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Commission Starts Investigating Kenya Election
More than 1,200 people died and 300,000 were displaced by riots and ethnic violence that erupted after President Mwai Kibaki's contested re-election in the December 27 poll.
The seven-member commission will be chaired by a retired South African judge, Johann Kriegler, and will study all aspects of the controversial vote, in which both sides claimed rigging.
"The inquiry may hold private interviews with people appearing before the commission to allay their fears of adversity or reprisals," Kriegler told a news conference after being sworn in by Kenya's Chief Justice Evan Gicheru.
His team, which was set up as part of a power-sharing pact forged last month by former U.N. boss Kofi Annan, expects to quiz officials of the Electoral Commission of Kenya, election observers, politicians and members of the public.
It is due to report its findings to Kibaki within three to six months, and then make them public within 14 days after that. Also serving on the commission are an electoral expert from Argentina, a Tanzanian judge and four Kenyans.
Kenyans have hailed parliament for passing two key laws this week that were needed for power-sharing agreement and create the role of prime minister and two deputy premiers.
Opposition leader Raila Odinga is due to become prime minister. But many residents are worried about acrimonious debates ahead as both sides thrash out who will take the two deputy posts, and how to share other cabinet jobs fairly.
Kenyan newspapers said on Thursday that the official unveiling of the new coalition cabinet was not expected until Tuesday, after the long Easter weekend.
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