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Akombe said in a statement that the commission was "under siege" and would not deliver a credible election, "not when commissioners and staff are intimidated by political actors and protesters and fear for their lives. Not when senior secretariat staff and commissioners are serving partisan political interests.


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She said she faced anonymous death threats and pressure to resign, and said she did not believe it would be safe to return to Kenya in the near future. She made the comments to the BBC, adding that you would have to "be suicidal to think nothing will happen to you. Election official Chris Msando was abducted, tortured and killed in July in what many believe was an effort to interfere in the August election.

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Chebukati said until compromised staff members stood down, the Oct. Under such conditions it's difficult to guarantee free, fair and credible elections.

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I therefore call on the staff who have been adversely mentioned to step aside to allow this project team to function without interference. Chebukati and Akombe said legal advice put forward by commissioners was skewed to suit political interests. Chebukati called on politicians from both sides to meet and forge an agreement to restore respect for democratic institutions, enabling the commission to do its work.

Without such an agreement, he warned the country risks a return to the ethnic violence that followed the election when about 1, people were killed. Politics should not make people enemies," Chebukati said.

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If violence erupts again, the people to suffer would be ordinary Kenyans, not their political leaders, he said. If Kenya burns, it will be because we have not addressed these issues and because we have created a society where some are more equal than others. Despite the concerns about another tainted election, Kenyatta has signaled his determination to go ahead with it and has ruled out political talks with Odinga and the opposition. Kenyan electoral official Roselyn Akombe, center, speaks as President Uhuru Kenyatta, left, prepares to receive his electoral win certificate, later nullified in Nairobi, Kenya.

On Wednesday, he declared Sunday a day of prayer for Kenya. You are now following this newsletter. His English troops were mainly raw recruits, reinforced by Ulster Protestant 'skirmishers'. These were described by the army chaplain George Story as being "half-naked with sabre and pistols hanging from their belts, like a horde of Tartars". While most of William's men were professional, well-paid, well-armed and recently fed, James' Irish infantrymen were often armed only with scythes and farm tools.

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The River Boyne lies 30 miles north of Dublin. It was the last natural barrier facing William as he marched south towards the city and James' stronghold. James chose to make a stand at the Boyne, enshrining it as the location where, for the last time, two crowned kings of England, Scotland and Ireland would meet in battle. William was known for his sometimes reckless courage and the Boyne was no different.

He decided to investigate the river's crossing points for himself and was shot at by Jacobite officers. It was rumoured that William was dead, but a bullet had only grazed his shoulder.

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He shrugged it off, reputedly saying: Ce n'est rien" "The ball came close enough, but it's nothing". At almost 40 years of age William was a battlehardened commander and a veteran of countless campaigns. By contrast James, once praised for gallantry in battle as a younger man, was in his late fifties with his best years as a military leader behind him. After four hours of fierce fighting a significant body of William's men had made it across to the Boyne's southern riverbank.

James' cavalry had them pinned down, but they held and James gave the order to retreat. A rout was avoided by Louis XIV's cavalry skilfully covering the withdrawal. Battlefield Britain illustrates how William took the decision to lead his horsemen across the river. Myths have grown up around the image of William crossing the Boyne. The battle ended on high ground above the southern side of the river. Despite his army retreating in good order, James quickly abandoned them and returned to exile in France. William marched into Dublin and finally secured his reconquest of Ireland with the Treaty of Limerick in William's victory ended James II's hope of regaining his throne.

William was now securely in control of England, Scotland and Ireland, which would ultimately help him to reverse Louis XIV's military conquests in Europe. William ruled jointly with his wife Mary James II's daughter. Their reign marked an important transition from the direct rule of monarchs like James towards a more parliamentary system.

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In Ireland, William's victory dashed Jacobite hopes of recovering property that had been confiscated from Irish landowners since the days of Oliver Cromwell. But for Protestants, it secured their ascendancy in Ireland. In Ulster it ensured the survival of the Protestant, English-speaking colonies known as the Plantation. The Battle of the Boyne was fought on 1 July , according to the old Julian calendar.

This was reformed and replaced with the Gregorian calendar across the British Empire in , repositioning the 'date' of the Battle of the Boyne to 11 July. The method of altering historical dates was somewhat complicated, with eleven days being added to 'old style' dates occurring after , but only ten days to those taking place before that.


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There is some dispute over whether celebrating on 12 July is simply the result of a slight historical miscalculation, or a case of the Battle of the Boyne replacing the Battle of Aughrim another important battle in the Williamite War which took place on 12 July in the Julian calendar as the focus of commemoration. Either way, William's victory at the Battle of the Boyne has been celebrated on 12 July for over years. History History The Battle of the Boyne.

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