肯尼亚总统称国家状态正常

Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki says his country is not in crisis, despite repeated reports of a bitter power struggle among the nation's elite¹.

尽管不断有肯尼亚中坚分子激烈的权利斗争的报道，总统瓦伊·齐贝吉称国家尚未陷入危机。

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Kenya is polarised by conflicting loyalties to the two leaders

Mr Kibaki acknowledged there had been a "heated debate" but said Kenyans should not be worried.

The president formed a unity³ government in 2008 with his rival, Prime Minister Raila Odinga, to help stop deadly riots（暴动） sparked by a disputed election.

On Sunday, the pair disagreed over the suspension（暂停，悬浮） of two ministers.

Mr Odinga announced the suspension of the officials, who are suspected of corruption⁴.

But Mr Kibaki reversed（翻转，颠倒） the decision hours later, throwing the government into chaos⁵（混沌） and leaving the public confused as to who was running the country.

"Over the last few days, there has been heated debate about the cohesion⁶（结合，凝聚） of the Grand Coalition⁷ government," Mr Kibaki said in a statement.

"In that regard, I wish to assure Kenyans that there is no crisis."

Mr Odinga had called on former UN Secretary General Kofi Annan to intervene in（干预，插手） the power struggle.

But in a statement released earlier, Mr Annan made no mention of visiting Kenya and simply called for both sides to resolve their differences.

A spokesman for Mr Odinga later said the prime minister and president had spoken over the phone and would meet for talks on Sunday.

The country was engulfed⁸ in（被淹没，被吞没） fighting between supporters of the two men after a presidential election in late 2007.

Mr Odinga's supporters claimed he had been cheated out of（骗取，非法剥夺） victory by Mr Kibaki.

Some 1,300 people died in weeks of violence and tens of thousands were displaced.