Vol 45 No 13 | KENYA Anura Perera, an apology 25th June 2004 In our article entitled 'Fighting Mighty Magendo', published 28 May 2004 . . .
Vol 45 No 11 | KENYA Fighting mighty magendo 28th May 2004 After 18 months in power, the government faces some critical tests in its anti-corruption struggle 'Anti-corruption campaigns are good politics they're popular with the voters!' a smiling senior official told Africa Confidential last week. That's true only if the campaigns...
Vol 45 No 11 | KENYA Nairobi's nomenklatura 28th May 2004 An emerging elite of business people and politicians is jockeying for influence and contracts The business and political sands have shifted since President Mwai Kibaki took office in January 2003. Some loyal business retainers of the Daniel arap Moi era have been unceremoni...
Vol 45 No 8 | KENYA Kibaki's crowded diary 16th April 2004 The President has to take some tough decisions to rescue the coalition government The next six months will be critical for President Mwai Kibaki and for the future of his National Rainbow Coalition (NARC) government. After almost 18 months of power, NARC's stand...
Vol 45 No 7 | KENYA Pattni's list 2nd April 2004 A candid 250-page statement from businessman Kamlesh Pattni, the man accused of launching the billion dollar Goldenberg export scam, listing 13 prominent members of ex-President Da...
Vol 45 No 4 | KENYA Fading Rainbow 20th February 2004 The row over the constitution is splitting the government and blocking reform 'The one certainty is that this won't last', insist Nairobi's political veterans. Few believe the governing National Rainbow Coalition (Narc) can survive much past the middle of th...
Vol 45 No 4 | KENYA Inquiries, no answers 20th February 2004 This week, another former senior civil servant, Finance Ministry Permanent Secretary Wilfred Koinange, accused ex-President Daniel arap Moi of ordering an illegal transfer of US$76...
Vol 44 No 25 | KENYA One year under the Rainbow 19th December 2003 The ruling coalition looks untidy but President Kibaki is moving ahead On the night of 11 December, while President Mwai Kibaki was preparing to celebrate 40 years of Kenya's Independence, his Minister for Public Works, Raila Amolo Odinga, was holding...
Vol 44 No 25 | KENYA Kibaki, Keriri and allies 19th December 2003 Coalition ministers have unhindered access to President Mwai Kibaki and latitude to make decisions. Ex-President Daniel arap Moi would sometimes reverse ministerial decisions via n...
Vol 44 No 22 | KENYA The best money can buy 7th November 2003 Kibaki's reformers are purging the judges – to much applause 'Why hire a lawyer when you can buy a judge?' runs a well-worn Kenyan joke. It's a joke that reformers in President Mwai Kibaki's government want to make redundant. The younger int...