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...just how unwilling it was to acknowledge that Obama might think badly of the Kenyan leadership. Ranneberger, a longtime Africa hand, was accused of turning an otherwise sympathetic Obama against Kenya with misinformation. "We appreciate the way Hillary Clinton has treated us with respect and decorum," government spokesman Alfred Mutua said in a recent interview, referring to the Secretary of State's visit to Kenya this summer. "She achieved more in two days than what the U.S. mission in Nairobi has achieved in the last two years by intimidation and threats. Our perspective has always been that the right information...
...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...
...Kibaki rejected Odinga's claim, and maintained he was willing to negotiate. "They are the ones who do not want the coalition," said government spokesman Alfred Mutua. "How can they walk out of talks and make demands? Demands are made at the negotiating table...
About 35% of the shares will be up for sale to investors abroad, making some Kenyans grumble that rich foreigners - or rich Kenyans with foreign bank accounts - would profit off the sale. "It's just another advantage to the rich, who will keep their millions and millions," says David Mutua, 27, a security guard. Still, the IPO was so popular among ordinary Kenyans that even opposition leader Raila Odinga, who narrowly lost a disputed presidential election to incumbent Mwai Kibaki in December, had to dial back his distaste for the offering. Once he realized that the sale would go ahead...
Like Odinga, Mutua insists that the government is open to dialogue, and the world will see how far both sides are willing to commit when former U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan arrives in the coming days. Annan had originally planned to arrive on Tuesday night, but postponed his trip when he fell ill with...