Word: moi
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...similar hard line. The South Africans conceded that the elections were not “free and fair,” but still saw fit to declare the result “legitimate.” Teams from Namibia and Nigeria drew similar conclusions, and Kenyan President Daniel arap Moi lost no time in congratulating his “dear brother” on his reelection...
...continues unabated, as evidenced by the 1990s Goldenberg scandal - named for a company that allegedly exported nonexistent gold and then claimed export credits from the Central Bank. The financial scam cost Kenya at least $400 million and allegedly involved top officials and senior politicians close to President Daniel arap Moi. International donors have frozen funds earmarked for Kenya in large part because of the country's failure to set up an independent anticorruption body...
President Moi recently announced the latest in a string of attempts to convince donors that he is serious about cracking down on graft - the appointment of a team of corruption busters from Risk Advisory Group, a London firm that describes itself as an "independent investigations and intelligence consultancy." The team will make recommendations on how best to fight corruption. Many Kenyans are skeptical. "Stamping out corruption in this country is not really a matter of experts, it is about political leadership," says opposition M.P. Anyang Nyong...
...many of the foreign investors who rushed in during the early 90s, beguiled by the Communist Party's stated policy of doi moi, or "renovation," turned around and got right back on the plane after confronting Vietnam's murky system of permits and patronage, where corruption flourished and routine economic data were deemed state secrets. Foreign investment has been declining since 1997, and economists say the country's only hope is to get it back by pursuing real economic reforms. "We know we need to proceed with doi moi in a more dynamic and innovative way," Manh says...
Where Wall Street expense accounts once dictated the local economy, businesses are now reinventing themselves for the new downtown ruling class--the cops and the National Guard, the construction workers and the tourists. Like several other retailers, the family owners of Laotian restaurant Mangez Avec Moi supplement their diminished income by selling F.D.N.Y. T shirts and hats on weekends. Moran's, an Irish steak house on the opposite end of the district, replaced its upscale menu with mozzarella sticks, potato skins and chicken fingers. "We couldn't offer a stuffed sole for $35 or a porterhouse," says Abby Lydon...