Power Sharing Agreement Reached In Kenya

February 28th, 2008

For The Back Story You Can Read: Elections Spark Mass Violence In Kenya

Hopefullly this will signal and end to the tragedy there; but what’s still a tragedy is that this type of thing can breakout so easily.

Kenya rivals sign power-sharing deal
By Duncan Miriri and Giles Elgood

NAIROBI (Reuters) - Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki and opposition leader Raila Odinga signed an agreement on Thursday after talks on power-sharing to end a post-election crisis.

In a televised ceremony, the two political rivals inked an deal hammered out under the mediation of former U.N. chief Kofi Annan, who had earlier said the two sides had reached agreement on the terms of a coalition government.

Annan said after the signing: “We have a deal.”

A key part of the deal included the creation of the post of prime minister, as demand by the opposition, he said.

Thursday’s talks brought Odinga and Kibaki to the same table for the first time in a month, after discussions between negotiators for the two men hit a deadlock earlier in the week.

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Opposition Leader Raila Odinga and Mediator Kofi Annan

Kenyan Rivals Agree To Share Power

Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki and opposition leader Raila Odinga have signed an agreement to end the country’s post-election crisis.

At a ceremony in Nairobi, the two men put their signatures to a power-sharing deal brokered by ex-UN head Kofi Annan.

A coalition government comprising members of the current ruling party and opposition will now be formed.

Some 1,500 people died in political violence after Mr Odinga said he was robbed of victory in December’s polls.

International observers agreed the count was flawed.

Violence has mostly receded, but tensions are still running extremely high.

The rest of this story can be seen at BBC News

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