Kenya’s political crisis is deepening after opposition groups rejected a new cabinet by President Mwai Kibaki. Kibaki’s new set of government ministers excludes any members of the opposition. His main rival, Raila Odinga, said he opposed the cabinet.

Raila Odinga: “We will not go to State House to meet Mr. Kibaki, because we say he is there illegally. The whole world knows that. So we will not go to meet Kibaki in State House. The same religious leaders he is calling are the ones
who called for a peaceful prayer at All Saints on Sunday. We did respond by going there; he did not go. If he wants them to offer prayer for him, let them invite them, and they will pray for him.”

More than 500 people have been killed and 250,000 displaced in violence that followed Kibaki’s disputed election win over Odinga last month. The shanty town of Kibera has seen some of the most intense clashes.

Kibera Resident: “I wish someone would just come and see the people from Kibera, whose houses were burnt, people who were chased from their homes. We have nothing to go back to. We need to know where we will go from here, or at least the government should tell us their plan, so we can know our fate.”

A delegation of African Union officials, including its chair, Ghana President John Kufuor, have arrived in Kenya in efforts to resolve the crisis.