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Kibaki, Odinga agree on new cabinet
Kenya President Mwai Kibaki and would-be Prime Minister Raila Odinga have reached a coalition agreement and will announce a new cabinet. The two leaders held talks today and agreed on a new coalition cabinet that will be unveiled Sunday around lunch time, a top Kenyan political source, close to one of the leaders, told AFP. We have been informed that a cabinet deal has been reached and we expect to announce tomorrow. The two leaders are keen to have a cabinet before parliament resumes on Tuesday, said A Western diplomat on condition of anonymity. The agreement was struck after Kibaki and Odinga held closed-door talks in Sagana State Lodge in central Kenya, they said. The much-delayed unveiling of a unity government is a key step in implementing a February 28 power-sharing deal aimed at re-stabilizing Kenya. Violence broke out in the country following the disputed December polls, leaving at least 1,500 people killed and hundreds of thousands displaced. Odinga, the leader of the Orange Democratic Movement party, is expected to become prime minister under the power-sharing accord that has been entrenched in constitution. Posted by: Fred 2008-04-13 |
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