Nairobi - Kenyan Prime Minister Raila Odinga's party was Monday holding crisis talks after President Mwai Kibaki signed into law a media bill opposed by Odinga.

Odinga's Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) fears that Kibaki is increasingly going his own way and ignoring the premier, who was appointed this year as part of a power-sharing deal that ended Kenya's bloody post-election violence.

Around 1,500 died and hundreds of thousands fled after Odinga accused Kibaki's Party of National Unity (PNU) of stealing last December's presidential elections.

Many Kenyans are concerned that if the coalition collapses there could be a repeat of the tribal violence.

The coalition has shown cracks before, but Kibaki now appears to have enraged Odinga.

Odinga criticized the bill, which journalists say will be used to muzzle the press, and asked Kibaki not to sign it.

The bill authorizes raids on media houses, phone taps and the control of broadcast content. (dpa)