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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 51 No 1
  •  8th January 2010

Drought and politics

The economy’s prospects will be deeply influenced by the constitutional referendum and probable political violence trials at the Hague. Political ructions could set back the fragile recovery and cause more capital flight. The prolonged drought has led to ...

  • Vol 50 No 25
  •  18th December 2009

Rough ride

New constitutional proposals would take powers from the presidency and give more to the regions but would not end the arguments

  • Vol 50 No 23
  •  20th November 2009

Mr Moreno-Ocampo goes to Nairobi

The President and the Premier are ambivalent about the ICC's plan to prosecute some of the political violence cases

  • Vol 50 No 21
  •  23rd October 2009

Jolly Roger justice

As attacks by Somali pirates increase in the Gulf of Aden, the trials of those captured during the last ten months begin in Mombasa

  • Vol 50 No 21
  •  23rd October 2009

Turkana hunger

As neighbouring Ethiopia takes the unusual step of asking for food aid, for 6.2 million people, Kenya's Turkana Province members of Parliament are coming under pressure to force the government to try to stem a famine which could strike early next year (AC...

  • Vol 50 No 19
  •  25th September 2009

The row over Aaron Ringera

The reappointment of the anti-corruption chief opens a rift between Parliament and President Mwai Kibaki as top politicians come under fire

  • Vol 50 No 19
  •  25th September 2009

Bondo welcomes Kibaki

A spirit of amity, barely two months old, appears to have stabilised the coalition government. It was ushered in by President Mwai Kibaki's trip to Nyanza, Prime Minister Raila Odinga's Luo stronghold, the first such visit since his controversial re-elect...

  • Vol 50 No 17
  •  28th August 2009

Who (if anybody) will try the killers?

A fair trial for murderous politicians seems as unlikely as ever, despite the latest proposal

  • Vol 50 No 17
  •  28th August 2009

Mixed messages and sanction threats

Western governments responded swiftly when last month Kenya failed to set up a special tribunal to try those responsible for the 2007 post-election violence and suggested it might use the new Truth, Justice and Reconciliation Commission instead (AC Vol 50...

  • Vol 50 No 17
  •  28th August 2009

The commissioners of the TJRC

On 3 August, the government swore in nine commissioners for its Truth, Justice and Reconciliation Commission, including six Kenyans and three foreigners.

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