Mboya, Tom 26, 299
Meinertzhagen, Captain Richard 104–5
Meru people 43, 72, 108, 216, 222, 291, 307, 313
Michuki, John 175, 256, 297, 311
Migiro, Dickson 254
Ministry of Justice, Kenya 40, 65, 179
Ministry of Finance, Kenya 218–19
Moi, Daniel arap 73, 178, 287, 301; anti-corruption bills 8; constitution and 13, 113, 185; corruption under 14, 39, 62, 66, 77, 80–1, 82, 86, 165, 171–2, 211, 214, 228, 270, 284–5, 286; East African Standard, involvement in 56–8, 256; economy under 2, 159, 160, 171, 184, 261, 290; elections 2007, role in 284–5, 313; foreign donors and 8, 9–10, 14, 170, 183, 185–6, 198–9; Goldenberg scandal, role in 62, 211; justice system under 65; Kalenjin ethnicity 51, 52, 56–8, 284, 300; Kibaki and 4, 5, 7, 68, 284–5; Kikuyu, treatment under rule of 113–14, 116–17, 164; legacy 5; liberalisation of the airwaves mid-1990s 156; ministers, treatment of 67; multi-party rule forced upon 113–14, 139, 140; opponents, treatment of 7; retirement 2, 4, 34, 69, 70, 183, 197; Transparency International and 14
Moi, Gideon 129
Mount Kenya 43, 46–7, 73, 99, 100, 101, 103, 108, 117, 145, 271, 272, 302
Mount Kenya Mafia: birth of 73, 74; donor community and 222; elections 2007, role in 297, 311, 325; Goldenberg scandal, shelves 269; JG and 89, 96, 119, 143, 144, 161, 179, 203, 215, 230, 242, 273; Kibaki, level of influence over 85, 172–3; media, attacks 256; referendum on constitution 2005, involvement in 244; technology, weakness with 89–90, 230
Moyo, Jonathan 162
Muga, Wycliffe 39, 119, 143, 252, 253
Mugabe, Robert 162, 256, 287, 287n
Muhoho, George 15–16, 175, 297
Muite, Paul 148
Mukurwe Wa Nyagathanga 102
Mule, Harris 15–16, 31–2, 118
Muli, Koki 306–7
Mullei, Andrew 164–5
Mumbi 102, 115, 117, 144, 253
Munro, Bob 34
Munyakei, David 317–19, 320, 321–2, 323, 324
Murage, Stanley 179
Muranga 100, 101, 104, 108–9, 316
Murgor, Philip 177, 220
Murgor, Willie 112
Muriuki, Godfrey 105
Murungaru, Chris 72, 84, 85, 87, 88, 92, 177, 178, 179, 202, 212, 215, 220, 222, 223, 250, 268, 284, 301, 329
Murungi, Kiraitu 69, 72, 74, 86, 87, 88, 93, 94, 96–7, 173, 177, 178, 179, 180, 215, 216, 219–20, 222, 234, 250, 251, 268, 271, 273, 274, 284, 297, 311, 328
Museveni, Yoweri 196
Musyoka, Kalonzo 157
Muthaiga 68, 155, 156, 175, 190, 191, 195, 202–3, 260
Muthaura, Francis 87, 93, 177, 179, 200, 219, 222, 235, 268, 297
Muthumbi, Mary 28, 91, 221, 249–50, 264–5, 335
Mutoko, Caroline 155–8, 334
Mutua, Alfred 256
Mwai, Evan 169, 171, 219
Mwakwere, Chirau Ali 202
Mwaliko, Sylvester 93
Mwangi, Dave 84, 173
Mwangi, Wangethi 248, 249
Mwenje, David 86
Mwiraria, David 72, 85, 86, 93–4, 96, 165, 173, 179, 219, 222, 223, 250, 251, 260–1, 268, 273, 274, 284, 301
Nairobi 9, 70, 91, 103, 108, 111, 114, 117, 125, 134, 142, 145, 148, 149, 150, 154, 155–6, 167, 188; bookshops 281; cosmetic makeover of 280–1, 292–3; cosmopolitan nature of 9; economy 9; population 149; slums 2, 10, 11, 41–2, 149, 151, 157, 191, 203, 290, 303, 312, 330; State House see State House, Nairobi; unemployment in 55–6
Naivasha, Rift Valley 295
Nakumatt supermarket chain 292, 295, 312
Nandi language 47, 49
Nation Media Group 12, 141, 191, 248, 251, 269
National Rainbow Coalition (NARC) 261, 337; Anglo Leasing contracts, involvement in 79, 84–97, 118, 165, 166, 171–2, 173, 177, 179, 215–16, 217–20, 222, 223, 229, 245, 250–3, 255–8, 268–75; ‘Artur brothers’ and 256; cabinet 7–8, 72–4, 80, 84–5, 241, 244, 245, 268, 273; constitution and 8, 73, 86, 241, 243, 283; corruption within 20, 22, 79–97, 118, 165, 166, 170, 171–2, 173, 177, 179, 215–16, 217–20, 222, 223, 245, 250–1, 268; corruption, initial fight against 2, 5–6, 7, 8, 11–12, 36, 40, 67, 73, 80–1, 82, 183, 228, 268, 314; donor community, relationship with 170, 183, 210–11; economy under 184, 220, 261, 279–82, 290, 292–3, 299–300; elections 2002 2, 3, 4–8, 14, 71, 71, 82, 320; elections 2007 300; free primary education programme 210–11; High Commissioner Clay and 334; JG’s relationship with 14, 66–8, 79–87, 164–6, 171–82, 215–25, 229, 233–6, 241, 242–3, 244–5, 250–4, 268–74; Mau Mau and 111; Nation and 247, 269; Nyayo House and 7; lavish spending of members 79–80
National Security Intelligence Service (NSIS) 80–1, 84, 90, 95, 235
Ndii, David 16, 67, 69, 117, 292, 330
Ndubi, Haroun 53
Ndung’u Commission 65
Ngumi, John 116
Ngunyi, Mutahi 162
Nigeria 11, 16, 102, 115, 326
Njonjo, Charles 178
non-governmental organisations (NGOs) 10, 79, 141, 143
Ntimama, William 114
Nyanza province 297, 298–9, 300
Nyerere, Julius 140
Nyeri, Central Province 108–9, 111–12, 118, 126, 255, 282, 289
Nyong’o, Peter Anyang’ 238
Obama, Barack 8, 44
Obasanjo, Olusegun 192
Ochola, Robert 310
Odindo, Joseph 141, 222, 248, 249, 269
Odinga, Jaramogi Oginga 73, 300
Odinga, Raila 73, 241, 245, 257, 279, 282, 284, 296, 297, 298, 299–300, 301, 303, 305, 306, 307, 310, 311, 315
Odoi, Frank 7
Official Secrets Act 95, 236–7, 249, 319
Okolloh, Ory 153, 154, 158, 324
Okonjo-Iweala, Ngozi 326
Opus Dei 33, 134, 135, 174
Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) 284, 290, 297, 298, 301, 302–3, 306, 308, 309, 312, 313, 314, 338
Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) Convention on Combating Bribery 199, 276, 328
Otieno, Gladwell 224, 324
Otieno, Stephen 300
Ouko, Robert 26, 228, 299, 321
Oxfam 160, 189, 205
Pallister, David 327
Party of National Unity (PNU) 297, 301, 306, 307, 308, 312
Pattni, Kamlesh 62–3, 172, 268, 284, 295–6, 322
Perera, Anura 85, 94, 215, 268–9
Pinto, Pio 26
Power, Samantha 331
Prunier, Gerard 52
Public Accounts Committee (PAC) 95, 237–8, 253, 254, 257, 268
Public Officer Ethics Act 66, 283
Ribadu, Nuhu 326
Rice, Xan 250
Rift Valley 47, 49, 104, 112, 114, 140, 141, 282, 295, 297, 308
Ringera, Justice Aaron 20, 66, 217–18, 221–2, 228, 245, 250, 269–71, 272, 274, 322, 327
Rwanda 9, 115, 140–1, 196, 298, 299, 308
Rweria, Erastus 283
Ryan, Professor Terry 56
Sachs, Jeffrey 192, 205, 266
St Antony’s College, Oxford 31, 32, 228–33, 235, 242, 243, 248, 326
St Mary’s school, Nairobi 127–9, 133, 136, 142, 175
Saitoti, George 211, 251, 268, 273, 311
SAREAT (Series for Alternative Research in East Africa Trust) 162
Sargasyan, Artur 256–60
Satchu, Aly Khan 281
Save the Children 205
Serious Fraud Office, UK (SFO) 266, 276, 328
Sheng dialect 150–2, 310
Shihemi, Henry 128, 129
Short, Claire 71, 207, 287n
Sitonik, Wilson 93
Somaia, Ketan 172
Somalia 9, 78, 277
South Africa 11, 326
Soyinka, Wole 132
Standard Media Group 255
State House, Nairobi 12, 21, 22, 27, 32, 33, 34, 35–6, 38, 39, 65–6, 69, 70, 71, 74, 80, 81, 84, 89, 92, 93, 129, 160, 164, 172, 173, 174, 177, 179, 181, 183, 184, 202, 218, 219, 220, 222,
224, 232, 235, 238, 244, 249, 260, 270, 271, 283, 300, 304, 306, 325
Strathmore University 134, 135
Sudan 9, 131, 314, 325
Tanzania 48, 102, 140, 141, 150, 283, 299, 314
Thiongo, Ngugi Wa 132
Trade Bank 270
Transparency International (TI) 11, 14, 15, 16, 17–18, 36, 55, 66, 79, 80, 81, 118, 141–2, 160, 162, 175, 176, 179, 197, 119–200, 224, 261, 283, 289, 320
Uganda 9, 45, 46, 48, 68, 140, 141, 150, 195–6, 283, 299, 302
United Kingdom: aid to Kenya 187, 193–204, 205–12, 225, 261–2, 267, 275, 276–7, 337; colonial rule of Kenya 8–9, 11, 45–50, 52, 60, 104–10, 115, 122, 134, 172, 184, 194, 202, 203, 286–8; High Commissioner to Kenya 71, 171, 183, 194–204, 210–15, 224, 225, 254, 259, 267, 277, 333–4; trains soldiers in Kenya 9
United Nations 314; Africa bureaux 9; awards Kenya Public Service Award 2007 285; Convention against Corruption 65; gives Kenyan Treasury more autonomy over use of aid 286; Habitat 149; Joe Githongo’s work for 124; Millennium Development Goals 207, 287; oil-for-food programme 263
United States: aid to Kenya 189, 193–4, 222–3, 224, 250, 259; ambassador to Kenya 193–4, 222–3, 224, 250, 259; Federal Reserve 263; State Department 197; warships based off Kenya 9
USAID 189
Vogl, Frank 61
Volcker, Paul 263, 264, 278
von Szek, Samuel Teleki 104
Wa Kibiru, Mugo 45
Wainaina, Eric 129
Wainana, Binyavanga 1, 106, 152, 324
Wako, Amos 170, 268
Wanjigi, Jimmy 84, 87, 91, 93–4, 129, 175
Wanjui, Joe 15–16, 175, 265, 297
Wanyeki, Muthoni 324
Warah, Rasna 67, 131
Were, Hussein 58–60, 272, 273n, 327, 334
Wolf, Dr Tom 158
Wolfensohn, James 185, 262
Wolfowitz, Paul 262–3, 275–6, 277
World Bank 66, 305; Anglo Leasing scandal, reaction to 260–1; corruption, attitudes towards 141, 170, 184, 185, 199, 207–8, 223–4, 260–1, 262–3, 275–6, 277, 278, 333; Development Committee 276; DfID and 275, 276; Governance and Anti–Corruption (GAC) Framework 276; Institute 207–8; JG joins Volcker panel 263, 278; JG’s resignation from Kibaki government, reaction to 223–4; Moi era, grows wary of funding during 170; ‘pushing money out the door’ 189; staff intimacy with African governmental staff 190–2; structural adjustment programmes 60–1; talks up Kenya’s prospects 332
World Vision 189
Zaidi, Ali 138–40, 141, 236
Zenawi, Meles 192
Zhvania, Zhurab 227–8
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* It is actually named after Karen Melchior, Karen Blixen’s cousin, whose father owned the Karen Coffee Company.
* Hussein Were was sacked by the KACC in June 2006, accused by his superiors of leaking stories to the Kenyan media. He denies this, and believes he once again fell foul of an ethnically motivated purge.
* New Labour’s arm’s-length stance towards Britain’s imperial history was captured by Clare Short in 1997 when, as newly appointed international development secretary, she wrote to Zimbabwe’s Robert Mugabe, who had been presing for a greater British contribution to the cost of land distribution. ‘We are a new government from diverse backgrounds without links to former colonial interests,’ she said.
* At the time of going to press, the Kriegler and Waki commissions had delivered their reports, the first recommending the radical reform of the Electoral Commission of Kenya and the second calling for the senior figures who instigated the election violence to be either tried before a special tribunal in Kenya or prosecuted by the International Criminal Court in The Hague. A new electoral commission looks certain, but the Waki report, which has huge political ramifications, is yet to be acted upon.
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