CHRONOLOGY-Kenya in crisis after disputed election

(Reuters) - Following is a chronology since December 27 presidential and parliamentary elections:

December 30, 2007 - Electoral Commission declares Kibaki re-elected and he is hurriedly sworn in. Riots erupt as his rival, Raila Odinga, says the vote was stolen.

January 4, 2008 - Kibaki says he will accept an election re-run if a court orders it. The next day, he says he is ready to form a government of national unity. The opposition rejects the offer.

January 8 - Kibaki announces 17 ministers for his new cabinet. Protesters burn barricades in response.

January 15 - Parliament is convened. The opposition, which won a majority of seats, takes the post of speaker.

January 24 - Former U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan, mediating in the crisis, brings Kibaki and Odinga together for their first meeting since the crisis began.

January 28 - Opposition legislator Melitus Were is shot dead outside his home in Nairobi, triggering more rioting and ethnic killings.

February 5 - Red Cross says the death toll from Kenya's bloodletting has risen to at least 1,000.

February 16 - U.S. President George W. Bush, on a visit to Africa, backs a power sharing deal for Kenya.