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Kenya Country Report
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Found 199 articles.
- 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 ...
- Vol 49 No 18
- 05/09/2008
The evidence unfolds
Public inquiries into Kenya's electoral troubles offer a safety valve, not a solution
- Vol 49 No 18
- 05/09/2008
Commissions galore
Commissions of inquiry are the Houdini act of the Kenyan state, getting the government out of tight spots by a public display of evidence, later shelved and producing little more than rumour and speculation.
- Vol 49 No 17
- 22/08/2008
How the fighting spread
A report shows how politicians, administrators and churchmen fostered the post-election slaughter and calls for their prosecution
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