Kenya

The New Guard
Morocco, DRC, Kenya

Every Wednesday, Africa Intelligence spotlights a new generation of movers and shakers in business and politics.

MoroccoYoussef Farouqi, the kingdom's gas powerhouse

DRCCharles Tabu, from music impresario to palace favourite

KenyaAbabu Namwamba, William Ruto's official voice in Kampala

Palace Intrigues
William Ruto, Florentino Pérez, Ibrahim Magassa

Intrigues big and small: every Thursday, Africa Intelligence takes a peek into the corridors of power in Africa and beyond.

KenyaWilliam Ruto's two-pronged crusade against alcohol and drugs

Ivory CoastIvorian banker Ibrahim Magassa teams up with Real Madrid's Florentino Pérez

KenyaKikuyu Elders' particularly political New Year's Eve

iTea steps onto Mombasa tea auction scene

The company, which has been dormant since 2016, is being pushed by the tea regulator to offer its classification solutions based on laboratory tests. The move is part of William Ruto's strategy to provide guarantees to producers from his stronghold.

Ahead of elections, Ruto seeks to settle land disputes

Recently granted expanded powers, the state agency responsible for public land management is to decide on the relocation of hundreds of families displaced by local conflicts over the past few decades. This highly political issue comes just a year and a half before the presidential race.

Kiir, Ruto and Abiy want to revive their corridor project

The governments of the three countries along the LAPSSET corridor want to accelerate the project to make up for lost time. However, a lack of funding is expected to be a major obstacle.

A minister clamps down in Kenya Development Corporation scandal

Having become an ally of William Ruto, Lee Kinyanjui, former governor of Nakuru County, wants to shed light on this nearly four-million-dollar case that threatens the president's plans, as well as his own.

Massive drug seizure creates friction between police and army

The police are facing silence from the army after soldiers were accused of diverting part of a methamphetamine shipment seized in late October. The government is worried about its reputation.

Ruto waits on higher bids for much-coveted Mrima Hill mining site

Although a favourite in the running to obtain a permit for a parcel with a rich potential in rare earths, an Australian consortium must confront growing competition. The Kenyan president wants to leave time for other players to position themselves.

Tanzanian post-electoral crisis impacts East African institutions

Lawyers scheduled to plead before the East African Court of Justice around 9 December have had their hearings postponed.

William Ruto counts on support within Comesa

The Kenyan president wants to secure a further extension of the safeguard measures for the sugar sector from the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa. Several countries in the bloc have been approached.

Despite efforts, Nairobi and Kampala struggle to see eye to eye

Friendly relations between William Ruto and Yoweri Museveni will not be enough to bury the hatchet on long-standing border disputes between the two countries. The involvement of Kenyan activists on the Ugandan political scene is also a sore subject.