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...bullet in the head 21 months ago, a police report suggested he had committed suicide. Last week a judicial commission of inquiry finally learned the results of an independent investigation, headed by Scotland Yard detective John Troon, that had been suppressed by the government of President Daniel arap Moi. Troon concluded that Ouko had been murdered to stop his revelations of high-level corruption in the Moi administration...
Troon linked Ouko's death to a Washington visit in January 1990 by Moi, Ouko and Energy Minister Nicholas Biwott, who was recently accused of taking a 10% commission from an Italian contractor. Charging that "corruption in central government and personal vendetta were motives for Ouko's murder," Troon testified that Ouko and Biwott quarreled angrily after U.S. officials told the group a crackdown on government malfeasance would improve the business climate. Western governments, including the U.S., may withhold aid unless Kenya cleans...
...exercise in shuttle diplomacy was intended to repair U.S.-Kenyan relations, which have become increasingly strained since President Daniel arap Moi's crackdown on dissidents last month. Afterward, Moi described the talks in such glowing terms as "friendly," "genuine" and "sincere." But U.S. officials had a decidedly different assessment of the three-day parley. One diplomat declared that Kenya had "backstepped politically and economically...
Last week another U.S. official was even more blunt. Relations between the two countries were "at a turning point," he said to TIME after the meeting. "We told Moi that he has one month to make some changes." After that, he explained to the Kenyans, there would be no chance of deterring a disapproving Congress from cutting...
According to congressional sources, the U.S. is apt to respond to Moi's crackdown by slashing aid to Kenya, which is scheduled to receive $53 million this year. The country is the biggest recipient of U.S. aid in sub-Saharan Africa...