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Population: 52.44m
GDP: $104bn
Debt: 73% of GDP (2024)

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Quid pro quo diplomacy

Ruto is backing the Harare's new currency – the  ZiG – in return Mnangagwa has confirmed support for Kenya's Odinga to chair the African Union next year

Quid pro quo appears to have been the name of the game in Kenyan President William Ruto's talks with Zimbabwe's President Emmerson Mnangagwa over the weekend.

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Ruto's UDA in chaos

The United Democratic Alliance existed only on paper in 2021. Three years later, President William Ruto's dominance over Kenyan politics is such that having the UDA ticket can...


After the general crashes, a reshuffle

Francis Ogolla was an unlikely pick as military chief by President Ruto. His untimely death could allow Ruto to handpick his own securocrats

The death of General Francis Ogolla, the Commander of the Kenya Defence Forces, on 18 April, prompted an outpouring of eulogies across party lines that was exceptional even...


After the pandemic panic, Big Pharma exits Africa

Moderna's mothballing of a $200m vaccine plant has prompted a backlash from politicians and health professionals

When United States' pharmaceutical giant Moderna halted plans for a US$200 million vaccine factory near Nairobi it dealt a double-blow: to Kenya's ambitions as a healthcare manufacturing...


Austerity the price of debt workout dodge

Determined to avoid lengthy finance talks, the President gambles he can fix the economy before the next elections

Will President William Ruto's strategy – austerity now, pre-election bonanza later – pay off as Kenyans face another year of spending cuts and higher taxes? Ruto calculates that...


The battle for Odinga's ODM

With Raila Odinga's path towards the African Union chair's job looking ever more clear, the race to succeed him as the voice of Kenya's opposition is hotting up.


A one-man diplomatic mission

President Ruto has become an everyman of international summitry but is he leaving his top advisors sidelined?

For a politician whose skills were seen as being centred entirely on domestic politics before winning the presidency in August 2022, William Ruto has quickly established a reputation...


Re-opening the commission's wounds

The audit of the controversial August 2022 presidential elections and the scope of its mandate have been the most disputed topic facing the bipartisan National Dialogue Committee (NADCO),...


It's the politics that counts

Disregarding economic woes, President Ruto has asserted his authority over the ruling party and its opponents

Laments over spiralling prices and multiplying taxes on transactions dominate conversations in Kenya's cities and towns these days. President William Ruto's strategy of pushing through austerity policies instead...


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