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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 1
  •  7th January 2011

ICC has Kenyan politicians on the run

The Kenyan Parliament has been tying itself in constitutional knots after passing a motion – which risks being in conflict with the new constitution – to repeal the International Criminal Act. The motion by Isaac Ruto, a member of parliament from the Oran...

  • Vol 51 No 25
  •  17th December 2010

Ocampo names six suspects

President Mwai Kibaki’s government is in turmoil following the naming of some of its ministers as responsible for the post-election violence in 2008

  • Vol 51 No 25
  •  17th December 2010

Don’t be vague, let’s go to the Hague

A day after Prosecutor Luis Moreno Ocampo’s 15 December naming of the six people wanted by the International Criminal Court, Kenya’s Parliament was debating a private member’s bill. It was brought by William Ruto’s ally, Isaac Ruto (no relation), and prop...

  • Vol 51 No 24
  •  3rd December 2010

Ruto takes on the courts

Sacked from the cabinet and accused of involvement in the 2007 election violence, William Ruto comes out fighting

  • Vol 51 No 21
  •  22nd October 2010

A rope for Ruto

The suspension of Higher Education Minister William Ruto, 43, from cabinet on 19 October marks the second phase of the Kalenjin leader’s political isolation. Although State House said Ruto had been ‘stood aside’ (the awkward parlance for such suspensions ...

  • Vol 51 No 20
  •  8th October 2010

How Kibaki blocks the ICC

The International Criminal Court is blocked at every turn as it tries to investigate political violence

  • Vol 51 No 18
  •  10th September 2010

A suspect at the parade

In one fell swoop, the Khartoum government strengthens President Omer el Beshir and undermines the Nairobi government’s new constitution

  • Vol 51 No 18
  •  10th September 2010

Wetangula – MP for Khartoum North

Was the invitation to Sudan’s President Omer Hassan Ahmed el Beshir for the promulgation of Kenya’s new constitution another attempt by the securocracy to frustrate a new dispensation? It certainly delayed the rehabilitation of Kenya’s battered internatio...

  • Vol 51 No 17
  •  27th August 2010

Turning a corner

Kenya is euphoric again. After barely averting civil war following the 2007 elections, the approval of a new constitution by referendum marks a dramatic turn in the country’s political fortunes (AC Vol 51 No 16). The 27 August launch of the constitution, ...

  • Vol 51 No 16
  •  6th August 2010

This time a peaceful vote

After a decisive referendum, Kenyans have a constitution that will shake up both the political system and the party fiefdoms

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