Last updated: 1 may, 2009 - 04:17 GMT

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The battle to get Kenya's beleaguered unity government working has hit some pretty significant bedrooms.

On Wednesday women activists announced that they were imposing a seven day ban on sex with their partners in a bid to stop the incessant bickering that's led to a virtual political stalemate within the country.

They called on the wives of the president and the prime minister to join in the embargo.

The wife of Kenya's Prime Minister, Raila Odinga, Ida Odinga, says she's firmly on the "no reforms, no sex" bandwagon.

Our Nairobi reporter Robert Kiptoo met Ida Odinga and asked her why women were using sex as a weapon for political ends.

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