Vol 46 No 3 | KENYA The new flagbearers 4th February 2005 As the governing National Rainbow Coalition (Narc) quarrels over internal elections, Kenya's alliance system is becoming increasingly fluid and a new set of leaders is jockeying for position...
Vol 45 No 23 | KENYA Golden trial 19th November 2004 The future of the official investigation into the US$600 million Goldenberg export fraud is in doubt. Africa Confidential has learned that several deadlines for its completion have been...
Vol 45 No 20 | KENYA In the IMF fold - just 8th October 2004 Nerves were calmed in the coalition government on 24 September when the International Monetary Fund agreed to release the second part of a US$36 million loan. The cash...
Vol 45 No 16 | KENYA On the trail 6th August 2004 Pressure is mounting on the government to speed its probe into the Anglo Leasing affair and act against the Kenyan and foreign traders involved in it. The company...
Vol 45 No 15 | KENYABRITAIN Clay's feat 21st July 2004 Whitehall's envoy breaks with eumphemism and talks straight on graft British High Commissioner Edward Clay's poetic excursion into corruption busting has sparked an expected political storm. Less predictable has been the rapid unravelling of more corrupt deals set...
Vol 45 No 13 | KENYA Anura Perera, an apology 25th June 2004 In our article entitled 'Fighting Mighty Magendo', published 28 May 2004 . . .
Vol 45 No 11 | KENYA Fighting mighty magendo 28th May 2004 After 18 months in power, the government faces some critical tests in its anti-corruption struggle 'Anti-corruption campaigns are good politics they're popular with the voters!' a smiling senior official told Africa Confidential last week. That's true only if the campaigns work: Kenyan...
Vol 45 No 11 | KENYA Nairobi's nomenklatura 28th May 2004 An emerging elite of business people and politicians is jockeying for influence and contracts The business and political sands have shifted since President Mwai Kibaki took office in January 2003. Some loyal business retainers of the Daniel arap Moi era have been...
Vol 45 No 8 | KENYA Kibaki's crowded diary 16th April 2004 The President has to take some tough decisions to rescue the coalition government The next six months will be critical for President Mwai Kibaki and for the future of his National Rainbow Coalition (NARC) government. After almost 18 months of power,...
Vol 45 No 7 | KENYA Pattni's list 2nd April 2004 A candid 250-page statement from businessman Kamlesh Pattni, the man accused of launching the billion dollar Goldenberg export scam, listing 13 prominent members of ex-President Daniel arap Moi's...