DISPATCHES Vol 65 No 3 | KENYA Judges sink Ruto's plan to send police to Haiti 30th January 2024 A High Court ruling has said Kenya's National Police Force cannot be deployed to keep peace outside the country The prospects for a United Nations-backed plan for Kenya to deploy 1,000 police officers to Haiti to combat armed gangs have receded after the High Court in Nairobi ruled that it w... READ FOR FREE
Vol 65 No 3 | KENYA 14-year-old case reaches court 1st February 2024 After fleeing Kenya in late 2008 and resisting extradition from the United Kingdom since 2011, the former CEO of Triton Oil, one of Kenya's biggest oil importers, Yagnesh Devani, i...
Vol 65 No 2 | KENYA Judges stand up as Ruto takes them on 18th January 2024 Chief Justice Martha Koome has pushed back hard after the President accused the judiciary of chronic corruption The presidency could lose badly if the sniping between it and the judiciary escalates. In his New Year's address, President William Ruto accused opposition leaders of using the cou...
DISPATCHES Vol 65 No 2 | KENYATANZANIA Crisis talks due as airline clash escalates 16th January 2024 The latest cargo flight trade row threatens to cause economic pain for everyone Tanzania's foreign minister January Makamba and Kenyan counterpart Musalia Mudavadi are set to hold emergency talks to resolve the latest tit-for-tat trade row between Nairobi and ... READ FOR FREE
DISPATCHES Vol 65 No 2 | KENYAHAITI Not enough cops, too much corruption 11th January 2024 Critics of President Ruto's plan to deploy police support to Port au Prince are adding to logistical delays The scale of the challenge facing the Kenyan police as they prepare to support the Haitian National Police in its fights against criminal gangs has been spelt out in a report by Be... READ FOR FREE
Vol 65 No 1 | KENYAAFRICA IN 2024 Austerity is no brake on Ruto's ambitions 4th January 2024 The President's political dominance after his first full year in office is near total The speed at which William Ruto shoe-horned his allies into key positions in the political and economic system after his election as president less than 18 months ago still shocks ...
DISPATCHES Vol 65 No 1 | KENYAEUROPEAN UNION Nairobi goes ahead with pioneering Brussels deal 20th December 2023 After its neighbours pulled back from the EU plan, Ruto's government is going it alone President William Ruto's government has signed a trade deal with the European Union which Brussels has described as its most advanced with an African state on climate change and la... READ FOR FREE
Vol 64 No 25 | KENYA Auditor in the dock 14th December 2023 The outspoken chief budget auditor has been arrested in politically convenient circumstances The arrest of Margaret Nyakang'o, the widely respected head of Kenya's budget watchdog, on what appear to be trumped up fraud charges, has prompted concerns about the scale of graf...
DISPATCHES Vol 64 No 24 | KENYA Ruto eyes privatisation to balance the books 29th November 2023 Kenya names first batch of state companies up for sale as part of plan to prioritise debt repayment but has increased reliance on IMF and World Bank Kenya's Treasury has published a list of 11 state companies that are up for sale to private investors but the market is likely to be underwhelmed by the wares on offer. The Kenyatt... READ FOR FREE
DISPATCHES Vol 64 No 23 | KENYAHAITI Finance needed before UN police mission, say ministers 15th November 2023 Plans to deploy personnel to tackle gang violence in Haiti have been held up in the courts and by a lack of funding for training The mission in which 1,000 Kenyan police officers would lead a UN multinational deployment in Haiti appear are being held up by disputes over funding and training, ministers in Nai... READ FOR FREE
