Vol 51 No 25 | KENYA Don’t be vague, let’s go to the Hague 17th December 2010 A day after Prosecutor Luis Moreno Ocampo’s 15 December naming of the six people wanted by the International Criminal Court, Kenya’s Parliament was debating a private member’s bill....
Vol 51 No 24 | KENYA Ruto takes on the courts 3rd December 2010 Sacked from the cabinet and accused of involvement in the 2007 election violence, William Ruto comes out fighting The point of William Ruto's voluntary mission to the Hague to meet investigators at the International Criminal Court on 4-6 November became clear when he returned to Nairobi. Throngs of...
Vol 51 No 21 | KENYA A rope for Ruto 22nd October 2010 The suspension of Higher Education Minister William Ruto, 43, from cabinet on 19 October marks the second phase of the Kalenjin leader’s political isolation. Although State House said...
Vol 51 No 20 | KENYA How Kibaki blocks the ICC 8th October 2010 The International Criminal Court is blocked at every turn as it tries to investigate political violence At last President Mwai Kibaki's bluff has been called. The pious hopes in his speech to the United Nations General Assembly last month about peace, democracy and development...
Vol 51 No 18 | KENYASUDAN A suspect at the parade 10th September 2010 In one fell swoop, the Khartoum government strengthens President Omer el Beshir and undermines the Nairobi government’s new constitution With arrest warrants for genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity over his head, Sudan’s President Omer Hassan Ahmed el Beshir does not often get the chance to...
Vol 51 No 18 | KENYASUDAN Wetangula – MP for Khartoum North 10th September 2010 Was the invitation to Sudan’s President Omer Hassan Ahmed el Beshir for the promulgation of Kenya’s new constitution another attempt by the securocracy to frustrate a new dispensation?...
Vol 51 No 17 | KENYA Turning a corner 27th August 2010 Kenya is euphoric again. After barely averting civil war following the 2007 elections, the approval of a new constitution by referendum marks a dramatic turn in the country’s...
Vol 51 No 16 | KENYA This time a peaceful vote 6th August 2010 After a decisive referendum, Kenyans have a constitution that will shake up both the political system and the party fiefdoms Kenyans voted overwhelmingly for the new constitution at the 4 August referendum. The process was orderly and voters turned out in impressive numbers to voice strong support for...
Vol 51 No 16 | KENYA Rumbles in the Rift 6th August 2010 Such was the tension in the Rift Valley as the referendum neared that a drunken brawl in a shebeen in Nandi District between a Nandi man and his...
Vol 51 No 15 | KENYA More gluttony 23rd July 2010 An attempt by MPs to vote themselves a fat pay rise comes unstuck – the Treasury is running out of money Last month’s vote by Kenyan members of parliament to augment their already handsome salaries is hitting political and financial roadblocks. Treasury officials say it is not affordable and...