NAIROBI, Jan 15 (Reuters) - Kenya's opposition won the post of speaker of parliament on Tuesday, confirming its supremacy in the house and spelling legislative problems for President Mwai Kibaki after a disputed presidential election.

After three rounds of votes, Kenneth Marende, candidate of the Orange Democratic Movement (ODM), achieved the required simple majority to become speaker in the first session of parliament since the dispute unleashed a wave of political and ethnic violence.

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