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Challenge to Odinga role threatens Kenya pact

By Barney Jopson in Nairobi

Published: March 12 2008 02:00 | Last updated: March 12 2008 02:00

A dispute over the role of the new prime minister is emerging as a potential obstacle to agreement on a coalition government in Kenya even before the constitution has been amended to allow for its formation.

Mwai Kibaki, the president, and Raila Odinga, the opposition leader, have sought to promote a spirit of bipartisanship since signing a power-sharing deal in -February to end two months of post-election violence.

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