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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 4
  •  16th February 2007

Odinga and the Oranges

The opposition alliance shows its fault-lines as it tries to choose a flagbearer

  • Vol 48 No 4
  •  16th February 2007

Ethnic alarums

More than most countries, Kenya's politics is about winning over ethnic constituencies and building powerful coalitions. Recently, Kenyans have heard warnings about the dangers of ethnic violence ahead of December's elections, sounded by President Mwai Ki...

  • Vol 47 No 25
  •  15th December 2006

Knocking out the lion's teeth

The opposition claims the youth vote but 75 year-old President Kibaki remains the favourite in next year's polls

  • Vol 47 No 25
  •  15th December 2006

Crossed lines

Britain's Vodafone PLC and the Kenyan government face awkward questions about the establishment of Kenya's largest mobile phone company, Safaricom, following the discovery that a hitherto unknown company called Mobitelea holds a 5% stake in the business.

  • Vol 47 No 24
  •  1st December 2006

Comeback couples

Former President Daniel arap Moi's endorsement of Nicholas Biwott on 25 November as KANU Chairman instead of Uhuru Kenyatta was designed to scupper hopes for a broad-based opposition against President Mwai Kibaki's government.

  • Vol 47 No 23
  •  17th November 2006

Turki's landing

Sheikh Hassan Abdullah Hamid Turki, leading radical in Somalia's Supreme Islamic Courts Council (SICC) and high on the United States' terrorist list, is reported to have been wounded in recent fighting in Buuale. This follows a very bizarre episode at Nai...

  • Vol 47 No 21
  •  20th October 2006

The anti-corruption collapse

The failure of Justice Ringera's investigations reinforces the growing criminalisation of the state

  • Vol 47 No 21
  •  20th October 2006

Brothers in Armenia

The report of the Presidential Commission of Inquiry into the activities of the so-called Armenian brothers - Artur Margaryan and Artur Sargasyan - uncovers a pattern of fraud and corruption in the police, customs and immigration services - and in Kenya's...

  • Vol 47 No 17
  •  25th August 2006

A political resurrection

A slew of by-election victories and a vigourous political roadshow have boosted President Kibaki's chances of success next year

  • Vol 47 No 17
  •  25th August 2006

Presidential hopefuls take to the road

Kenyan politics is based on ethnic and regional support. No party can win outright, yet most presidential hopefuls dislike the notion of coalitions. With national elections just over a year ahead, they are already campaigning hard.

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