President Mwai Kibaki and opposition leader Raila Odinga were both sworn in as legislators—the first time the two have been in the same room since Odinga accused Kibaki of rigging his re-election in the Dec. 27 vote, sparking violence that has killed more than 600 people.

Soldiers and riot police patrolled outside the building as opposition and government members of parliament greeted each other and chatted amicably before the session began, then both sides stood and applauded when Odinga walked in. Kibaki's received a cool reception: Odinga and his supporters remained seated, not clapping as the president arrived.

Odinga's party spokesman, Ahmed Hashi, said that attending the parliament session convened by the president "does not mean recognizing the presidency of Kibaki."

The main business of the day was voting for a new speaker.

Kenneth Marende, a 52-year-old opposition lawyer, received 105 votes, to 101 for the president's candidate. While the opposition had the most seats in parliament, neither party had had the two-thirds majority needed to elect the speaker in a first round vote, meaning both had to court legislators from minority parties.

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NAIROBI, Kenya (AP)—Kenya's rival politicians quarreled Tuesday during the first session of parliament since a disputed presidential vote set off waves of deadly violence. Soldiers and riot police patrolled outside the building.

President Mwai Kibaki and opposition leader Raila Odinga both arrived to be sworn in as legislators. It was the first time the two have been in the same room since Odinga accused Kibaki of rigging his re- election in the Dec. 27 vote, sparking violence that has killed more than 600 people.

Odinga has rejected an invitation from Kibaki for direct talks, and mediation efforts have stalled.

Soldiers were deployed around the building, and some roads in the area were blocked off. Riot police were stationed along nearby thoroughfares.

Opposition and government members of parliament greeted each other and chatted amicably before the session began, then both sides stood and applauded when Odinga walked in. Kibaki's received a cool reception: Odinga and his supporters remained seated, not clapping as the president arrived.

Odinga's party spokesman, Ahmed Hashi, said that attending the parliament session convened by the president "does not mean recognizing the presidency of Kibaki."

The main business of the day was voting for a new speaker. Odinga supporters argued the balloting should not be secret, as is traditional. Lawmakers later agreed the vote should be secret, ripped up a couple of dozen ballots already cast, and held the vote again.

"We went into (the presidential) election with secret ballots and you stole it," said William Ruto, a top opposition party official who sought open balloting.

Neither party has the two-thirds majority needed to elect the speaker, and both sides have been courting legislators from minority parties in hopes of winning support. Independent Kenyan analysts have warned that both parties might be trying to bribe parliament members to secure votes.

Odinga's party, with 99 seats in the 222-seat legislature, is backing Kenneth Marende for speaker. Kibaki's, with 43 seats, is backing Francis ole Kaparo, who held the post until parliament was dissolved last year.

A week of violence after the vote killed at least 612 people and displaced hundreds of thousands, a government commission said. The crisis has crippled the country's billion-dollar tourist industry.

Former U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan was expected in Nairobi Tuesday night, but the visit was postponed several days after Annan fell ill with "severe flu," his office in Geneva said Tuesday.

Earlier in Geneva, Annan appealed for calm and alluded to protests Odinga has called for later in the week.

"Pending this (mediation), no party should ... engage in acts that complicate the search for a negotiated solution," Annan said. "The purpose of our mission is to help the Kenyan people find a peaceful and just solution to the current crisis."

Odinga has called for three days of protests across the country to start Wednesday in 41 locations in defiance of a government ban on demonstrations. Similar protests earlier this month shut down Nairobi and homes in the city's packed slums were set ablaze by rival ethnic groups.

In Nairobi's Mathare slum Tuesday, a crowd gathered outside a house that had caught fire due to an electrical fault started chanting pro- Odinga slogans when journalists were spotted. Members of Kibaki's Kikuyu tribe who tried to pass through the crowd were kicked and punched.

"The police will shoot tomorrow, but they don't have a bullet for each of us," said Cliff Owino as he picked up a lump of cement and aimed it at a fleeing Kikuyu. "These will be our bullets. This is how the war starts."

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Associated Press writers Malkhadir M. Muhumed, Katharine Houreld, Todd Pitman, Katy Pownall in Nairobi and Jan Sliva in Brussels contributed to this report.

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