afrol News, 14 February - Kenyan Foreign Minister has swiftly reacted to the comments by a British diplomat that the constituted Kenyan government does not represent the democratic will of Kenyan people.

In an interview with a local television station [KTN], British High Commissioner to Kenya, Adam Wood said, "having seen the irregularities in the presidential elections documented by the whole range of the observer missions including the European Union, we do not find the government as presently constituted represents the democratic will of Kenyan people."

Wood was earlier on summoned by the Kenyan Foreign Ministry over the statement of a British Foreign Office Minister that UK did not recognise the Kibaki government. The British envoy reiterated that Britain maintained its stance on the Kenyan government.

In his sharp reaction to Wood's interview, Kenyan Foreign Minister, Moses Wetangula, said it was not after all necessary to get the "nod or the stamp of confirmation" from its former colonial power, Britain.

“We have acted with restraint that continued provocation will not be tolerated further and the government will not hesitate to take appropriate remedial measures," a statement from the Foreign Affairs Ministry said.

Kenya and Britain resumed their war of words after the British Minister for African Affairs, Mark Malloch-Brown, visited Kenya and held talks with President Kibaki whose re-election had been mired by bloody unrest that killed about 1,000 people and displaced
over 600,000.

Mediators are confident that the crisis talks coordinated by the former UN chief, Kofi Annan, would yields positive results.

By staff writer

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