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Kenya Country Report
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Found 182 articles.
- Vol 50 No 20
- 08/10/2009
Leaving the door open
Eighteen months after the murderous clashes, the government remains ambivalent about trying the sponsors of the post-election violence
- Vol 50 No 19
- 25/09/2009
The row over Aaron Ringera
The reappointment of the anti-corruption chief opens a rift between Parliament and President Mwai Kibaki as top politicians come under fire
- Vol 50 No 19
- 25/09/2009
Bondo welcomes Kibaki
A spirit of amity, barely two months old, appears to have stabilised the coalition government. It was ushered in by President Mwai Kibaki's trip to Nyanza, Prime Minister Raila Odinga's Luo stronghold, the first such visit since his controversial re-el...
- Vol 50 No 17
- 28/08/2009
Who (if anybody) will try the killers?
A fair trial for murderous politicians seems as unlikely as ever, despite the latest proposal
- Vol 50 No 17
- 28/08/2009
Mixed messages and sanction threats
Western governments responded swiftly when last month Kenya failed to set up a special tribunal to try those responsible for the 2007 post-election violence and suggested it might use the new Truth, Justice and Reconciliation Commission instead (AC Vol...
- Vol 50 No 17
- 28/08/2009
The commissioners of the TJRC
On 3 August, the government swore in nine commissioners for its Truth, Justice and Reconciliation Commission, including six Kenyans and three foreigners.
- Vol 50 No 16
- 07/08/2009
The hard road to truth, justice and reconciliation
President Mwai Kibaki's 23 July appointment of Bethuel Kiplagat to chair Kenya's newly created Truth, Justice and Reconciliation Commission is problematic. Some suspect the government will use the TJRC to exonerate any senior politician convicted of elect...
- Vol 50 No 16
- 07/08/2009
A 'government of national impunity'
The fractious coalition government of President Mwai Kibaki and Premier Raila Odinga may have finally agreed on something: to let impunity reign. Kenyans speak of the transition from a 'government of national unity' to a 'government of national impunit...
- Vol 50 No 15
- 24/07/2009
Kofi Annan puts politicians on the spot over poll violence
Options narrow after the International Criminal Court receives the list of suspects
- Vol 50 No 15
- 24/07/2009
Kenyan politicians face new deadline
Kofi Annan, the former United Nations Secretary General, made his announcement about handing over the envelope containing the list of the accused to the International Criminal Court just six days after meeting a Kenyan government delegation in Geneva, ...
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