New Kenyan Prime Minister
Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki named his rival Raila Odinga as the new Prime Minister in a power-sharing cabinet Sunday, according to the New York Times.
The naming of the coalition cabinet is supposed to help solve the east African nation’s “post-election unrest.� The unrest came in the form of an economic rebound and a bloody crisis, where 1,200 people died and 300,000 were uprooted, reports the New York Times.
"I want to thank you, my fellow Kenyans, for your tolerance and patience during this period," Kibaki said alongside Odinga, who had accused him of rigging his December 27 re-election. (New York Times)
The BBC News reports that 1,500 people died in the post election mayhem.
Two deputy prime ministers were named from Kibaki’s Party of National Unity – Uhuru Kenyatta, and from Odinga’s Orange Democratic Movement Party – Musalia Mudavadi. Kenyatta is the son of Kenya’s first president, Jomo Kenyatta according to BBC News.