One problem with the negotiations according to Washington Africa hands is that (with the exception of Finance Minister Wycliffe Musalia Mudavadi and Central Bank Governor Micah Cheserem) the Nairobi government has little grasp of the new and tougher IMF stance against institutionalised corruption...
In the latest confrontation on 19 June and as part of their campaign for constitutional change opposition members of parliament disrupted Finance Minister Musalia Mudavadi's budget reading...
Within eight weeks Finance Minister Musalia Mudavadi must produce a budget...
Luhya are the next largest group to the Kikuyu and are a congregation of related but separate ethnic groups; the largest of whom are Bukusu (Wamalwa's pro-opposition ethnic sub-group) and Maragoli (Musalia Mudavadi's pro-KANU sub-group)...
In the process the KANU reformists led by former Agriculture Minister Simeon Nyachae and Finance Minister Musalia Mudavadi will be cut down to size...
The Bank and Fund argue that the government's reform programme is still on track thanks largely to the commitment shown by Finance Minister Musalia Mudavadi (Luhya/Maragoli) and Central Bank Governor Micah Cheserem (Kalenjin/Marakwet)...