A second Kenyan opposition politician has been shot dead. His death overshadows the resumption of negotiations between the country's politicians after more than a month of bloodshed.
Orange Democratic Movement member of parliament David Kimutai Too was killed along with an unidentified woman in the Rift Valley town of Eldoret.
'He has been shot dead, by a traffic policeman in Eldoret, we think. The circumstances are very unclear. This crisis is just getting deeper every day,' said an ODM spokesperson.
The hospital where Mr Too's body had been taken was quickly jammed with people trying to find out what happened.
Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga said the killing was a plot to reduce the opposition's majority in parliament.
Kenyan police battled demonstrators today, injuring at least six people, after an opposition lawmaker was killed in what police said was a crime of passion.
Earlier this week, another opposition legislator, Melitus Were, was gunned down outside the gate of his Nairobi home in a murder that triggered rioting and ethnic killings.
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon met Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki today in Addis Ababa and said he would travel to Nairobi the next day to meet opposition leader Raila Odinga.
President Mwai Kibaki flew to Ethiopia today for an summit of the 53-nation African Union, likely to be dominated by the violence gripping his country which was triggered by his disputed re-election last month.
Former UN Secretary General, Kofi Annan, suspended crisis talks between representatives of Kenya's president and opposition after the shooting.
'We have postponed this afternoon's session and we will work all day tomorrow so that the leaders can attend to urgent matters and call their constituents,' the former UN chief said.
