The suspension on 8 April of negotiations over cabinet portfolios
risks taking the country back to the turmoil of January and February.
Just after Raila Odinga's Orange Democratic Movement announced
that it was pulling out of the talks, violence broke ...
Following the political deal this month, Kenyans are hoping for another deal to restart the economy. Conservative estimates put the cost of the post-election crisis at around US$1.5 billion and the loss of more than 1,000 lives. Yet the effects of more th...
Formed a decade ago, Trans-Century Limited has grown over the
past five years to become the biggest private equity firm in East
Africa, with a multimillion dollar portfolio. It has interests
in cabling, information technology, power, rail transport, ha...
President Mwai Kibaki and putative Prime Minister Raila
Odinga spent the day together at the Karen Open, Nairobi's
most prestigious golf tournament on 10 March. Spectacularly out
of place on the golf course in ties and suits, the two politicians
smile...
A compromise deal has pulled the rival parties back from the brink but much detail still has to be resolved
In the aftermath of the signing of the power-sharing agreement
on 28 February, Raila Odinga turned to his adversary, addressing
him as 'My countryman, President Mwai Kibaki'. Ever the
politician, 63-year-old Odinga always publicly refers to 76-year-old...
Signs of progress, however elusive, are boosting hopes for a deal but the militias are rearming - just in case
Outsiders have been belatedly increasing pressure on Kenya's
feuding politicians as former United Nations Secretary General
Kofi Annan moved the negotiating teams to the secluded
Kilaguni Safari Lodge in the Tsavo West National Park. The cacophony
of ...
After another spate of murderous attacks and high level political obstruction, many see military intervention as a desperate remedy
Confidence at State House was knocked by their party’s appalling parliamentary results in the 27 December elections and the furore over the disputed presidential vote. For several days, President Mwai Kibaki’s officials seemed chronically divided over pol...
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