Kibaki

If Mr Kibaki were to call them in, the danger of national disintegration might increase.

Well-connected Kikuyu business leaders are trying to persuade Mr Kibaki to give in and form a government of national unity.

The international bodies and countries that might have been expected to squeeze Mr Kibaki into seeing sense have been incoherent.

Women's rights have also improved under Mr Kibaki, with a benchmark Sexual Offences Act being passed a year ago.

If Mr Kibaki will not do this, the rest of the world should suspend direct aid to his regime and impose a travel ban on his officials.

Mr Kibaki's people had previously insisted that, if there were to be a prime minister, he should have limited executive powers.

Election observers mostly agree that Mr Kibaki stole the decisive votes to squeak back in for a second term.

But Mr Kibaki, who appointed Mr Ali, has refused to let him go, despite an agreement to have a civilian head of the police.

Mr Kibaki, himself a Kikuyu, was expected to have overwhelming support from his kinsmen, but 98% looked excessive.

The next day, however, Mr Kibaki responded with apparent contempt to Mr Odinga's climb down by unilaterally appointing 17 cabinet ministers.

Now Britain, America and the African Union are urging Mr Odinga and Mr Kibaki to talk in an effort to stop the bloodletting.

Odinga told reporters that he believed President Kibaki was part of the old way of Africa and must be removed.

Mr Kibaki lost half his cabinet, including his vice-president, as well as a large number of seemingly unassailable members of parliament.

He spoke with Mr Odinga by telephone, urging him to meet Mr Kibaki without preconditions to effect a reconciliation.

If the current violence does evolve into something worse, perhaps even civil war, Mr Kibaki and his henchmen will bear much of the blame.

Kibaki back in power by a narrow margin over his rival, Raila Odinga.

even if they did, it remains unclear whether Mr Kibaki and his backers would sit alongside Mr Odinga in an interim government.

On Monday this week, President Kibaki declared the drought in various parts of the country a national disaster.

It is unlikely to be held in the near future. But it remained unclear whether Mr Kibaki would serve a full five-year presidential term.

Under intense pressure from donors Mr Kibaki removed two ministers accused of corruption, only to reappoint them a few months later.

If Mr Kibaki wants to rescue Kenya's faltering economy, let alone mend its politics, he must seek a compromise with his angry opponents.

But the most powerful pressure against Mr Kibaki is the sight of his country's economy threatening to implode.

Mr. Kibaki was the candidate of an alliance of opposition groups called the National Rainbow Coalition.

In other parts of the country, especially in the Kikuyu heartlands, Mr Kibaki's backers have treated Luos with similar harshness.

The Kibaki government says it is willing to talk to the opposition, but has dismissed the need for mediators.

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Later the same day Mr Kibaki said, for the first time, that he was willing to talk to the opposition "once the nation is calm" .

If Mr Kibaki is to save his country, let alone his presidency, he must give ground.

Ugandan president Yoweri Museveni, Prime Minister Odinga, and President Kibaki also delivered speeches.

Other tribes, such as the Kisii (6% of the total) have been divided, though most of them voted against Mr Kibaki.

Kibaki thanked for this and hoped that China will continue supporting peace, stability and development in East Asia.

The crisis began last week after Mr. Kibaki was declared the election winner despite early tallies showing Odinga leading the vote count .

But Mr Kibaki still seems loth to share power, let alone contemplate rerunning the election under international supervision.

But Mr Kibaki has not fulfilled his dream of turning Kenya into an industrialised country.

The government of President Mwai Kibaki banned the rally earlier this week and vowed to crack down on anyone threatening law and order.

Most of the victims have been Kikuyus, from Mr Kibaki's tribe, the country's largest and richest, making up some 22%.

Many Kenyans had expected President Kibaki to announce the members of the country's new power-sharing Cabinet.

Mr Odinga will become prime minister, with wide-ranging executive powers; Mr Kibaki will stay as president.

Mr Githongo is at first intensely loyal to Mr Kibaki, who gives him an office down the corridor in State House.

International election observers agree that Mr Kibaki stole the decisive votes to win the election.

About 97% of Central Province's voters were officially said to have plumped for Mr Kibaki.

In stealing the election, Mr Kibaki has also invited a dangerous backlash against his Kikuyu tribe, the country's largest.

On Monday, hundreds of thousands of people gathered in Nairobi to watch Mr. Kibaki get sworn-in.

But heeding disagreeable election results is for wimps, judging by the attitude of Kenya's Mwai Kibaki or Zimbabwe's Mr Mugabe.

South Sudan, along with Kenya's new constitution, is the project closest to President Kibaki's heart, says a confidant.

SIX weeks after Mwai Kibaki stole an election, the bloodshed and ethnic cleansing in swathes of Kenya are getting frighteningly worse.

Kenya erupted in riots and ethnic killings after President Mwai Kibaki was proclaimed the winner of the late 2007 presidential election.

Odinga lost the election to Mr. Kibaki by a narrow margin in the disputed vote.

But the opposition says the final tally, giving Mr. Kibaki a narrow win over Raila Odinga, was rigged.

The president, Mwai Kibaki, says he won a surprise re-election last month.

The opposition leader, Raila Odinga, says Mr Kibaki cheated.

That lets Mr Kibaki off the hook far too easily.

Kibaki, the 76-year-old president seeking a second term, has presided over economic growth of about 6% this year.

By not being recognized by other countries, that leaves a big question mark on his (Kibaki's) legitimacy.

Many Kenyans expect a lot from Mr. Kibaki and his government.

Mr. Kibaki's main opponent in the election was Uhuru Kenyatta.

And because the mirror of Kenyan politics reverses everything sooner or later, the retired Mr Moi is backing Mr Kibaki.

Some 97% of Kikuyu voted for Mr Kibaki. Everywhere else he was trounced .

President Mwai Kibaki would otherwise be required by law to suspend them.

Annan has also advised President Kibaki to convene parliament as soon as possible.

It is unclear whether that means the West wants Mr Kibaki to step down.

If Mr Kibaki does lose, it will be because he has not created enough jobs.

A chastened Mr Kivuitu now says he is not sure Mr Kibaki won the election.

half of Mr Kibaki's cabinet lost their seats.

Above, a supporter of Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki waves from a tree during a rally in downtown Nairobi on Dec.

In any event, nearly all Luos still want Mr Kibaki forced from office.

Mwai Kibaki was sworn in this week as president of Kenya.

Agreeing to keep Mr Kibaki in office is a big concession.

The murky role of one of President Mwai Kibaki's closest new allies

Oranges won 95 of the 210 contested seats, more than twice as many as Mr Kibaki's Party of National Unity;