Officials say the post-electoral violence has sharply turned for the worse according to the U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. The OCHA reports that dozens of people have been killed since just Sunday while approximately 700 people are believed to have been killed since the start of the violence. U.N. officials estimate as many 255,000 people have been forced to flee their homes, the United Nations reported.

Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon announced plans to meet on Wednesday with top African leaders gathered in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, for an African Union summit to address the recent developments in Kenya

"There is increasing concern about the toll the violence is taking on women and children. The U.N. Children's Fund estimates that between 80,000 and 100,000 children were now in camps for internally displaced persons," the release said.