Kibaki will probably win this elections

23Jan07

By Udi Kagwe
It is difficult for anyone to deny that Kenya is at a good place today. Certainly much better than in years past. A brisk walk around Nairobi reveals working city traffic lights, clean parks (yes, even the Jevanjee Gardens are in impeccable order), painted and well repaired roads.
Driving to Mombasa, as many of [...]

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The Races: The start of a series

21Jan07

Kenyans are for the next two years in for a veritable treat as far as entertainment is concerned. For eons, competition has been the surest form of entertaainment for the average human – and the two years 2007 and 2008 are going to be highly entertaining years for Kenyans.
The entertainment on schedule is the Kenyan [...]

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Why Kibaki is likely to win 2007

21Dec06

Make no mistake: Emilio Mwai Kibaki is well inside the race for the presidency in 2007 and much as many would rather he went home, he is right now best placed to win. Okumu Bulawa  examines why.
When Mwai Kibaki came into the Kenyan presidency, he was immensely popular. But then he has been extremely popular [...]

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Kenya cabinet reactions: initial reaction

15Nov06

By Udi Waithaka
President Mwai Kibaki has today reappointed Prof. George Saitoti and Hon Kiraitu Murungi back into their original dockets – Education and Energy respectively. He also appointed 9 new assistant ministers to the already blotted cabinet.
The two ministers were dropped because they were under intense investigation over their involvements in the two major corruption [...]

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