Kenya

DONORS CALL THE TUNE, SET THE TONE

The dominant tone of the World Bank consultative group on Kenya, scheduled in Paris on December 15 and 16, is [...]

ALL PALS TOGETHER IN LONDON

The visit to London last month of Kenya's head of state Daniel arap Moi and the meetings he had with [...]

The World Bank's consultative group on Kenya will meet in [...]

DANIEL ARAB MOI

The Kenyan head of state announced on November 22 that [...]

HEADWAY ON IDA SCHEME

A delegation from the World Bank was expected in Nairobi on Nov. 21 for talks on a so-called Energy programme [...]

LPG PROJECT, PIPELINE TO BE COMMISSIONED

Several companies operating in the oil products distribution branch in Kenya, including Caltex, Shell and Total, are planning to set [...]

ARAP MOI TO EUROPE

Kenyan head of state Daniel arap Moi used a visit to Brussels on November 14 to ask the European Commission [...]

SERIOUS SKIDDING IN EDF ACCOUNTS

The latest report from the European Union's court of accounts zeroes in on several serious cases of malfunctioning by its [...]

CONSTITUTIONAL DEBATE LAUNCHED

Representatives of Law Society of Kenya, Kenya Human Rights Commission and the Kenya section of International Commission of Jurists published [...]

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FREE MARKET BLUES

The companies that distribute oil products in Kenya are facing a choice in the short term of either squeezing their profit margins, not to say accepting losses, or resigning themselves to ushering in the new free market era with a [.

SHINELESS SHILLINGS

The steady rise of the Kenyan shilling against the US dollar abruptly ground to a halt on October 28. The [...]

AID FOR LAKE VICTORIA FISHERFOLK

The European Development Fund management committee is to consider allocating ECU 8.4 million (US$10.7 million) to a project to improve [...]

CORALLING CATTLE RUSTLERS

A joint Kenyan-Ugandan inter-ministerial commission to combat cross-border theft and smuggling of livestock met in Eldoret and Kitale (Kenya) on [...]

STEVE MWANGI

The former mayor of Nairobi (ION N° 565) who had resigned in protest against the government blocking him and was [...]

DOUGLAS HURD

Britain's foreign secretary will begin a week-long swing on November [...]

BERNADETTE LEFORT

Currently holding the Number Two position in France's permanent delegation to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) in [...]

Serengeti Diamonds Ltd has signed a joint venture agreement under [...]

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THE DAY OF FEDERALISM MAY COME

Debate on "Majimbo" (from the Swahili word "Jimbo" for state or region and taken to imply federalism) took on new dimensions last week when, on the eve of the new parliamentary session, eight MPs (three of them serving ministers) from [.

MAJOR LONDON CONFERENCE

Kenya's head of state Daniel arap Moi, five government ministers, four principal secretaries, and a clutch of officials from Kenyan [...]