Vol 61 No 19 | KENYA Keeping up with the Kenyattas 24th September 2020 As they take the field, the battle between the President and his deputy is testing the limits of ethnic politics 'You should go and insult your mother, not mine' said President Uhuru Kenyatta on 10 September to a small crowd just outside Nairobi. He was referring to two...
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 following...
Vol 60 No 15 | KENYA Spinner caught in web 26th July 2019 In the months leading up to the August 2017 polls in Kenya, rumours flew that data-mining consultancy Cambridge Analytica, then at the height of its notoriety, had been...
Vol 52 No 11 | KENYABRITAIN Bellingham brings warrants 27th May 2011 Britain’s Africa Minister Henry Bellingham was in Nairobi ‘promoting British interests’, officials said. However, few expected that to include delivering extradition warrants for two prominent Kenyans for fraud...
Vol 63 No 14 | KENYA New coalitions, old faces chase counties 7th July 2022 A mix of business people and political jobbers are eyeing parliamentary seats and plum county governorships The sharpest focus is on the presidential election battle between Raila Odinga and William Ruto, but the 9 August elections will also see some fierce contests in the...