJs go six days without food to promote peaceful electionsBy Teo Kermeliotis, for CNNDecember 21, 2012 -- Updated 1627 GMT (0027 HKT)if (typeof cnnArticleGallery=="undefined"){var cnnArticleGallery={};if(typeof cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList=="undefined"){cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList=[];}}var expGalleryPT00=new ArticleExpandableGallery();expGalleryPT00.setImageCount(8);expGalleryPT00.setAdsRefreshCount(3);//cnn_adbptrackpgalimg("Fasting for peace", 1);.cnn_html_slideshow_metadata > .cnn_html_media_utility::before{color:red;content:'>>';font-size:9px;line-height:12px;padding-right:1px}.cnnstrylccimg640{margin:0 27px 14px 0}.captionText{filter:alpha(opacity=100);opacity:1}.cnn_html_slideshow_media_caption a,.cnn_html_slideshow_media_caption a:visited,.cnn_html_slideshow_media_caption a:link,.captionText a,.captionText a:visited,.captiontext a:link{color:#004276;outline:medium none}.cnnVerticalGalleryPhoto{margin:0 auto;padding-right:68px;width:270px}
Nairobi-based Ghetto Radio DJs Mbusii, Solloo and Essie (pictured) are going six days without food to advocate for peaceful elections in Kenya.cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":true,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":1,"title":"Fasting for peace"}The presenters are broadcasting around the clock from a glass house in downtown Nairobi. 
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It's all part of the "Vote4Peace Vote4Kenya" campaign ahead of the East African country's elections on March 4.cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":3,"title":"Calling for peaceful elections"}Thousands of people have visited the house to support the cause and call for peaceful elections. cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":4,"title":"Calling for peaceful elections"}Like the other two radio presenters, DJ Mbusii relies on water and juices to get by. The challenge kicked off on December 19 and will end on December 24.cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":5,"title":"Fasting for peace"}Several election-related activities are taking place outside the glass house, including issuing of ID cards and democracy workshops.cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":6,"title":"Calling for peaceful elections"}Kenya was rocked by post-election violence in 2007 following disputed results. The fighting left more than 1,000 dead and hundreds of thousands of people displaced.cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":7,"title":"Post-election fighting"}The post-election chaos escalated into ethnic violence between members of President Mwai Kibaki's tribe, the Kikuyu, and members of Raila Odinga's Luo tribe and other groups.cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":8,"title":"Post-election fighting"}HIDE CAPTIONFasting for peaceCalling for peaceful electionsCalling for peaceful electionsCalling for peaceful electionsFasting for peaceCalling for peaceful electionsPost-election fightingPost-election fighting<<<
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The post-election chaos escalated into ethnic violence between members of President Mwai Kibaki's tribe, the Kikuyu, and members of Raila Odinga's Luo tribe and other groups.cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":8,"title":"Post-election fighting"}HIDE CAPTIONFasting for peaceCalling for peaceful electionsCalling for peaceful electionsCalling for peaceful electionsFasting for peaceCalling for peaceful electionsPost-election fightingPost-election fighting<<<
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Ghetto Radio presenters Mbusii, Solloo and Essie have been locked inside a "glass house" in central Nairobi since Wednesday, as part of the station's annual Serious Request Kenya event.This year's theme is "Vote4Peace Vote4Kenya," ahead of the East African country's elections on March 4 2013. The vote will be the first since ethnic violence engulfed the country after disputed elections in December 2007, leaving more than 1,000 people dead and 350,000 displaced, according to the Kenya Red Cross.Read related: Can tech revolutionize African elections?Three days into the challenge, DJ Solloo is in good spirits -- despite the lack of food."I'm a bit hungry," he laughingly admits, "but we have to do this -- it's a pretty good feeling."We have to work for Kenya and work for peaceDJ Solloo, Ghetto RadioSolloo, whose real name is Solomon Njoroge, says Kenya cannot afford a return to post-election violence. Last time around, he says, he was a victim of the bloody unrest that swept his town of Eldoret, one of the fighting hotspots in Kenya's Rift Valley province.Solloo says that back then he had to spend more than two weeks with limited food supplies while camping at a police station for safety."This country cannot afford to go back to that time," says Solloo from the glass house, a few moments before going on air. "I decided to come here because we have to push for this message to be a part of every Kenyan. It has to be every Kenyan's initiative to know that peace is more than just the absence of war."Opinion: What Ghana can teach the rest of Africa about democracyThe radio presenters' food strike kicked off on December 19 and will run until December 24. So far, Solloo says, thousands of young people have gathered outside the glass house to show their support and also take part in a host of election-related activities, including issuing of ID cards, a voter-registration program and democracy workshops."The response has just been amazing," says the DJ, who is relying on water and juices to get through the six-day period. "Everyone's proactive saying Kenya needs peace. We have to work for Kenya and work for peace."Some of the country's best-known musicians have also joined the cause by performing live outside the glass house, adding their voice to a growing chorus of Kenyans calling for a peaceful election.Kenya has had a coalition government following the disputed 2007 elections. In that vote, both Mwai Kibaki, the incumbent, and challenger Raila Odinga claimed to have won. The post-election chaos escalated into ethnic violence with members of the president's tribe, the Kikuyu, fighting members of Odinga's Luo tribe and other groups.The two later entered into a power-sharing agreement, with Odinga named prime minister and Kibaki named president.Despite some pre-election tensions between politicians in the country, Solloo is hopeful that Kenya's young population will show the nation's leaders that bloodshed should be avoided at all costs."I just want everyone to understand that we need peace," he says. "We cannot afford another post-election violence."0Comments »
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