Vol 63 No 13 |
- EAST AFRICA
Distress riskIn Kenya an election year 'would be an inopportune moment to introduce measures that negatively impact taxpayers' remarked Deloitte's Fred Omondi and the result is that budgetary discipline will take a back seat for now despite the fact that Kenya's debt burden has increased to 70% of GDP from about 45% in the eight years of Uhuru Kenyatta's presidency leaving the country at a growing risk of facing debt distress (AC Vol 63 No 8 Battling over the legacy)...
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18 million from western region and 986 000 in Ukambani against President Uhuru Kenyatta and Ruto's (Uhuruto) 4...
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Vol 63 No 12 |
- ECONOMY
- AFRICA
But the bank may face pressure from President Uhuru Kenyatta's government to delay further hikes until after the presidential elections in August...
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After condemning President Uhuru Kenyatta and his chosen successor Raila Odinga for 'ganging up to create plum positions for a few people' in their plans for constitutional reform Ruto now seems to be following their lead...
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At a regional summit in Nairobi on 21 April hosted by Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta and attended by the heads of state of Uganda and Burundi and by Rwanda's Foreign Minister Vincent Biruta the governments agreed to start a dialogue with the militias in parallel with the military initiative which would attack groups that refuse to compromise (see Box Kinshasa talks to the armed groups)...
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President Uhuru Kenyatta's bid to force out his deputy William Ruto could trigger further political instability ahead of national elections in August...
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With the August presidential race mainly focused on swing counties in central Kenya the future of devolution established in 2013 has scarcely been discussed particularly since the demise in the courts of the Building Bridges constitutional reform initiative developed by President Uhuru Kenyatta and Raila Odinga...
Odinga's dilemma is how to play the balancing act of amassing numbers while protecting his alliance with President Uhuru Kenyatta whom he needs to tap into the Mount Kenya region which has seen Odinga as a dangerous radical for several decades...
The government's economic management was far stronger under Kibaki compared with either Moi and the two terms of his successor Uhuru Kenyatta...
'President Kibaki will be forever remembered as the gentleman of Kenyan politics a brilliant debater whose eloquence wit and charm won the day time-and-time again ' said President Uhuru Kenyatta on 22 April...
Ruto has long claimed that the 2018 'handshake' between President Uhuru Kenyatta and Orange Democratic Movement leader Odinga derailed the second term of the Jubilee government of Kenyatta and Ruto...
Election year promises to ramp up debt Kenyan Treasury Secretary Ukur Yatani brought forward the final budget of Uhuru Kenyatta's presidency by two months in a bid to ensure that the government's tax and spending plans are passed by the National Assembly well before August's general elections...