New Kenyan Prime Minister Sworn Into Office
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NAIROBI, Kenya — Kenya’s opposition leader was sworn into office as the country’s prime minister yesterday, fulfilling a key step in a power-sharing deal aimed at ending a deadly political crisis in the East African nation.
Within hours, a feared gang promised to heed the new Prime Minister Odinga’s call to stop its campaign of terror in the capital, one small sign that resolving Kenya’s political crisis could help return peace and stability to the fragile nation.
More than 1,000 people were killed and 300,000 displaced following the December elections that both Mr. Odinga and President Kibaki claimed to win. With the violence escalating, the rivals agreed in February to share power, but then wrangled for weeks over how to divide up their coalition Cabinet.
