Vol 40 No 16 | KENYA Leakey's big game 6th August 1999 Unexpectedly, President Moi has appointed an old adversary to run the civil service Once more, President Daniel arap Moi has confounded his critics and surprised everyone else. On 23 July, he appointed his political adversary, palaeontologist and wildlife enthusiast Richard...
Vol 40 No 14 | KENYA Ethnic straitjackets 9th July 1999 Wrangles over the vice-presidency embitter the race to succeed Moi Vice-President George Saitoti survived a no-confidence vote in Parliament on 30 June, which is good news for his political godfather, Nicholas Biwott, now Minister of East African Cooperation...
Vol 40 No 5 | KENYA Up with Biwott 5th May 1999 The ruling party's factions fight for the purse strings The government reshuffle of 18 February was, as usual in President Daniel arap Moi’s Kenya, announced by radio during the lunch hour, catching unaware the ministers and top...
Vol 39 No 25 | KENYA Millionaire debtors 18th December 1998 As Nairobi's failing banks call in their loans there is a nasty smell of cronyism Delinquent debtors owe millions of shillings to more than a dozen troubled banks in Kenya. The list includes names from President Daniel arap Moi’s immediate family, that of...
Vol 39 No 25 | KENYA President Moi and the dynasty 18th December 1998 Andrew Morton’s much-vilified biography of Daniel arap Moi (AC 39 No 23) has further lifted the veil on Kenya’s first family. Until now, Moi, divorced from his wife Lena...
Vol 39 No 23 | KENYA Before the storm 20th November 1998 The recent political calm conceals the contest for Moi's inheritance A great campaign of historical revisionism has begun. Led by President Daniel arap Moi and his sons, it presents Moi as a caring statesman who did great things for his...
Vol 39 No 19 | KENYA Seriously, though 25th September 1998 The horror of the bombings brought a political truce, but it's proving temporary The threat of a national strike by 260,000 teachers on 5 October appears to mark the end of the political calm which descended after the bombing of the...
Vol 39 No 19 | KENYA Nyachae and the Fund 25th September 1998 Finance Minister Simeon Nyachae and Central Bank Governor Micah Cheserem will be lobbying hard at the 6-8 October annual meeting of the International Monetary Fund and World Bank...
Vol 39 No 14 | KENYA Surprise guests 10th July 1998 President Moi says relations with the USA are warming but economic aid remains on hold A surprise guest turned up at the United States’ Independence Day festivities in Nairobi’s Ruaraka suburb on 4 July: President Daniel Arap Moi. His presence reflected his blossoming...
Vol 39 No 11 | KENYA Hugging the opposition 29th May 1998 Moi has always shunned coalitions but he's building one now the chips are down "I am not a dictator. I just say what is good. I say things direct. I do not have money overseas. If I am to sink, I will...