Vol 62 No 2 | KENYA The race for Nairobi 21st January 2021 The BBI alliance is manoeuvring its ally into the Nairobi governorship because it fears losing another by-election The political differences between Deputy President William Ruto and President Uhuru Kenyatta are playing themselves out in the tussle to fill the position of the governor of Nairobi.
Vol 62 No 1 | KENYA Handshake to face poll test 7th January 2021 The President’s coalition with his former adversary will be put to the electorate in 2021 against a backdrop of economic pain After a catastrophic decline in economic performance due to Covid-19 in 2020, aggravated by corruption and wrong-headed fiscal and public debt policies, 2021 promises to be particularly painful...
Vol 47 No 12 | KENYA The cocaine conspiracy 9th June 2006 The Kibaki government's bizarre handling of a multimillion dollar drug smuggling case is letting the real villains walk free On 19 June, Justice Aggrey Muchelule is to hand down a verdict in the case of two Italians and five Kenyans charged with smuggling 1.2 tonnes of cocaine...
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. Security...
Vol 48 No 4 | KENYA Ethnic alarums 16th February 2007 More than most countries, Kenya's politics is about winning over ethnic constituencies and building powerful coalitions. Recently, Kenyans have heard warnings about the dangers of ethnic violence ahead...