nic ▁groups ▁in ▁Ken ya . ▁Fif teen ▁minutes ▁after ▁K ib aki ▁was ▁announced ▁president , ▁Lu o ▁began ▁violent ▁attacks ▁on ▁ ▁K ik uy u . ▁Sl ums ▁were ▁the ▁first ▁places ▁affected ▁by ▁the ▁political ▁out rage , ▁with ▁hundreds ▁of ▁K ik uy u ▁homes ▁burn ed ▁and ▁K ik uy u ▁families ▁forced ▁to ▁grab ▁their ▁belong ings ▁and ▁fle e . ▁Within ▁a ▁day , ▁nearly ▁all ▁business es ▁were ▁closed ▁and ▁the ▁usually ▁b ust ling ▁streets ▁of ▁N airo bi ▁were ▁empty . ▁During ▁January ▁and ▁February ▁ 2 0 0 8 , ▁hundreds ▁of ▁thousands ▁of ▁people ▁were ▁disp la ced ▁from ▁their ▁homes , ▁and ▁more ▁than ▁ 1 , 0 0 0 ▁people ▁died ▁from ▁the ▁post - e lection ▁violence . ▁Crime ▁expl oded ▁in ▁dens ely - pop ulated ▁areas , ▁such ▁as ▁Lu ol and , ▁settlement s ▁in ▁the ▁R ift ▁Valley , ▁and ▁int ra - urban ▁sl ums ▁in ▁M omb asa . ▁In ▁K is um u ▁and ▁parts ▁of ▁N airo bi , ▁the ▁streets ▁saw ▁constant ▁ri oting ▁until ▁the ▁end ▁of ▁January . ▁Far ms ▁were ▁lo oted ▁and ▁roads ▁were ▁blocked , ▁leaving ▁people ▁unable ▁to ▁work , ▁far mers ▁and ▁commut ers ▁al ike . ▁Many ▁members ▁of ▁large ▁eth nic ▁groups ▁attacked ▁anyone ▁whom ▁they ▁felt ▁didn ' t ▁belong ; ▁minor ities ▁and ▁people ▁that ▁had ▁come ▁from ▁other ▁countries ▁were ▁common ▁targets . ▁Some ▁people ▁even