Kenya's opposition party suspended talks with the government Tuesday and hundreds of angry youths set fires in Nairobi's largest slum to protest delays in the country's power-sharing agreement, according to AP. But after a series of demands by the opposition and replies by the government, it appeared late Tuesday that there might be a way for the talks to resume soon. President Mwai Kibaki and opposition leader Raila Odinga both claim victory in the December elections _ a dispute that triggered violence that has killed more than 1,000 people and left some 300,000 displaced. In February, Kibaki and Odinga agreed to share power _ but have yet to work out exactly how. On the streets of Nairobi, patience with the slow negotiations is wearing thin. In the Kibera slum, young opposition supporters put up burning barricades and threatened more violence if a government that includes Odinga is not formed quickly. «No Raila, no peace,» they chanted. Odinga told The Associated Press he was not aware of the protests in Kibera, which he represents in Parliament. «They should hold their horses,» Odinga said. «Talks have not collapsed, but have just been adjourned.» The exchange between the two sides began when Anyang Nyongo, secretary general of Odinga's Orange Democratic Movement, said Odinga's party had suspended negotiations _ and would only resume after Kibaki dissolved the current Cabinet. Nyongo added that his party would insist on equally dividing Cabinet positions and other top government jobs, including ambassadorial postings, Nyongo said. The deal Kibaki and Odinga signed in February provides for dividing such posts equally. The Parliament approved the deal last month. Hours after Nyongo said negotiations had been suspended, lawmakers from Kibaki's Party of National Unity and allied parties apparently acceded to the demand that the Cabinet be dissolved.
