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  • May 29, 2009 - 8:40am

    Members of Parliament get graded

    African Leadership Institute, a Ugandan think tank, made news yesterday when it released grades for each member of parliament. The Institute's system rates Uganda's Members of Parliament on...
  • February 20, 2008 - 11:13am

    Let Us Talk Land

    By Kirenga Steven Mugabe My Political Education teacher used to say that when a concern for the proper governance for society does not come naturally, then it is better to pretend. I wonder what he...
  • January 29, 2008 - 9:05pm

    Who is really in control in Kenya?

    Kofi Annan is in Kenya to lead talks between President Mwai Kibaki and ODM opposition leader Raila Odinga. Thus far the two men have failed to find any common ground upon which they can work to...
  • January 18, 2008 - 12:08pm

    Kenya's violence in Images

    These images are taken by Kenyan bloggers and photojournalists in the country over the past three weeks. The RSS feed is coming from Kenya Post-Election Pictures 2008, a Flickr group. [swf file...
  • January 15, 2008 - 2:10pm

    Kibaki 2.0: Making Moi look good

    When Daniel Arap Moi retired from the Kenyan presidency in 2002, it was clear that he had long overstayed his welcome. Whatever he had achieved for his country in almost a quarter of a century in...
  • January 4, 2008 - 12:41am

    Kenya's crisis: Uganda's opposition gets it wrong

    The on-going crisis in Kenya has backed President Museveni into a corner of sorts. Uganda's economy and welfare are tied to Kenya's stability. As such, fuel shortages in Uganda have been disrupting...
  • December 31, 2007 - 1:20am

    Kenyan Elections

    You should by now know that parts of Kenya are on the brink of full-blown violence following the announcement that Mwai Kibaki has won the hotly disputed Kenyan elections. The Economist has posted an...