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Kenya Country Report
news from Kenya
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Found 182 articles.
- Vol 50 No 4
- 20/02/2009
The briefcase tycoon is back
The Triton saga highlights the resurfacing of the Daniel arap Moi-era briefcase tycoon - young, brash and politically protected. Kenyan politicians prefer to work with Asian-origin businessmen: the ideal combination is a small-time player with good fi...
- Vol 50 No 3
- 06/02/2009
Serious fraud hunt
Britain's Serious Fraud Office announced on 4 February that it is closing its 'investigation into contracts secured with the Kenyan government by Anglo-Leasing finance and related business'. This coincides with the publication in London of 'It's our tu...
- Vol 49 No 25
- 12/12/2008
More unga than chungwa
A year after the flawed elections, much of the fire has gone out of the once radical opposition Orange Democratic Movement. Odinga, the firebrand ODM leader, held a meeting for his constituents in Nairobi’s Kibera’s slum to thank them for voting for him. ...
- Vol 49 No 25
- 12/12/2008
Who fixed the election and how
The first of the two commissions on Kenya’s election crisis – both advocated by former United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan and his group of eminent persons – was charged with investigating the conduct of the elections at all stages. Retired South ...
- Vol 49 No 25
- 12/12/2008
Hunting the killers
The Commission of Inquiry into Post-Election Violence was chaired by Kenya’s Justice Phillip Waki and included Gavin A. McFadyen, former Assistant Commissioner for Operations in the New Zealand Police, and Pascal Kambale, a Congolese human rights speciali...
- Vol 49 No 22
- 31/10/2008
Calling politicians to account
The Waki report on post-election violence names names, tells tales and could help clear up the nation's politics
- Vol 49 No 22
- 31/10/2008
The Waki report
Justice Philip Waki produces a devastating critique of Kenya's political class and business elite
- Vol 49 No 22
- 31/10/2008
Pirates and tanks
The news that the arms onboard the hijacked MV Faina were destined for the Government of Southern Sudan – via Kenyan end-user certificates and covert transport – has damaged Nairobi-Khartoum relations (AC Vol 49 No 20) and may lead to the cancellatio...
- Vol 49 No 20
- 03/10/2008
Another ethnic scramble
A well-intentioned reform threatens the country's regional parties and alliances
- Vol 49 No 20
- 03/10/2008
Arms and the boys
Somalia's pirates are busy guarding the 33 Ukrainian tanks and other equipment captured on the MV Faina on 25 September. United States' naval vessels surround the ship and the Russian navy is authorised by Somali authorities to use force to liberate ...
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