Vol 66 No 20 | KENYA Newsmakers: Kenyan youths in court 10th October 2025 The trials of over 50 activists charged with treason for offences linked to the 25 June protests against police killings and the 7 July Saba Saba (‘Seven Seven’)...
Vol 66 No 19 | KENYA A referendum redux 26th September 2025 Many see the constitutional reform bill as a means for leaders to carve out new jobs and entrench their political control Few events contributed more to William Ruto’s presidential victory in August 2022 than the collapse of the Building Bridges Initiative that April. The product of a 2018 handshake...
Vol 66 No 18 | KENYAUNITED NATIONS Relocation and dislocation 12th September 2025 The relocation of several United Nations agencies – including UN Women, the UN Children’s Fund and the UN Population Fund – to Nairobi, as part of the UN80...
Vol 66 No 17 | KENYA Looking east, Ruto targets yen and yuan 29th August 2025 As dissent mounts, the government is counting on loans, interest rate cuts and a stalled privatisation programme to ease its debt woes To ease the cashflow crisis that triggered mass protests and weakened the shilling – as the Treasury used precious dollars to pay its Eurobond debts – President William...
DISPATCHES Vol 66 No 17 | KENYA Nairobi spends US$2 million on Trump-linked lobbyists 18th August 2025 Kenyan delegation expected to visit Washington soon to discuss trade deal Kenya has signalled its intentions to kickstart talks with United States President Donald Trump’s administration on a trade deal by signing a US$2.1 million contract with Washington DC-based... READ FOR FREE
Vol 66 No 16 | KENYA Odinga’s big tent politics are close to collapse 8th August 2025 An ODM top official is threatening to quit – as party grandees jostle for influence in Ruto’s second term, unity is on borrowed time The price of propping up an unpopular president is rising for veteran opposition figure and kingmaker Raila Odinga. He still wants to chart a course that preserves his...
DISPATCHES Vol 66 No 16 | KENYA Sifuna goes rogue as ODM splits deepen 28th July 2025 Party challenge to Odinga potentially harms Ruto’s 2027 re-election bid Orange Democratic Movement General Secretary Edwin Sifuna has stepped up his attacks on the deal between his party leader Raila Odinga and President William Ruto. Sifuna says that... READ FOR FREE
Vol 66 No 16 | KENYAUGANDA London court boosts Kampala-Nairobi link 8th August 2025 The path towards a revamped passenger and freight rail link between Kenya and Uganda has become clearer, after the London Court of International Arbitration dismissed a US$2 billion...
Vol 66 No 15 | KENYA Ruto shifts from populism to authoritarianism 25th July 2025 The president’s pledge to end elite capture and patronage has been dropped for the ethnic identity politics which dominated the old one-party state President William Ruto’s falling out with his core Mount Kenya constituency – followed by the impeachment of his former deputy, Rigathi Gachagua – has become the defining crisis... READ FOR FREE
Vol 66 No 15 | KENYA Gen Z protestors vie with old politics 25th July 2025 Former Chief Justice Maraga and veteran politician Musyoka are top contenders to lead the campaign against beleaguered President Ruto With personal ratings stuck between 10 and 15%, few dispute that President William Ruto is toxically unpopular – especially among young Kenyans. Yet most expect him to be...