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Tough Work Awaits Kenya Lawmakers

Parliament, back in session, must figure out how to make peace deal work

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(Newser) – Kenya's parliament reconvened today, the New York Times reports, and was immediately given the task of putting into law the power-sharing deal that ended the startling wave of violence that followed December's disputed election. "You must now become the ambassadors of peace and reconciliation,” President Mwai Kibaki told legislators. “Please forget the history of what has happened."

Despite the optimism, implementation of the accord is unlikely to go smoothly. Opposition leader Raila Odinga is to become prime minister, but how much power Kibaki will cede to him, and how the cabinet is to be divided between the men's parties will be the subject of much wrangling. Kenyans, Kibaki said, are "keen to see an end to partisan bickering."

Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki, left, addresses the opening session of parliament in Nairobi, Kenya, Thursday March 6, 2008. Kibaki urged lawmakers Thursday to pass the laws needed to enforce the country's new power-sharing agreement as Parliament convened for the first time since the deal was signed. The agreement, reached last...
Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki, left, addresses the opening session of parliament in Nairobi, Kenya, Thursday March 6, 2008. Kibaki urged lawmakers Thursday to pass the laws needed to enforce the country's...   (Associated Press)
In this handout photo distributed by Kenya's Presidential Press Service, Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga, left, and President Mwai Kibaki, right leave the parliament after Kibaki addressed the opening session of parliament in Nairobi, Kenya, Thursday March 6, 2008. Kibaki urged lawmakers Thursday to pass the laws needed to enforce...
In this handout photo distributed by Kenya's Presidential Press Service, Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga, left, and President Mwai Kibaki, right leave the parliament after Kibaki addressed the...   (Associated Press)
Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga, 2nd right, greets President Mwai Kibaki, back to camera, before the opening session of parliament in Nairobi, Kenya, Thursday March 6, 2008. Kibaki urged lawmakers to pass the laws needed to enforce the country's new power-sharing agreement as Parliament convened for the first time since...
Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga, 2nd right, greets President Mwai Kibaki, back to camera, before the opening session of parliament in Nairobi, Kenya, Thursday March 6, 2008. Kibaki urged lawmakers...   (Associated Press)
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