Vol 57 No 8 | KENYA Justice in question 8th April 2016 The failure of the International Criminal Court's prosecutions against six high profile defendants raises doubts about the body's future as well as the role of the Kenyan authorities The assessment by three judges at the International Criminal Court on 5 April that the prosecution's evidence against William Ruto, Kenya's Deputy President, and Joshua arap Sang, ...
Vol 57 No 6 | KENYA Bye-election fever 18th March 2016 Two crucial polls reveal the strategies of the major parties. Politics as ethnic loyalty is the main theme for both Two bye-elections on 7 March were make-or-break events for two big political leaders: Raila Amolo Odinga of the opposition Coalition for Reform and Democracy and Deputy President W...
Vol 57 No 3 | KENYA Off with his ed 5th February 2016 The Daily Nation newspaper seems to have some doubts about why it sacked its Special Projects Editor, Denis Galava, in January, several weeks after suspending him over an editorial...
Vol 57 No 1 | KENYA 2017 polls cast long shadow 8th January 2016 The old protagonists are readying themselves for another electoral battle as concerns about security and corruption escalate Politics this year will be dominated by the faltering economy and partisan positioning ahead of the next general election, now scheduled for 8 August 2017. President Uhuru Kenyatta...
Vol 56 No 23 | KENYA The figures don’t add up 20th November 2015 The opposition makes political capital from the gap between foreign plaudits for the economy and daily realities of corruption and job losses Not all Kenyans seem to know it but it has been a tremendous few years for the economy, at least according to the World Bank and International Monetary Fund. In March, the Bank pub...
Vol 56 No 21 | KENYA Uhuru's frequent flyer card 22nd October 2015 The President has been trying to balance the country's domestic economic woes with some intense diplomatic glad-handing When Pope Francis lands in Nairobi on his first visit to Africa on 25-30 November, it will doubtless be heralded as yet another foreign policy triumph for President Uhuru Kenyatta....
Vol 56 No 21 | KENYA Uhuru bans bad bills 22nd October 2015 Parliament's attempts to crack down on journalists are on hold since 14 October, when President Uhuru Kenyatta intervened behind the scenes to excise two of the most heinous clause...
Vol 56 No 18 | KENYAUGANDA Warming up the Kenyatta-Museveni axis 10th September 2015 Common interests are prompting more bilateral cooperation but the latest agreement over a pipeline will sorely test regional solidarity In two weeks' time, when most of Africa's 54 leaders travel to New York for the opening of the United Nations General Assembly, there will be much talk of shifting regional allianc...
Vol 56 No 17 | KENYA The opposition fall out 27th August 2015 Although the government’s record on security and economic management looks shakier by the day, its opponents are divided and floundering When the opposition alliance, the Coalition for Reform and Democracy, holds its political retreat to map out strategy at the beginning of September, its leaders will struggle to ho... READ FOR FREE
Vol 56 No 17 | KENYA Where did all the money go? 27th August 2015 The government wants to restrict the powers of the Auditor General after he revealed gross financial mismanagement The political fight over public finance is heating up. Members of parliament grilled Treasury officials for over four hours on 15 August after the Auditor General found that just 1...
