After years of financial fiddling and theft, Kenya zeroing in on a cartel in energy behind economic crimes
After years of financial fiddling in Kenya’s energy sector that scared off potential investors in manufacturing sector citing high cost of electricity and fuel, findings by taskforce appointed by the government to investigate the unusual happenings in the industry, point to serious accountability gaps. Consequently, shocked by the findings that...
Power and the glory: Cabal in Kenya president’s office piling misery on electricity consumers face arrest
Kenya is bracing for a stormier ending of the Jubilee government after a taskforce constituted by the President Uhuru Kenyatta to investigate the cause of high power tariffs unearthed massive rot in the seat of power, besides raising the red flag over the role-played by Deputy President William Ruto and...
Report: Cartel in Kenya president’s office ‘steals’ electricity and fuel, bills taxpayers three times above market rates
Kenya is bracing for a stormier ending of the Jubilee government after a taskforce constituted by Kenya President Uhuru Kenyatta to investigate the cause of high cost of electricity and fuel unearthed massive rot in the seat of power, besides raising the red flag over the role-played by Deputy President...
Trouble with Nigeria-2: Weapons are readily available in northwest, flowing in from gunsmiths in the Sahel
Regardless of government intentions, the problem with Nigeria failure to hammer out permanent peace agreements with insurgents is that the accords negotiated so far are badly flawed and amateurishly executed. The running theme in all conflicts in Nigeria – as is the case elsewhere in Africa – equitable access to...
Trouble with Nigeria-1: Peace deals negotiated are so flawed they can’t rein in rampant banditry
They are known simply as “bandits” – heavily armed criminal gangs that have terrorised Nigeria’s rural northwest, killing, kidnapping, forcing people from their homes, and taunting the authorities with their brazenness. The violence typically involves scores of gunmen on motorbikes sweeping into villages, shooting all the young men they can...
Former Mozambique finance minister faces trial in the US for $2 billion graft scandal
A South African court has ordered the extradition of former Mozambican finance minister Manuel Chang to the United States to face charges related to a $2 billion debt scandal, overturning a decision by South Africa’s justice minister to send him to his home country. Chang has been in custody in...
