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| Kenya PM urges Annan intervention | |
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| Kenyan Prime Minister Raila Odinga will ask former UN chief Kofi Annan to intervene in an increasingly bitter power struggle, his office has said. | |
| Mr Odinga is at loggerheads with President Mwai Kibaki over who has power over cabinet affairs. | |
| On Sunday, the prime minister suspended two ministers suspected of corruption - only for Mr Kibaki to overrule him. | |
| The BBC's Will Ross in Nairobi says many Kenyans have been left wondering who is in charge of the country. | The BBC's Will Ross in Nairobi says many Kenyans have been left wondering who is in charge of the country. |
| He says people fear that the wrangling will end any hope of winning the fight against corruption, and many Kenyans have lost faith in all politicians. | He says people fear that the wrangling will end any hope of winning the fight against corruption, and many Kenyans have lost faith in all politicians. |
| School money stolen | School money stolen |
| Mr Kibaki and Mr Odinga - bitter political rivals - joined together in a unity government to end violence that swept the nation after the 2007 election. | Mr Kibaki and Mr Odinga - bitter political rivals - joined together in a unity government to end violence that swept the nation after the 2007 election. |
| But now, both men have accused each other of overstepping their constitutional remit. | But now, both men have accused each other of overstepping their constitutional remit. |
| "The legal provisions on which the prime minister acted, do not confer him the authority to cause a minister to vacate his or her office," the president's office said in a statement. | "The legal provisions on which the prime minister acted, do not confer him the authority to cause a minister to vacate his or her office," the president's office said in a statement. |
| But Mr Odinga told the BBC's Network Africa programme he had not sacked the ministers, he had merely suspended them - which he was entitled to do. | But Mr Odinga told the BBC's Network Africa programme he had not sacked the ministers, he had merely suspended them - which he was entitled to do. |
| "I think that what I've done actually has been within my constitutional powers, and that the president does not have the powers to countermand what I have done," he said. | "I think that what I've done actually has been within my constitutional powers, and that the president does not have the powers to countermand what I have done," he said. |
| Mr Odinga's office now say they will ask Mr Annan to intervene. | |
| The former UN secretary general mediated the power-sharing agreement between Mr Kibaki and Mr Odinga. | |
| The two ministers at the centre of the spat - Agriculture Minister William Ruto and Education Minister Samuel Ongeri - both turned up for work on Monday and say only the president has the power to discipline them. | The two ministers at the centre of the spat - Agriculture Minister William Ruto and Education Minister Samuel Ongeri - both turned up for work on Monday and say only the president has the power to discipline them. |
| A recent audit into a maize scandal revealed that $26m (£16.5m) had gone missing. | A recent audit into a maize scandal revealed that $26m (£16.5m) had gone missing. |
| And more than $1m was stolen in an education scam. | And more than $1m was stolen in an education scam. |
| Mr Odinga said there was enough evidence implicating the two ministers for an investigation, so they should be suspended. | Mr Odinga said there was enough evidence implicating the two ministers for an investigation, so they should be suspended. |