New Kenyan cabinet brings new hope

April 13, 2008

Kenya's President Mwai Kibaki named his political rival Raila Odinga as Prime Minister, ending weeks of impasse that threatened to undermine economic recovery after a deadly post-election crisis. More than 1,200 people died and 300,000 were uprooted in what became the country's bloodiest episode independence in 1963. Kenya's President Mwai Kibaki named his political rival Raila Odinga as Prime Minister, ending weeks of impasse that threatened to undermine economic recovery after a deadly post-election crisis. More than 1,200 people died and 300,000 were uprooted in what became the country's bloodiest episode independence in 1963.