President Mwai Kibaki, from the PNU party, and prime minister Raila Odinga, of the ODM party, are known antagonists. However, their positions within Kenya’s grand political coalition was the solution Kofi Annan settled on after violence broke out following the 2007 elections.
Since the coalition was established political wrangling has been confined to verbal backstabbing and internal bickering. In late February tensions rose between the two leading men after Odinga tried to suspend two government ministers who were being investigated for corruption.
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