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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 52 No 15
  •  22nd July 2011

Nairobi needs its fix

Politicians and police show no signs of investigating two people named as ‘drugs kingpins’ by the US government

  • Vol 52 No 14
  •  8th July 2011

Checkpoint Nairobi

The Kenyan at the centre of the Triton Oil scandal, Yagnesh Devani, argues his case against extradition to Kenya on charges of fraud worth $38 mn. in London on 11 July (AC Vol 51 No 4, Maize splits the Grand Coalition).

  • Vol 52 No 13
  •  24th June 2011

The trouble with Tobiko

Under the new constitution, the DPP should be independent of the executive but the nomination of Keriako Tobiko prompts questions from MPs

  • Vol 52 No 12
  •  10th June 2011

Ocampo tries to protect the evidence

The Hague is set to hear the case against the Ocampo Six as attention shifts to disclosure of evidence to the defence

  • Vol 52 No 11
  •  27th May 2011

Bellingham brings warrants

Britain’s Africa Minister Henry Bellingham was in Nairobi ‘promoting British interests’, officials said. However, few expected that to include delivering extradition warrants for two prominent Kenyans for fraud and money-laundering.

  • Vol 52 No 9
  •  29th April 2011

Politics of prices

Civic activists and trades unionists are mobilising in Nairobi and Mombasa against skyrocketing food and fuel prices. The Central Organisation for Trades Unions demands a 60% increase in the minimum wage and threatens a national strike. Since January...

  • Vol 52 No 8
  •  15th April 2011

Six in the dock

Suspects played the ethnic card during mass rallies at home before flying to the Netherlands to appear in court

  • Vol 52 No 8
  •  15th April 2011

Through the Wikihole

The publication by WikiLeaks of the US Nairobi Embassy’s cables affords a unique and stark view of the country’s ruling figures

  • Vol 52 No 6
  •  18th March 2011

On to the trial

Despite a dissident judge and government lobbying, the ICC is set to try six politicians accused of mass murder and has issued summonses

  • Vol 52 No 4
  •  18th February 2011

First pick your judge

President Kibaki is undermining efforts to reform the judiciary as he protects his allies from prosecution

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