Word: nairobi
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London: William Mader, Anne Constable Paris: Christopher Redman, Margot Hornblower Brussels: Adam Zagorin Bonn: James O. Jackson Central Europe: John Borrell Moscow: John Kohan, Ann Blackman Rome: Cathy Booth Jerusalem: Jon D. Hull Cairo: Dean Fischer, William Dowell Nairobi: Marguerite Michaels Johannesburg: Scott MacLeod New Delhi: Edward W. Desmond Beijing: Sandra Burton, Jaime A. FlorCruz Southeast Asia: William Stewart Hong Kong: Jay Branegan Seoul: David S. Jackson Tokyo: Barry Hillenbrand, Seiichi Kanise, Kumiko Makihara Ottawa: James L. Graff Central America: John Moody Rio de Janeiro: Laura Lopez
Kenya may be losing its allure for investors, however. Fed up with rampant corruption and maddening excesses of bureaucracy, businessmen -- both foreign and local -- are thinking twice. According to a Nairobi-based U.S. official, there have been few major foreign investments in Kenya in the past decade. Instead, there has been significant disinvestment. An economic downturn will be especially painful, since business is already expanding too slowly to generate sufficient jobs for the population, which is multiplying by a phenomenal 3.7% a year, one of the highest rates in the world...
...small, urban elite, a movement for multiparty democracy has gained strength in the past three months. For the most part, Moi has tolerated the lively debate, but his security police have harassed those who have spoken out. Staring down Kenya's foreign benefactors, who supply nearly 30% of Nairobi's budget, will not be so easy. While in Washington recently, Ambassador Hempstone says, he was assured that aid to Africa would not be diluted for the moment -- but that he was right to be concerned...
...planting program run by women. "Because women here are responsible for their children, they cannot sit back, waste time and see them starve," explains Maathai, 49, who was the first Kenyan woman to earn a Ph.D. (in anatomy) and the first to become a professor at the University of Nairobi...
London: William Mader, Anne Constable Paris: Christopher Redman, Margot Hornblower Brussels: Adam Zagorin Bonn: James O. Jackson Rome: Cathy Booth Eastern Europe: John Borrell Moscow: John Kohan, Ann Blackman Jerusalem: Jon D. Hull Cairo: Dean Fischer, William Dowell Nairobi: Marguerite Michaels Johannesburg: Scott MacLeod New Delhi: Edward W. Desmond Beijing: Sandra Burton, Jaime A. FlorCruz Southeast Asia: William Stewart Hong Kong: Jay Branegan Bangkok: Ross H. Munro Seoul: David S. Jackson Tokyo: Barry Hillenbrand, Seiichi Kanise, Kumiko Makihara Ottawa: James L. Graff Central America: John Moody Rio de Janeiro: Laura Lopez...