Kenya
Why oil should not be EAC’s curse
IPN Opinion article
With oil and gas discoveries in Uganda and exploration throughout the region, the big bucks of energy could help open up the forthcoming EAC Common Market or they could become entangled in state meddling and cronyism.
Stop enabling Kenya's kleptocrats
IPN Opinion article
Michela Wrong's new book on Kenyan corruption-buster John Githongo has been an immediate hit, serialised in Kenya's Daily Nation and selling fast everywhere. This characteristically outspoken review by Sir Edward Clay explains why.
Sir Edward was British High Commissioner in Nairobi at the time of the Githongo saga and was reprimanded by his own masters and the Kenyan government for his comments on corruption. He has a strong message for aid donors whose largesse supports ruling cliques in Africa.
An Open Letter to the People of Kenya:Isolate Extremists, Protest Peacefully, and Save Our Country
IPN Opinion article
People are dying. The economy is faltering. If we wait for much longer, what started as political discontent will assume its own life and there will be no country to govern. Above all, we must safeguard democracy and lives of our fellow Kenyans.
In Africa, it's death by leadership
IPN Opinion article
Kibaki and Odinga are being hailed as great leaders for the political settlement in Kenya and there is even talk of a similar settlement in Zimbabwe - but leadership is part of our problem: Africa suffers from strong leaders and weak institutions.
