Tension builds up as Kenya awaits Cabinet

Tension builds up as Kenya awaits Cabinet Contingents of riot police were deployed in a Nairobi slum and Kisumu streets on a day characterised by tension, building international pressure and a proposed list of a 20-member Cabinet. full story Share key portfolios, world leaders tell Kibaki Britain pointedly told President Kibaki that his Party of National Unity must surrender some powerful ministries to Mr Raila Odinga’s Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) to allow for portfolio balance in the Cabinet. full story Pattni lets go of Grand Regency The Government has officially taken ownership of the controversial Grand Regency Hotel after more than a decade of legal battle with businessman tycoon Mr Kamlesh Pattni. full story ODM says it’s also ready for elections A day after its Parliamentary Group recommended pulling out of Cabinet talks ODM has announced it is ready for a General Election. full story

Security forces patrol Nairobi’s Kibera slums where another 500 metres of the railway line was ripped off on Wednesday in protests over the delay in naming of a new Cabinet. Picture by Stafford Ondego