I've got people of every ethnic group here; Luos, Kikuyus and Luyas. They've fled Eldoret in fear of being killed or because their house has been burnt down. I know that people were burnt alive in a church in the centre of town. That scared me. I didn't think Kenyans were capable of doing something like that. The situation is terrible. We haven't had any electricity since this all began. I don't know how I can feed these refugees. All the shops are closed and we can't go anywhere. I call on the president and Raila Odinga to come together and find reason. They need to find an agreement quickly, so that this violence can be brought to an end."

We must stop seeing this as a purely ethnic problem. Obviously ethnic groups are not getting on that well at the moment. But the reasons for these conflicts are complex, and the clashes don't just follow ethnic differences. I think that the root of the problem is economic. It's the poor and desperate who are rebelling.

While the houses burn, the greatest urgency is to put the fires out. We'll resolve the political crisis afterwards. I've just created a site with some other bloggers called ‘Concerned citizens for peace'. We want to invite sports celebrities, singers and previous ‘tribe-members' to get talking. The Kenyans have been the best negotiators in past African conflicts. Today we should show that we can apply these diplomatic qualities to our own problems."