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Parties dispute Cabinet

Kenya's president and future prime minister met yesterday to break an impasse over a power-sharing cabinet, the crux of a deal to end the country's post-election crisis, which fell apart over the weekend.

President Mwai Kibaki and opposition leader Raila Odinga met alone after their respective sides disagreed over who would get which ministries, prompting both to say on Saturday that the cabinet would not be named as planned the next day.

Confusion reigned yesterday morning as Kibaki's side reversed itself and said the cabinet would be named but the opposition said it would not.

(China Daily 04/07/2008 page6)