Vol 49 No 6 | KENYA Trans-Century and transcendental 14th March 2008 Formed a decade ago, Trans-Century Limited has grown over the past five years to become the biggest private equity firm in East Africa, with a multimillion dollar portfolio....
Vol 49 No 6 | KENYA Life after a game of golf 14th March 2008 President Mwai Kibaki and putative Prime Minister Raila Odinga spent the day together at the Karen Open, Nairobi's most prestigious golf tournament on 10 March. Spectacularly out of...
Vol 49 No 5 | KENYA The Harambee House deal 29th February 2008 A compromise deal has pulled the rival parties back from the brink but much detail still has to be resolved The two-page agreement signed by President Mwai Kibaki and opposition leader Raila Odinga at Harambee House on 28 February could hardly have been simpler. Drafted by Attorney General...
Vol 49 No 5 | KENYA An outbreak of cordiality 29th February 2008 In the aftermath of the signing of the power-sharing agreement on 28 February, Raila Odinga turned to his adversary, addressing him as 'My countryman, President Mwai Kibaki'. Ever...
Vol 49 No 4 | KENYA The safari talks 15th February 2008 Signs of progress, however elusive, are boosting hopes for a deal but the militias are rearming - just in case The announcement of a political deal on 14 February at talks at a Kilaguni Game Lodge mediated by former United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan boosted morale but...
Vol 49 No 4 | KENYA Message from the wazungu 15th February 2008 Outsiders have been belatedly increasing pressure on Kenya's feuding politicians as former United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan moved the negotiating teams to the secluded Kilaguni Safari Lodge...
Vol 49 No 3 | KENYA The soldiers wait in the wings 1st February 2008 After another spate of murderous attacks and high level political obstruction, many see military intervention as a desperate remedy Amid the latest round of killing in the Rift Valley, Rwanda’s President Paul Kagame suggested that intervention by Kenya’s military may be the only solution left: ‘I know...
Vol 49 No 3 | KENYA The spurned advisor at State House 1st February 2008 Confidence at State House was knocked by their party’s appalling parliamentary results in the 27 December elections and the furore over the disputed presidential vote. For several days,...
Vol 49 No 3 | KENYA Military options 1st February 2008 At the height of this week’s violence in the Rift Valley, senior Kenyan politicians on both sides of the divide began discussing the possibility of a military intervention....
Vol 49 No 2 | KENYA Handshakes at dusk 16th January 2008 Much hard work lies ahead if the awkward meeting between Odinga is to lead to a resolution of the worsening crisis Such is the depth of despair about the intractability of the post-election crisis that many saw the meeting of Mwai Kibaki and Raila Odinga, arranged by former United...