Mwai Kibaki

Thugtatorship: The Highest Stage of African Dictatorship

Alemayehu G. Mariam | Posted 05.25.2011

Alemayehu G. Mariam

In a thugtatorship, the purpose of seizing and clinging to political power is solely to accumulate personal wealth for the ruling class by stealing public funds and depriving the broader population scarce resources necessary for basic survival.

Kenya: Death Sentences Reduced To Life By Pres. Kibaki

AP | TOM MALITI | Posted 05.25.2011

NAIROBI, Kenya — Kenya's more than 4,000 death row inmates all will have their sentences commuted to life imprisonment, the president announced ...

Kenya Tribunal On Violence To Be In Place By 2010

UPI | Posted 05.25.2011

Kenya has agreed to a July 2010 deadline to set up a tribunal to try those responsible for inciting violence that killed 1,500 people in 2007, officia...

Sons of the Mau Mau

Frankie Martin | Posted 05.25.2011

Frankie Martin

Kenya must tackle the roots of its election chaos. These include poverty, tribalism, and the failure of the country to live up to the vision of its first president, Jomo Kenyatta.

Kenya's Rival Politicians Sign Deal

AP | TOM MALITI | Posted 05.25.2011

NAIROBI, Kenya — Kenya's president and the opposition leader signed a power-sharing deal Thursday to bring the country back from the depths of v...