Bolstered by another billion from the IMF, President Ruto reckons he can face down a militant but uncoordinated opposition
Austerity economics and street protests are dominating William Ruto's first term in the presidency after he rejected restructuring Kenya's debts in favour of two years of fiscal belt-tightening....
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Some of those who voted for William Ruto report buyers' remorse as economic conditions worsen
Kenyans are bracing themselves for two years of budgetary austerity but the scale of the hit to payslips will be delayed after the Supreme Court blocked the Finance...
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Vol 49 No 25 |
- KENYA
- ANALYSIS
A year after the flawed elections, much of the fire has gone out of the once radical opposition Orange Democratic Movement. Odinga, the firebrand ODM leader, held a meeting for his constituents in Nairobi’s Kibera’s slum to thank them for voting for him. He yelled the rallying cry ‘ODM!’, expecting the crowd to respond as it used to ‘Chungwa!’ (Orange!), the party colour and symbol, but they roared back ‘Unga!’, the maize flour that makes up the staple diet of ugali.
Politics is now taking second place to overwhelming concerns about the economy. Prime Minister Raila Odinga’s Orange Democratic Movement had promised lower rents and food prices, but its...
A fair trial for murderous politicians seems as unlikely as
ever, despite the latest proposal
The effort continues to keep the post-election violence of 2007, and those responsible, out of the International Criminal Court. One favoured way of doing that is to set...
A week after being left off the Group of Eight finance ministers' list of African states eligible for debt relief on 11 June, President Mwai Kibaki's government has...
