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Kenya
Population: 39.7 mn.
GDP: 32.0 bn.
Debt: 5.7 bn.
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New, independent judges may block some candidates for the presidential election when the ICC confirms the charges against the Ocampo Six. The Somalia incursion could fizzle out or turn into a quagmire but Al Shabaab-inspired terrorism will increase regardless. 

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  • Vol 48 No 20
  •  5th October 2007

The opposition advantage

President Kibaki campaigns on his record but opposition leader Raila Odinga is bolstered by regional discontents

  • Vol 48 No 19
  •  21st September 2007

Trebles all round

It was no coincidence that the sudden decision by MPs last week to support a long-prepared amendment barring Kenya’s Anti-Corruption Commission from investigating cases prior to May 2003 followed the leaking of a private report describing how the Moi fami...

  • Vol 48 No 18
  •  7th September 2007

Leaky bucket

The leaking of a report detailing how former President Daniel arap Moi's family and associates have stolen more than US$2 billion of state revenues was timed to cause maximum embarrassment for President Mwai Kibaki. The previous week, Moi had pledged to b...

  • Vol 48 No 17
  •  24th August 2007

Politicians overboard

Two key players have jumped from the opposition coalition but that will not assure President Kibaki of victory

  • Vol 48 No 17
  •  24th August 2007

Tinga's tractor in top gear

Above all, he is unpredictable and indefatigable: that is how an old associate sums up Raila Amolo Odinga. He has plenty of charisma for his rousing speeches in the slums and poverty-stricken villages. His tactical skills and ideological pragmatism - many...

  • Vol 48 No 12
  •  8th June 2007

Campaign confusion

Rival personalities and ethnicities divide the coalitions seeking power in December

  • Vol 48 No 12
  •  8th June 2007

Terror comes home to roost

A concerted attack on the violent Mungiki sect began in earnest on 4 June after two police officers were shot dead in the Mathare slums, a stronghold of the group. Police shot around 25 people dead and arrested over 300.

  • Vol 48 No 8
  •  13th April 2007

Rendition confusion

The United States' War on Terror is catching many innocent people in its crossfire and hundreds of these are held incommunicado by the Ethiopian and Kenyan authorities on suspicion of terrorism, according to US-based Human Rights Watch (HRW) and Britain's...

  • Vol 48 No 7
  •  30th March 2007

No-party politics rule

A failed London fund-raiser exposes the money wrangles behind the opposition's usual splits

  • Vol 48 No 7
  •  30th March 2007

Coming to the aid of the parties

Much of the Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) strife is caused by money wars. The Secretariat was run on voluntary contributions from ODM members of parliament, whose remittances dried up once Stephen Musyoka's allies and others began complaining that Pete...

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