In Nairobi, violence has continued to spread. Kofi Annan called for peace talks on Sunday between Kenya's feuding parties. The death toll for the past 3 days has crossed the 100 mark.
Nine people were killed in a slum district of Naivasha, raising the death toll in the area to 116.
In his sixth day in the region, former UN Chief Kofi Annan met in Nairobi with opposition leader Raila Odinga. Odinga claims that he was robbed in the presidential election.
Musalia Mudavadi, a member of Odinga's Orange Party Movement, said that some progress is being made toward having talks between Odinga and President Mwai Kibaki.
"Our side and the other side will appoint three negotiators and an additional person as a liaison person," Mudavadi said.
Since the election, which has received a great deal of international scrutiny, over 850 people have been killed. Over a quarter million people have been displaced from their homes.
Some say that old ethnic and land disputes have fueled some of the killing as well. Kibaki's tribe, the Kikuyu, have ben clashing with the Luo and Kalenjin groups that tend to support Odinga.
The international community remains concerned.
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