The controversial re-election campaign of Mwai Kibaki, the Kenyan president, was masterminded by an Old-Etonian public relations consultant, who previously promoted Bob Geldof's Live8 campaign.
Marcus Courage oversaw the communications team for Kibaki, whose government faces possible European Union sanctions for alleged vote-rigging.
Courage's role has angered the opposition, who accuse him of spreading defamatory-pamphlets of their candidate, Raila Odinga.
"He has played up the ethnic-differences in this country," said Ahmed Hashi, Odinga's communications director. Mombasa has been rocked by violence as bands of opposition supporters fight running battles with police in protest.
Via Sunday-Times
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