The country's National Council of Churches called on both President Kibaki and Prime Minister Odinga to resign.

"The cabinet is not listening to the feelings of the people who elected them," said Edward Karanja Kariuki of the National Council of Churches, after the government failed to reach a decision as to how to try those accuse of involvement in the violence.

He said people were "losing confidence with the parliament, losing confidence with the leadership of the country" and described the lack of decision after Thursday's meeting as "rather disappointing".

Kariuki described the cabinet as "highly polarised" and said this was the reason for the deadlock.

"The majority of them think they are culprits because they know the roles they played in the post-election violence. And so it is rather difficult for the cabinet to come up with a rational position," Kariuki said.