Nicholas Kipyator Kiprono arap Biwott

Like Tourism and Trade Minister Nicholas Biwott she advises Moi on foreign affairs and writes most of his speeches on such subjects...

The close scrutiny of the IMF will not constrain the political supremacy of Industry Minister Nicholas Biwott...

Some hard-nosed ministers and deputies regard his appointment as a smart move by Moi's tough ally Nicholas Biwott - even though Leakey whose first language was Kikuyu is not an obvious ally for Moi's friends...

Late last month Leakey stopped Samuel Gichuru Managing Director of the Kenya Power & Lighting Company and an old ally of Trade and Industry Minister Nicholas Biwott importing new generating plant...

The all-powerful Trade and Industry Minister Nicholas Biwott who has taken a very close interest in the matter describes the award as 'good for Kenya'...

Trade Minister Nicholas Biwott whose activities as Energy Minister were sharply criticised in official World Bank reports about the ill-fated Turkwel Gorge project is taking a keen interest in the award of the lucrative second cellular licence...

The reshuffle favours KANU-B captained by Moi's confidant Nicholas Kipyator Biwott and Vice-President George Saitoti two names frequently mentioned in the IMF's anti-corruption reports...

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 (AC Vol 40 No 5)...

He can point to some success with East Africa Cooperation (despite his deployment of his political and business points man Nicholas Biwott to run it); to a budget deficit well under half Zimbabwe's; and to a political system which however compromised allows massive opposition representation in parliament and a voice in key oversight committees; and to Kenya's status as perhaps the only East African country not actively sending troops or arms to a neighbouring conflict...

* Trade Bank (owned by Nicholas Biwott and others) has 1 bn...

Moi was accompanied by the perennial Nicholas Kipyator Biwott (East African Cooperation Minister) and other ministers concerned with such issues: Foreign Minister Bonaya Adhi Godana (an ally of Biwott's) William Ole Ntimama (Transport) Y...