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...government, in fact, has been among the loudest countries in voicing its displeasure that Kenya's coalition government - which formed after the violence and is led by President Mwai Kibaki and Odinga - has not yet prosecuted the instigators or made a dent against corruption. "There may have been a belief in Kibaki's circles that Obama was sympathetic to them, and they can't understand why he's delivering all this bad news," Mwalimu Mati, head of an anti-corruption organization called Mars Group, tells TIME. "On the Odinga side, supporters are saying, 'Why on earth is Barack Obama being...
...Could this be the first cannon shot in the Kenyan government's long-promised war against corruption and impunity in the police force? Is President Mwai Kibaki finally bowing to pressure from foreign governments and U.N. envoys who have said the police must be held accountable for their actions during last year's postelection violence, when officers allegedly raped hundreds and killed a third of the 1,200 who died? (See pictures of the crisis in Kenya after the last election...
...Kenyan officials denied that Ali's move to the post office was anything but routine - "These are normal changes," said government spokesman Alfred Mutua. But Kibaki himself contradicted his spokesman in a statement released by his office on Wednesday, Sept. 15, when Iteere was sworn in: "President Kibaki expressed optimism that [the public] will support the new Commissioner of Police and the ongoing reforms in order to ensure that the police force is more efficient in addressing the country's security challenges...
...Among the biggest concerns shared by human-rights activists is that police leaders are answerable only to Kibaki and face little public accountability. In his report delivered earlier this year, Alston found a "systematic, widespread and carefully planned strategy" of executions by police, but no member of the force has been tried. The government's response has been to try to get Alston removed from his position. (See pictures of China's investments in Africa...
...Kibaki has also asked government officials to try to figure out if the death penalty - or at least the threat of it - has helped deter crime at all in Kenya. The country is in the midst of a protracted, controversial constitutional review that includes a debate about the effectiveness of the death penalty. (Read: "The Tide Shifts Against the Death Penalty...