Vol 56 No 6 | KENYA Presiding without policy 20th March 2015 Freed of the burden of trial at the ICC, Kenyatta can get on with the business of government. Yet few can discern any strategy Kenyans who have been wondering what President Uhuru Kenyatta's priorities for the country will be, now that he is no longer handicapped by charges at the International Criminal...
Vol 56 No 3 | KENYA What the prosecutor saw 6th February 2015 The ICC has now published its brief for the abandoned case against Kenyatta. It reveals a brutal and cynical conspiracy The International Criminal Court has released a summary of the crimes it believes President Uhuru Kenyatta has committed. The document from the ICC's Office of the Prosecutor contains...
Vol 56 No 3 | KENYAINTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT ICC murder mystery 27th January 2015 Much confusion surrounds the abduction and apparent murder of a witness in the ICC trial of William Ruto and Joshua Sang The hurried burial at sunset on 22 January of a corpse said to be that of Yusuf Hussein, a 25-year-old matatu (minibus) conductor, has deepened the mystery surrounding...
Vol 56 No 1 | KENYA Economy up, security down 9th January 2015 With strains appearing in the Jubilee Coalition, the opposition will exploit the government’s political and security problems The grisly image of the decomposing and mutilated body of Meshack Yebei, a witness in Deputy President William Ruto's case at the International Criminal Court will keep this...
Vol 55 No 25 | KENYAINTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT How the case was won 15th December 2014 The government’s obstruction of the ICC and intimidation of witnesses fatally undermined the Kenyatta prosecution Ultimately, it was a combination of failings by the International Criminal Court prosecutors and the government's non-cooperation that resulted in the dropping of the case against President Uhuru...
Vol 55 No 25 | KENYABRITAIN What the ballot papers say 19th December 2014 The London trial of three senior staff and an agent of British printers Smith & Ouzman (S&O) is causing concern in Kenya. The defendants deny paying £400,000 (US$630,000)...
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 55 No 23 | KENYABRITAIN Bribery trial 21st November 2014 Three staff and one agent of a British company which printed ballot papers for several African elections are on trial in London accused of corruptly obtaining contracts in...
Vol 55 No 22 | KENYA An executive not executing 7th November 2014 Alarm grows over the government’s failure to deliver and to get organised amidst ever more visible signs of cronyism While confusion reigns in Kenya’s public service, the patterns of governance under President Uhuru Kenyatta are becoming clearer. Squabbling between cabinet secretaries and the heads of ministries has...
Vol 55 No 21 | KENYA Bad time for an oil boom 24th October 2014 Governance issues would be complicated enough if it weren’t also for the arrival of new guests at the feast Like its neighbours Tanzania and Uganda, Kenya has found that hydrocarbon discoveries require complicated legal and institutional reforms to manage the resource and deal with investors. The incentives...