VOA标准英语2010年-Kenya PM Confident Power Dispute Will
时间：2019-01-13 作者：英语课 分类：VOA标准英语2010年(二月)
Kenyans demonstrate on 17 Feb 2010 to vent 1 their anger at a coalition 2 government falling apart over graft 3 allegations and its inability to further pledged reforms
Kenyan Prime Minister Raila Odinga's party has declared a cabinet boycott 4 within the nation's coalition government, but the prime minister said Wednesday that he is confident the power dispute will be resolved. Aides to President Mwai Kibaki have dismissed the row as a fabricated crisis.
On Tuesday, a close ally of the prime minister announced that Mr. Odinga's Orange Democratic Movement party would be boycotting 5 cabinet meetings until the current quarrel between the governing partners is settled.
Under a power-sharing deal following the outbreak of election violence in early 2008, President Kibaki and Prime Minister Odinga are to jointly 6 head the nation's government, through an equitable 7 balance of power. Tensions between the two top officials have remained edgy 8, but the country has since maintained a tenuous 9 stability.
Kenya's PM Raila Odinga speaks to journalists in Nairobi (File)
But on Monday a deputy to the prime minister read a statement declaring a "crisis" in relations within the unity 10 government following President Kibaki's move of annulling 11 two suspensions handed down by Mr. Odinga against a couple of cabinet ministers. The two politicians, neither allies with the PM, head ministries 12 caught up in a pair of embarrassing corruption 13 scandals involving the loss of millions of dollars.
On Tuesday an advisor 14 to the president accused Mr. Odinga's party of "grandstanding" and of creating a crisis in "an attempt to derail the country."
Kivutha Kibwana, a constitutional advisor in the office of the president, told reporters the dispute is a guise 15 for other political motives 16.
"Some of the people who are advising the prime minister are doing so out of ignorance and do not mean well for our country," said the advisor. "They are the ones creating a crisis. The grandstanding and fomenting 17 of a crisis is a well-organized plan that started three weeks ago. Indeed, we are aware that Kofi Annan [former U.N. Secretary General] was invited to come to Kenya to settle a dispute, way before there was any dispute," said Kibwana.
Mr. Odinga left the country on official business to Japan on Sunday night before his deputy declared the "crisis." Speaking in Tokyo Wednesday, the PM expressed confidence that the coalition would be able to resolve its differences peacefully.
Two recent corruption scandals brought both coalition partners under pressure to shake up the nation's bloated cabinet.
Millions of dollars meant to provide free primary education to Kenyan children were embezzled 18 in a widespread scheme that has revealed a brazen 19 culture of graft within the education ministry 20. Britain and then the U.S. have announced that they are withholding 21 further funds from the program until the scandal is resolved.
In a separate scam, an independent audit 22 by PricewaterhouseCoopers leaked last week showed that over $26 million was lost in a broad scheme in which well-connected individuals bought maize 23 at subsidized rates and sold them into the market at exorbitant 24 profit margins 25. The imported maize was to help feed starving Kenyans.
Two aides in Mr. Odinga's office were forced to step aside on Saturday for being named in the maize report. Later that day, President Kibaki announced that six additional officials were being suspended pending 26 investigations 27 into corruption allegations.
Then on Sunday Prime Minister Odinga announced that he was suspending Agriculture Minister William Ruto and Education Minister Sam Ongeri until their role in the loss funds could be investigated. But Mr. Kibaki shortly thereafter put out a statement nullifying the move, saying Mr. Odinga does not have the power to force a minister to vacate office.
Two members of Odinga's ODM party leadership team announced that they will not participate in the announced boycott. The two, one of whom is a minister the prime minister attempted to suspend, have become fierce critics of the PM within his own party, another sign that the 2008 power-sharing arrangement could be deteriorating 28.
The election violence killed more than 1,200 and left hundreds of thousands displaced.
Analysts 29 fear that the nation - long seen as a bastion of calm in the volatile 30 region - remains 31 highly susceptible 32 to instability if the unity government collapses 33.
- He gave vent to his anger by swearing loudly.他高声咒骂以发泄他的愤怒。
- When the vent became plugged,the engine would stop.当通风口被堵塞时，发动机就会停转。
- The several parties formed a coalition.这几个政党组成了政治联盟。
- Coalition forces take great care to avoid civilian casualties.联盟军队竭尽全力避免造成平民伤亡。
- I am having a skin graft on my arm soon.我马上就要接受手臂的皮肤移植手术。
- The minister became rich through graft.这位部长透过贪污受贿致富。
- We put the production under a boycott.我们联合抵制该商品。
- The boycott lasts a year until the Victoria board permitsreturn.这个抗争持续了一年直到维多利亚教育局妥协为止。
- They're boycotting the shop because the people there are on strike. 他们抵制那家商店，因为那里的店员在罢工。
- The main opposition parties are boycotting the elections. 主要反对党都抵制此次选举。
- Tenants are jointly and severally liable for payment of the rent. 租金由承租人共同且分别承担。
- She owns the house jointly with her husband. 她和丈夫共同拥有这所房子。
- This is an equitable solution to the dispute. 这是对该项争议的公正解决。
- Paying a person what he has earned is equitable. 酬其应得,乃公平之事。
- She's been a bit edgy lately,waiting for the exam results.她正在等待考试结果，所以最近有些焦躁不安。
- He was nervous and edgy, still chain-smoking.他紧张不安，还在一根接一根地抽着烟。
- He has a rather tenuous grasp of reality.他对现实认识很肤浅。
- The air ten miles above the earth is very tenuous.距离地面十公里的空气十分稀薄。
- When we speak of unity,we do not mean unprincipled peace.所谓团结，并非一团和气。
- We must strengthen our unity in the face of powerful enemies.大敌当前，我们必须加强团结。
- Cancellation: Voiding a debt by annulling or paying it. 撤销，解除[债务]:以取消或偿付的办法使一笔债务失效。 来自互联网
- Local authorities must refer everything to the central ministries. 地方管理机构应请示中央主管部门。
- The number of Ministries has been pared down by a third. 部委的数量已经减少了1/3。
- The people asked the government to hit out against corruption and theft.人民要求政府严惩贪污盗窃。
- The old man reviled against corruption.那老人痛斥了贪污舞弊。
- They employed me as an advisor.他们聘请我当顾问。
- The professor is engaged as a technical advisor.这位教授被聘请为技术顾问。
- They got into the school in the guise of inspectors.他们假装成视察员进了学校。
- The thief came into the house under the guise of a repairman.那小偷扮成个修理匠进了屋子。
- They accused him of fomenting political unrest. 他们指控他煽动政治动乱。
- Three sailors were fomenting a mutiny on the ship. 三个水手正在船上煽动叛变。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
- The clerk embezzled a thousand pounds from the bank where he worked. 那个职员在他工作的银行里贪污了一千英镑。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- The cashier embezzled ＄ 50,000 from the bank. 出纳员盗用了银行5万美元。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
- The brazen woman laughed loudly at the judge who sentenced her.那无耻的女子冲着给她判刑的法官高声大笑。
- Some people prefer to brazen a thing out rather than admit defeat.有的人不愿承认失败，而是宁肯厚着脸皮干下去。
- They sent a deputation to the ministry to complain.他们派了一个代表团到部里投诉。
- We probed the Air Ministry statements.我们调查了空军部的记录。
- She was accused of withholding information from the police. 她被指控对警方知情不报。
- The judge suspected the witness was withholding information. 法官怀疑见证人在隐瞒情况。
- Each year they audit our accounts and certify them as being true and fair.他们每年对我们进行账务审核，以确保其真实无误。
- As usual,the yearly audit will take place in December.跟往常一样，年度审计将在十二月份进行。
- There's a field planted with maize behind the house.房子后面有一块玉米地。
- We can grow sorghum or maize on this plot.这块地可以种高粱或玉米。
- More competition should help to drive down exorbitant phone charges.更多的竞争有助于降低目前畸高的电话收费。
- The price of food here is exorbitant. 这儿的食物价格太高。
- They have always had to make do with relatively small profit margins. 他们不得不经常设法应付较少的利润额。
- To create more space between the navigation items, add left and right margins to the links. 在每个项目间留更多的空隙，加左或者右的margins来定义链接。
- The lawsuit is still pending in the state court.这案子仍在州法庭等待定夺。
- He knew my examination was pending.他知道我就要考试了。
- His investigations were intensive and thorough but revealed nothing. 他进行了深入彻底的调查，但没有发现什么。
- He often sent them out to make investigations. 他常常派他们出去作调查。
- The weather conditions are deteriorating. 天气变得越来越糟。
- I was well aware of the bad morale and the deteriorating factories. 我很清楚，大家情绪低落，各个工厂越搞越坏。
- City analysts forecast huge profits this year. 伦敦金融分析家预测今年的利润非常丰厚。
- I was impressed by the high calibre of the researchers and analysts. 研究人员和分析人员的高素质给我留下了深刻印象。
- With the markets being so volatile,investments are at great risk.由于市场那么变化不定，投资冒着很大的风险。
- His character was weak and volatile.他这个人意志薄弱，喜怒无常。
- He ate the remains of food hungrily.他狼吞虎咽地吃剩余的食物。
- The remains of the meal were fed to the dog.残羹剩饭喂狗了。
- Children are more susceptible than adults.孩子比成人易受感动。
- We are all susceptible to advertising.我们都易受广告的影响。