Abuja - Kenyan Prime Minister Raila Odinga has said that the power-sharing model used to end the post-election chaos in his own country should not be used as a blanket solution for African states.

"You cannot institutionalize power-sharing as a way of transforming democracy," Odinga said during a visit to Nigeria.

"This would mean we would have incumbents who resist a change after being defeated ... and refuse to accept the will of the people in the hope that there will be a power-sharing arrangement," he added.

More than 1,500 people died in clashes between rival tribes affiliated to political parties and hundreds of thousands were forced to flee their homes during the post-election violence earlier this year.

The clashes were prompted by Orange Democratic Movement leader Odinga's accusation that President Mwai Kibaki's Party of National Unity had rigged the elections.

Calm returned after several months and a deal negotiated by Annan saw the creation of a power-sharing government, with Odinga sworn in as prime minister in April.

Odinga said the only way to deal with electoral fraud was through reforms that would see the emergence of independent electoral bodies presiding over elections.

The Kenyan premier has called for the country's electoral commission to resign after an independent inquiry said the election was characterized by widespread bribery, vote-buying, intimidation and ballot-stuffing and recommended the commission be replaced or reformed. (dpa)