Instead of "the coalition of the killing" a "coalition of the stealing"? Let us review the next presidential election campaign after Mwai Kibaki and Raila Odinga shook hands on February 28, 2008 to end the 2007 election crisis and the…
Could one make a case that perhaps it was not me after all, but more the Ambassador and/or others at the State Department who "went native" in Kenya over the 2007 election controversy (and in other situations)? Interesting to think…
Africa Confidential 's free January Kenya article is a must read for anyone in Washington charged with engagement on Kenya over the next three years. "Three's a crowd" Kenya's political landscape in 2019 will be dominated by two-way competition between…
I am no expert on Sudan and the International Criminal Court practice, such as it is, is not my field in law. But I am an observer of various related neighborhoods and did a bit of work in Sudan back…
Happy 2019! What will 2019 hold for the relations between the United States and Kenya, particularly the Trump-Pence and Kenyatta-Ruto Administrations? Kyle McCarter, just confirmed by the U.S. Senate as Trump's man in Kenya, after a delay since last spring,…
Great, must read reporting by the excellent Ken Opala. 17 Dec. 2018 Daily Nation "Impunity reigned at IEBC in tenders scam whose theft "was beyond the imaginable". 16 Dec. 2018 Sunday Nation "IEBC: Anatomy of a cash cow with serial…
Here is the link to the Carter Center press release and the full report at 172 pages is here. I am still reviewing the full report, but in summary: Kenya’s 2017 general electoral process was marred by incidents of unrest…
Kenya election assistance FOIA update - disappointed to learn IFES was working to support Kenya IEBC along with Kenyatta and Ruto to uphold alleged 50.07% election margin against civil society and opposition challenge
Ten years after 2008 campaign, the “Birthers” have won for now in the U.S., but Obama remains a positive symbol with time for another act: Former President Obama stopped in Kenya on his way to South Africa, his third visit…
Macharia Gaitho seems to have been of late the designated Kenyan columnist to convey certain background perspectives from the American Embassy. His April 8 Sunday Nation column provides in interview form a review by outgoing Ambassador Godec of his tenure and…