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Another day, another crisis in Kenya's coalitionDate : 17/02/2010 Publication
: German Press Agency dpa Category
: Feature
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It seems like hardly a day goes by without Kenya's coalition plunging into a crisis, sparking fears that the East African nation will be pitched into a repeat of the tribal violence that followed the disputed 2007 presidential election.
This time, the parties are squaring up over two ministers suspended by Prime Minister Raila Odinga on Sunday pending corruption investigations, only to be re-instated by President Mwai Kibaki a few hours later.
Kibaki said the power-sharing deal did not give Odinga the necessary authority to suspend ministers, further enraging his premier. Ministers loyal to Odinga announced they were staging a cabinet boycott and the attorney general warned of a "political and constitutional crisis".
While such warnings sound ominous, last year saw several blow-ups, including one in which Odinga threatened to call for early elections. But the coalition held together, and analysts feel this time around is likely to be no different.
"I think both parties may not find it strategic for the coalition to collapse," James Shikwati, analyst and CEO of the Inter Region Economic Network, told the German Press Agency dpa.
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