Kenya

Kenya

Population: 42.1 mn.
GDP: 41.8 bn.
Debt: 8.4 bn.
Overview:

Prime Minister Raila Odinga is the favourite to win the presidency in the March elections but he will struggle to implement his ambitious reforms. If his International Criminal Court-indicted rivals Uhuru Kenyatta and William Ruto were to win, Kenya would plunge into crisis. More security threats loom in the Coast and North-East

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  • Vol 54 No 12
  •  7th June 2013

Bringing it all back home

The International Criminal Court’s offer to hold the trial of William Ruto in East Africa could be an astute compromise

  • Vol 54 No 10
  •  10th May 2013

Diplomatic diversions

After President Kenyatta’s brief encounter with British Premier Cameron, both are preparing for more trouble over the International Criminal Court cases

  • Vol 54 No 10
  •  10th May 2013

Essential contact, the Cameron way

President Uhuru Kenyatta met British Prime Minister David Cameron briefly the morning before the London Conference on Somalia opened on 7 May. To Kenyatta’s Press Office, the encounter consisted of ‘bilateral talks’ but until Africa Confidential telephone...

  • Vol 54 No 9
  •  26th April 2013

Rise of the professionals

The appointment of non-politicians to cabinet posts, a provision of the new constitution, concentrates power in Kenyatta’s hands

  • Vol 54 No 6
  •  15th March 2013

The closest of shaves

Prime Minister Raila Odinga is challenging Uhuru Kenyatta’s narrow win in court after a spate of technical failures at the electoral commission

  • Vol 54 No 6
  •  15th March 2013

Credibility of the IEBC under fire

A detailed report claiming widespread incompetence and corruption at the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission may prove another blow to its standing as it seeks to defend its credibility against election petitions in the Supreme Court.

  • Vol 54 No 6
  •  15th March 2013

A very British coup

The Jubilee Alliance plays the conspiracy card on the old colonial power and turns up trumps

  • Vol 54 No 5
  •  1st March 2013

Jubilee aims to win it in one

The Kenyatta and Ruto team is gathering support and pulling out all the stops to win the presidency in the first round

  • Vol 54 No 5
  •  1st March 2013

Pitfalls ahead for foreigners

The Kenyan elections and the International Criminal Court case against presidential candidate Uhuru Kenyatta and his running mate William Ruto pose serious challenges to foreign business. Britain and the United States have both made it clear that they wou...

  • Vol 54 No 5
  •  1st March 2013

Swing counties hold the key

A second presidential round is likely to focus attention on counties where the vote could go either way

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