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Kenya

Population: 52.44m
GDP: $116.32bn
Debt: 67.55% of GDP (2024)

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Three is a crowd

Efforts by Kenya to push a compromise over a refineries contract between companies from Libya and India over oil are proving messy

Kenya finally has succeeded in bringing together rival suitors for an oil refinery rehabilitation contract - but failed to secure an agreement. The acting Finance Minister, John Michuki,...


Quiet on the eastern front

A diplomatic silence from across the Indian Ocean is helping the Kibaki government play down the election crisis

As Western governments consider placing sanctions on Kenyan leader Mwai Kibaki and his ministers for refusing to negotiate over the disputed elections, Asian states have maintained a near...


Closer and closer

In this watershed election, a new generation of politicians is challenging an establishment that dates back to the Independence years

With general elections coming up on 27 December, the opinion polls give a slim lead to Raila Amolo Odinga of the Orange Democratic Movement (ODM). The incumbent President,...


Raila and Team Tinga

Odinga's oranges rally round

Raila Odinga's political organisation is much better coordinated and more focused than Mwai Kibaki's divided house. This is surprising given the disparate origins of Odinga's support base and...


The wrong report

Kenya and the Inter-Governmental Authority on Development (IGAD) are suppressing debate about increasing tension between Khartoum and the Government of Southern Sudan, and the resilience of the 2005...


Judges misjudged

A close-run election and corruption allegations will give judicial appointments extra significance

As Kenya's presidential race speeds up, the contenders have their eyes on the legal system. For incumbent President Mwai Kibaki, this may be an additional insurance policy in...


Promises and lies

This week, parties contesting the 27 December election are holding primary elections to choose their candidates. Next week, campaigning officially starts. President Mwai Kibaki is touring the country...


Wait while we connect you

The privatisation of East Africa’s biggest cellphone company unveils a political and corporate scandal

The government desperately wants to sell a 25% stake of Safaricom, its joint venture with Britain's Vodafone on the Nairobi Stock Exchange, before this year's elections. President Mwai...


The opposition advantage

President Kibaki campaigns on his record but opposition leader Raila Odinga is bolstered by regional discontents

A sense of urgency if not panic has gripped President Mwai Kibaki's camp ahead of the elections due in December. For the first time, opposition leader Raila Odinga...


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