Matiba's mission to save Kenya

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Mr Kenneth Matiba announced in Nairobi on May 3 1992 that he would stand as a candidate for presidency after recovering in London from a stroke he suffered in prison. The Forum for the Restoration of Democracy (Ford) invited him to be vice-president with Jaramogi Oginga Odinga as president, but Mr Matiba insisted on a democratic election. Paul Muite will also stand and this election will play individual accomplishment against tribal association. Opinion polls show 75% thought President Moi and the Kanu party were managing the economy badly and 85% considered they had not reduced corruption.

Political activity, Matiba, Kenneth

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Winners with a country to lose

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In the 1950's Britain attempted to marginalise the Kikuyu in Kenya.The British formed an alliance with the Kenyan African Democratic Union (Kadu,) one of whose leaders was Mr Moi. A nationalist movement developed. Mr Moi became president in 1979. The nationalist movement failed. Britain eventually stopped aid to Kenya. The flawed 1992 multi-party elections split Kenya, creating a risk of civil strife. Britain should caution Mr Moi that political repression should not recur.

United Kingdom, British foreign relations, Kenyan foreign relations

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Kenyan opposition agrees on alliance to block Moi

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Kenyan President Daniel arap Moi won the first multi-party elections for 26 years in 1993, although most people voted against him. Opposition parties Ford-Asili, Ford-Kenya and the Democratic Party of Kenya (DP) formed an alliance after the elections but could not agree. Western governments have acknowledged the election result although they have criticised it. US ambasssador Smith Hempstone recommended losers to accept the result despite unfair conduct of the election.

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