Vol 42 No 16 | KENYA Après Moi, maybe 10th August 2001 The President is on his way out – in his own time and on his own terms The fin de siècle has been delayed. Among party hacks, journalists, and commission agents, the gossip is dominated by Daniel arap Moi's exit from the all-powerful presidency after...
Vol 42 No 15 | KENYASUDAN Zero-rated 27th July 2001 Kenya's role as Chair of the principle Sudan peace forum is under threat after claims that it was negotiating to import oil from Sudan. Oil is at the...
Vol 42 No 13 | KENYA Drive my tractor 29th June 2001 Moi's new coalition government, the first since 1963, is meant to scare the Kikuyu The government's announcement of its new coalition took even some of its members by surprise. On 11 June, the radio announced that Raila Amolo Odinga and his colleagues...
Vol 42 No 13 | KENYA Financial squeeze on KANU bosses 29th June 2001 It's not just on the political front that the ruling elite of the Kenya African National Union and its cronies are facing financial problems:
Vol 42 No 11 | KENYAUNITED STATES Follow me, follow 1st June 2001 The United States fears East Africa may follow West Africa into chronic instability. Secretary of State Colin L. Powell, visiting Kenya last week, had two symptoms of regional...
Vol 42 No 7 | KENYA Leave it to Sally 6th April 2001 The President's bright woman takes over from the dream team President Daniel arap Moi declared last month that women don't reach the pinnacle of public life because their brains are too small. Shortly afterwards, he appointed Dr. Sally...
Vol 42 No 6 | KENYA Rose thou art sick 23rd March 2001 The position of Civil Service chief Richard Leakey is threatened by court proceedings alleging that he unconstitutionally intervened in a fraud case against the Dutch Bank ABN-Amro. The...
Vol 42 No 5 | KENYA Cat and mouse 9th March 2001 Constitutionally President Moi must step down from office but he may still hold onto the levers of power When President Daniel arap Moi met the President of the World Bank, James Wolfensohn, and the Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund, Horst Köhler, Kenya's stalled economic...
Vol 42 No 5 | KENYA Bretton Woods at Dunsinane 9th March 2001 Kenya knew that World Bank President James Wolfensohn and International Monetary Fund Managing Director Horst Köhler wanted to meet Daniel arap Moi in person, with no advisors or...
Vol 41 No 18 | KENYA A soldier's story 15th September 2000 Political risk and ethnic balance weigh heavily as President Moi decides whether the army chief should go His close friends wouldn't claim that Lieutenant General Daudi Tonje is a popular head of the armed forces but they insist he's a good one. Few in the...