By TODD PITMAN, Associated Press Writer 17 Jan 2008

Excerpt:

"We are fighting and dying for Raila and Kibaki and they don't even care for us," said Mary Atieno, 27, as she waited for protesters to stop throwing rocks so she could collect her children from school. "Only the ordinary man is suffering."

The above is one of the most profound statements I have read in a long time. All of the nonsense from Kibaki and caterwauling from Raila, all of the gas from pundits & etc., is put into its proper perspective by the crystal clear common sense of a working class Kenyan.

Fact: the ruling class exists for itself.