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Preval, who called the Senate vote on Alexis unjust, must now present a new candidate to parliament. Meanwhile, the government is in a lame duck position, with all current cabinet ministers, as well as other secretaries of state in appointed positions, reduced to caretakers. It could be some time before the lawmakers approve a new candidate since there is no majority party in the legislature...
...however, those kinds of pledges will ring false. For one, the reconciliation process was tortured to say the least, dragging on for more than a month after former U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan brokered a power-sharing deal, because the two sides bickered over who should get which powerful Cabinet posts. What's more, in hammering out compromises, the rivals have simply expanded the size of the government - increasing its costs - in order to reward their followers...
...expected, President Mwai Kibaki named opposition leader Raila Odinga to the new post of Prime Minister. More dramatically, Kibaki and Odinga - who accused the President of rigging a December 27 election - managed to agree on how to parcel out posts in a new Cabinet equally among their allies. While Kibaki's team retained most of the powerful posts, including finance and foreign affairs, Odinga's allies in the Orange Democratic Movement got several choice spots as well. Musalia Mudavadi, Odinga's No. 2, was named deputy prime minister, as was a prominent Kibaki ally, Uhuru Kenyatta, son of independent Kenya...
...Kenya, a country where corruption is rife and ministers use their power chiefly as a means of enriching themselves, it was no surprise to many civil society groups that leaders would see Cabinet ministries not as platforms from which to govern effectively, but as prizes to be handed out to loyal followers. "If you look at the opposition and government, these are people who a few years ago were saying, 'We need a lean Cabinet, we need to rein in government expenditures,'" said Stephen Lugalia, chairman of the Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Kenya. "These are very knowledgeable people...
...decision to expand the Cabinet was seen as particularly galling because at least half of Kenya's people live on less than a dollar a day. The government has requested 30 billion shillings (nearly $500 million) to help resettle displaced people, and last week, the government appealed for another 7 billion shillings ($113 million) to fight malaria. It has also announced that supplies of HIV/AIDS drugs are running...