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Kenya's Parties Envision Merger²

Katy Salmon³

Nairobi

24 Aug 2001 19:46 UTC

 

Kenya's ruling party today Friday has agreed to begin 1)merger talks with the National Development Party.

There was an air of excitement at the 2)joint⁴ conference of the ruling Kanu party and the National Development Party. The more than 6,000 3)delegates at the conference agreed on the formation of a joint 4)committee to merge¹ their two parties.

Ochieng Chieng, a delegate from NDP, says he is very pleased his party may join with Kanu. "It's the right formula in the question of nation building," he said. "I'm so excited, I'm so excited because it was long overdue⁵. It can't be New Kanu, neither can it be new NDP. We have to find a new name that will incorporate both the parties. The new party should just be called Kanu-NDP New Front."

Despite Friday's agreement on talks, some senior figures in the ruling Kanu Party are so 5)hostile to the merger that they did not even want the joint conference to take place.

President Daniel arap Moi is 6)constitutionally bound to retire, and there is intense behind-the-scenes competition to succeed him. Many in the ruling Kanu party fear that President Moi is so eager to get the leader of the NDP, Raila Odinga, to agree to the merger of the two parties that he might even promise to support him for president in next year's elections.

According to the NDP's national 7)treasurer, Peter Odoyo, the terms of the merger between the two parties have yet to be decided⁶, but he makes it clear that his party's attitude toward the merger will depend on what happens to Mr. Odinga.

"I think the terms and conditions will determine our level of happiness," said Mr. Odoyo. "Raila obviously is a leader who is young and has got opportunities and the kind of changes that are coming up he will be a key and a major player. We would like to see him as the head of this country when Moi retires obviously."

If the Kanu/NDP merger does go ahead smoothly⁷, Kenya's 8)fragmented opposition⁸ parties will have to cooperate more than they ever have in the past if they are to have any chance in next year's 9)presidential elections.

 

 

(1)      merger[5m:dVE(r)]n.合并, 归并

(2)      joint[dVCInt]adj.共同的, 联合的, 连接的, 合办的

(3)      delegate[5delI^Et]n.代表vt.委派...为代表

(4)      committee[kE5mItI]n.委员会

(5)      hostile[5hRstaIl; (?@) 5hBstl]adj.敌对的, 敌方的n.敌对

(6)      constitutionally[9kCnstI`tjU:FEnElI]adv.本质地, 天生, 体质上

(7)      treasurer[5treVErE(r)]n.司库, 财务员, 出纳员

(8)      fragmented[ frA^`mentId, `frA^mEntId ]adj.成碎片的, 片断的

(9)      presidential[9prezI`denFLl]adj.总统的

 

 

1 merge   

v.(使)结合，(使)合并，(使)合为一体

参考例句：

• I can merge my two small businesses into a large one.我可以将我的两家小商店合并为一家大商行。
• The directors have decided to merge the two small firms together.董事们已决定把这两家小商号归并起来。

2 merger   

n.企业合并，并吞

参考例句：

• Acceptance of the offer is the first step to a merger.对这项提议的赞同是合并的第一步。
• Shareholders will be voting on the merger of the companies.股东们将投票表决公司合并问题。

3 salmon   

n.鲑，大马哈鱼，橙红色的

参考例句：

• We saw a salmon jumping in the waterfall there.我们看见一条大马哈鱼在那边瀑布中跳跃。
• Do you have any fresh salmon in at the moment?现在有新鲜大马哈鱼卖吗？

4 joint   

adj.联合的，共同的；n.关节，接合处；v.连接，贴合

参考例句：

• I had a bad fall,which put my shoulder out of joint.我重重地摔了一跤，肩膀脫臼了。
• We wrote a letter in joint names.我们联名写了封信。

5 overdue   

adj.过期的，到期未付的；早该有的，迟到的

参考例句：

• The plane is overdue and has been delayed by the bad weather.飞机晚点了，被坏天气耽搁了。
• The landlady is angry because the rent is overdue.女房东生气了，因为房租过期未付。

6 decided   

adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的

参考例句：

• This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
• There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。

7 smoothly   

adv.平滑地，顺利地，流利地，流畅地

参考例句：

• The workmen are very cooperative,so the work goes on smoothly.工人们十分合作，所以工作进展顺利。
• Just change one or two words and the sentence will read smoothly.这句话只要动一两个字就顺了。

8 opposition   

n.反对，敌对

参考例句：

• The party leader is facing opposition in his own backyard.该党领袖在自己的党內遇到了反对。
• The police tried to break down the prisoner's opposition.警察设法制住了那个囚犯的反抗。