Vol 47 No 3 | KENYA The anti-corruption czar, the businessman and his lawyer 3rd February 2006 Why did the lawyers of Cyprus-based businessman Anura Perera try to arrange a private meeting with anti-corruption czar John Githongo in a London hotel in late 2004? This question ...
Vol 46 No 25 | KENYA Mwai's muddle 16th December 2005 President Kibaki's authority hangs by a thread after a botched government reshuffle Facing total disaster after a reshuffle fiasco last week in which a third of the new ministers turned down their appointments, President Mwai Kibaki has managed to entice Musikari ...
Vol 46 No 24 | KENYA Smashing the fruit bowl 2nd December 2005 The people's rejection of the president's draft constitution has killed the Rainbow coalition To make sense of his defeat in the constitutional referendum on 21 November, President Mwai Kibaki must choose between crushing his opponents or coopting them. The referendum campa...
Vol 46 No 24 | KENYA Oranges up, bananas down 2nd December 2005 The referendum has relaunched or unmade several political careers: Raila Odinga: The referendum brought his rivalry with President Mwai Kibaki to a head. Their 2002 alliance to ous...
Vol 46 No 23 | KENYA Corruption poll 18th November 2005 The government now looks likely to lose the 21 November constitutional referendum, barring a last-minute swing of voter sentiment. Some 42 per cent of Kenyans polled by the indepen...
Vol 46 No 21 | KENYA A proxy election 21st October 2005 Orange Revolutionarie smell victory over Banana Republicans in the constitution campaign National elections are not due until December 2007 but Kenya is the middle of a bizarre election contest between two factions of the same cabinet. On paper, the campaign is about a...
Vol 46 No 18 | KENYA Banana-skin vote 9th September 2005 There's many a slip ahead, in the referendum and its constitutional consequences Kenyan voters will be asked to vote 'Yes' (a banana symbol) or 'No' (an orange) on 21 November, in a referendum on ratification of the proposed new constitution. The Chairman of th...
Vol 46 No 18 | KENYA Githongo picks up the glove 9th September 2005 Exiled anti-corruption czar John Githongo is to return to Kenya next month to hand a detailed dossier on his investigations into parliament's Public Accounts Committee. This follow...
Vol 46 No 16 | KENYA Dancing partners 5th August 2005 President Kibaki praises the dissident Odinga and is embarrassed by his friend Murungaru The bizarre pas de deux between President Mwai Kibaki and cabinet dissident Raila Odinga raises doubts as to whether the President can win the national referendum on the new consti...
Vol 46 No 14 | KENYA Making up 8th July 2005 The governing Rainbow Coalition looks united for a change. Will it last? After months of chaos and corruption charges, events are finally moving President Mwai Kibaki's way (AC Vol 46 Nos 10 and 13). The economy is growing faster, with tourism and trade...