As a result, many Kamba may rally to his cause and perhaps even join a pro-Kibaki coalition in the (so far unlikely) event of a fresh election.

ECONOMIST: Kenya

The attacks were directed against particular groups, namely the Kikuyu, Kamba, and Kisii ethnic groups, because of their perceived political affiliation to Kibaki's Party of National Unity, the ICC said.

CNN: Kenyan leaders to stand trial on human rights violations

Most of the Kamba, Kenya's fifth group, which has been traditionally well-represented in the army, backed a 54-year-old former foreign minister, Kalonzo Musyoka, who won about 9% of the presidential poll and was promptly appointed vice-president by Mr Kibaki.

ECONOMIST: Kenya

Uganda has no tradition of sculpture: nothing like Kenya's popular Kamba carvings, still less the sophisticated wood and stone sculptures of Benin or elsewhere in West Africa, which brought bold lines into the work of Constantin Brancusi and other modernists.

ECONOMIST: Rwenzori Sculpture Foundation