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Kenya

Population: 35.1 million
GNI: $20500 million
Debt: $5500 million
Overview: Political tensions will stay high as international mediators urge Mwai Kibaki and Raila Odinga to share power. The threat of governmental stalemate and communal violence damages the economy.

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  • Vol 48 No 21
  • 19/10/2007

Wait while we connect you

The privatisation of East Africa’s biggest cellphone company unveils a political and corporate scandal

  • Vol 48 No 20
  • 05/10/2007

The opposition advantage

President Kibaki campaigns on his record but opposition leader Raila Odinga is bolstered by regional discontents

  • Vol 48 No 19
  • 21/09/2007

Trebles all round

It was no coincidence that the sudden decision by MPs last week to support a long-prepared amendment barring Kenya’s Anti-Corruption Commission from investigating cases prior to May 2003 followed the leaking of a private report describing how the Moi f...

  • Vol 48 No 18
  • 07/09/2007

Leaky bucket

The leaking of a report detailing how former President Daniel arap Moi's family and associates have stolen more than US$2 billion of state revenues was timed to cause maximum embarrassment for President Mwai Kibaki. The previous week, Moi had pledged ...

  • Vol 48 No 17
  • 24/08/2007

Politicians overboard

Two key players have jumped from the opposition coalition but that will not assure President Kibaki of victory

  • Vol 48 No 17
  • 24/08/2007

Tinga's tractor in top gear

Above all, he is unpredictable and indefatigable: that is how an old associate sums up Raila Amolo Odinga. He has plenty of charisma for his rousing speeches in the slums and poverty-stricken villages. His tactical skills and ideological pragmatism - m...

  • Vol 48 No 12
  • 08/06/2007

Campaign confusion

Rival personalities and ethnicities divide the coalitions seeking power in December

  • Vol 48 No 12
  • 08/06/2007

TERROR COMES HOME TO ROOST

A concerted attack on the violent Mungiki sect began in earnest on 4 June after two police officers were shot dead in the Mathare slums, a stronghold of the group. Police shot around 25 people dead and arrested over 300.

  • Vol 48 No 8
  • 13/04/2007

RENDITION CONFUSION

The United States' War on Terror is catching many innocent people in its crossfire and hundreds of these are held incommunicado by the Ethiopian and Kenyan authorities on suspicion of terrorism, according to US-based Human Rights Watch (HRW) and Britai...

  • Vol 48 No 7
  • 30/03/2007

No-party politics rule

A failed London fund-raiser exposes the money wrangles behind the opposition's usual splits

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