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| Key ruling in Kenya coalition row | Key ruling in Kenya coalition row |
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| The Kenyan parliament's speaker is to rule on who will chair a key committee at the heart of the latest dispute to hit the fragile coalition government. | The Kenyan parliament's speaker is to rule on who will chair a key committee at the heart of the latest dispute to hit the fragile coalition government. |
| Both Prime Minister Raila Odinga and Vice-President Kalonzo Musyoka say they must lead the House Business Committee. | Both Prime Minister Raila Odinga and Vice-President Kalonzo Musyoka say they must lead the House Business Committee. |
| It is the latest stand-off between the prime minister's Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) and President Mwai Kibaki's Party of National Unity (PNU). | It is the latest stand-off between the prime minister's Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) and President Mwai Kibaki's Party of National Unity (PNU). |
| The two parties agreed a power-sharing deal last year to end poll violence. | The two parties agreed a power-sharing deal last year to end poll violence. |
| But relations have soured and crisis talks have failed to improve relations. | But relations have soured and crisis talks have failed to improve relations. |
| Unprecedented | Unprecedented |
| The president's allies say he has the power to decide who should hold the crucial position of leading government business in the house, but the prime minister's party disagrees. | The president's allies say he has the power to decide who should hold the crucial position of leading government business in the house, but the prime minister's party disagrees. |
| The BBC's Josphat Makori in Nairobi says it is difficult to guess in whose favour the speaker could rule because such a dispute is unprecedented in the history of the country. | The BBC's Josphat Makori in Nairobi says it is difficult to guess in whose favour the speaker could rule because such a dispute is unprecedented in the history of the country. |
| KENYA'S COALITION CRISIS Dec 2007: Disputed elections spark ethnic violenceFeb 2008: Mediators broker power-sharing government pactApril: Unity cabinet naming delayed amid last-minute dispute5 Jan 2009: Odinga holds crisis talks; says ODM being sidelined13 Jan: Inquiry amid claims of agriculture ministry maize cartels4 April: Kilanguni retreat collapses in disarray6 April: Odinga labels Kibaki's governing style "primitive"15 April: Odinga tells Kibaki ODM will boycott cabinet meetings26 April: Odinga says fresh elections may be needed Does Kenya need new elections? | |
| He says the ODM wants to bring the contest to parliament in order to use its majority to try to have its way. | He says the ODM wants to bring the contest to parliament in order to use its majority to try to have its way. |
| Our correspondent says this row matters because it has virtually paralysed the business of parliament. | Our correspondent says this row matters because it has virtually paralysed the business of parliament. |
| Mr Musyoka used to be a senior ODM official but split to form his own party - ODM-Kenya - and is now seen as close to the president. | Mr Musyoka used to be a senior ODM official but split to form his own party - ODM-Kenya - and is now seen as close to the president. |
| The prime minister recently complained that the vice-president should not be getting paid more than him. | The prime minister recently complained that the vice-president should not be getting paid more than him. |
| Mr Odinga - who has claimed he is being sidelined in the unity government - has said fresh elections may be needed if the rift cannot be solved. | |
| Over the weekend, President Kibaki's party accused the ODM of "fomenting a coup". | Over the weekend, President Kibaki's party accused the ODM of "fomenting a coup". |
| Earlier this month, Mr Odinga's party said it would boycott cabinet meetings, leading to inconclusive crisis talks. | Earlier this month, Mr Odinga's party said it would boycott cabinet meetings, leading to inconclusive crisis talks. |
| The prime minister recently complained at a public rally that no red carpet or toilet were provided for him during an official visit. | The prime minister recently complained at a public rally that no red carpet or toilet were provided for him during an official visit. |
| About 1,500 people were killed and 300,000 forced from their homes after Mr Odinga's supporters said he had been cheated of victory in the December 2007 presidential election. | About 1,500 people were killed and 300,000 forced from their homes after Mr Odinga's supporters said he had been cheated of victory in the December 2007 presidential election. |
| Former UN Secretary General Kofi Annan managed to broker a power-sharing deal in February 2008, which ended the violence. | Former UN Secretary General Kofi Annan managed to broker a power-sharing deal in February 2008, which ended the violence. |