THERE was applause at the Karen Country Club in Nairobi on March
9th, when Kenya's president, Mwai Kibaki, and prime minister-
elect, Raila Odinga, sauntered down the sun-soaked first tee at
the annual professional golf tournament. This was Cheshire Cat
territory, the grins unlimited and undimmed, including from the
two big men who until recently had been so opposed over a
disputed election as to drag Kenya towards civil war. Mr Odinga
called Mr Kibaki “your excellency”. Mr Kibaki raised polite
laughter by suggesting young Kenyans should take up golf as a
way to earn money.  After Kenya voted on December 27th in
parliamentary and presidential elections, the tight and probably
fraudulent result tested the country to breaking point. At least
a thousand people were slaughtered and 300,000 made homeless.
Yet for all the misery, it is possible that Kenya may emerge
stronger and more united. Fighting is now restricted to land
disputes in the Rift Valley, particularly around towering Mount
Elgon, where the army is us