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NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) - President Mwai Kibaki urged lawmakers to pass the laws needed to enforce the country's new power-sharing agreement as Parliament convened Thursday for the first time since the deal was reached.
The agreement, reached last week, calls for Kibaki and opposition leader Raila Odinga to share power after both sides claimed victory in the Dec. 27 presidential election. Their dispute unleashed weeks of bloodshed, killing more than 1,000 people and exposing divisions over land and economic inequality.
"I urge honorable members to ensure that all the necessary bills to implement the accord and other socio-economic reforms are dealt with promptly so that Kenya can restore and even exceed its former glory," Kibaki said in Parliament.
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