Giant Cabinet to be named today

Despite protests, Kenya’s largest cabinet is due to be named today, cementing a grand coalition between President Mwai Kibaki and the main opposition leader, Raila Odinga.
Mr Odinga will be the Prime Minister in the 40 member cabinet consisting of members of President Kibaki’s Party of National Unity (PNU) and Odinga’s Orange Democratic Movement (ODM). The [...]

Government “winning” war against tribal militia

Kenyan security forces are winning the war against the Sabaot Land Defence Force and the next month will consist of mopping up operations, police spokesman Eric Kiraithe announced yesterday.
With its 80-year-old spiritual leader in jail, top commanders killed or captured and hundreds of followers in interrogation camps, only the militia’s top leader is on the [...]