Vol 55 No 24 | KENYA Attacks claim securocrats 5th December 2014 President Uhuru Kenyatta's sacking of two top officials in response to devastating attacks by Al Haraka al Shabaab al Mujahideen seems unlikely to appease an outraged public. Secur...
Vol 55 No 23 | KENYABRITAIN Bribery trial 21st November 2014 Three staff and one agent of a British company which printed ballot papers for several African elections are on trial in London accused of corruptly obtaining contracts in Kenya, G...
Vol 55 No 22 | KENYA An executive not executing 7th November 2014 Alarm grows over the government’s failure to deliver and to get organised amidst ever more visible signs of cronyism While confusion reigns in Kenya’s public service, the patterns of governance under President Uhuru Kenyatta are becoming clearer. Squabbling between cabinet secretaries and t...
Vol 55 No 21 | KENYA Bad time for an oil boom 24th October 2014 Governance issues would be complicated enough if it weren’t also for the arrival of new guests at the feast Like its neighbours Tanzania and Uganda, Kenya has found that hydrocarbon discoveries require complicated legal and institutional reforms to manage the resource and deal with inves...
Vol 55 No 20 | KENYA Drama in court 10th October 2014 Some 140 members of parliament turned President Uhuru Kenyatta's first appearance at the International Criminal Court on 8 October into something of a circus. Nairobi Senator Mike ...
Vol 55 No 19 | KENYA Security changes mark a sombre anniversary 25th September 2014 A year after the Westgate Mall siege, President Kenyatta is reorganising the security services as Somali and local jihadists continue their attacks The wide-ranging calls for a full inquiry into the handling of the attack by Al Haraka al Shabaab al Mujahideen on the Westgate Shopping Mall a year ago have been met with a confus... READ FOR FREE
Vol 55 No 16 | KENYA Who owns what? 8th August 2014 Vast sums of money and political loyalties are at stake as the land clashes spread President Uhuru Kenyatta has belatedly moved to stem the violence over land ownership in Coast Province but the delay has allowed conflict to become entrenched. His 31 July order f...
Vol 55 No 15 | KENYA Opposition misses tricks 25th July 2014 Despite a security crisis and economic woes, Raila Odinga is failing to capitalise on the government’s troubles Attempts by opposition leader Raila Amolo Odinga to put himself back on the political map are failing to spark the public imagination. The former Prime Minister's re-launch followi...
Vol 55 No 14 | KENYA A rally, not a revolt 11th July 2014 The opposition is back in business but it is caught between the national security crisis and the government’s heavy-handed response The opposition parties may have failed to pack out Nairobi's Uhuru Park at the long-awaited rally on 7 July but they set out the first credible political challenge to President Uhu... READ FOR FREE
Vol 55 No 13 | KENYA Confused response to terror attacks 19th June 2014 President Kenyatta claimed 'local political networks' were to blame for the atrocities on the Coast. It’s not the only bizarre circumstance of the shootings The spectre of a breakdown in Kenya's national security faces President Uhuru Kenyatta in the wake of terrorist attacks on the north-eastern coast that claimed more than 50 lives. ...
