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| Identifier | Subject | Date | Office | Classification | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 05NAIROBI1488 |
Kenya Telecom Reform: A Good Story Gone Bad? [...] (SBU) Summary: After years of stagnation under a government-mandated monopoly, Kenya's telecom and ICT sectors looked set to grow rapidly in 2005 following the adoption late in 2004 of bold reforms aimed at opening the market to all comers. These prospects are now in doubt, however, followi [...] |
2005-04-10 21:51:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | ECPS ECON KCOR KE |
| 05NAIROBI1517 |
KENYA: FINANCE MINISTER TALKS ABOUT CORRUPTION [...] (C) Summary: The kingpins of corruption who fleeced Kenya under the previous administration went about "business-as-usual" with officials in the current Kibaki government, acknowledged David Mwiraria, Kenya's Finance Minister, in a meeting with the Ambassador on March 6. In this regard, th [...] |
2005-04-13 04:26:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN KCOR PINR KE |
| 05NAIROBI1591 |
CJTF-HOA BRINGS EDUCATION TO DISADVANTAGED MUSLIM [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On April 6, DCM, accompanied by COL Wendy Fontela, Political Advisor, CJTF-HOA, dedicated the new girls' secondary school in Bute, Wajir North constituency, in Kenya's under-developed and almost exclusively Muslim Northeastern Province. This school was the local MP and the co [...] |
2005-04-14 13:58:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON PREL PTER PHUM SOCI KGHA KISL KPAO MOPS KE |
| 05NAIROBI1668 |
THE PORT OF MOMBASA: DETERIORATION, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Port of Mombasa is the largest port in the Horn of Africa, and is the economic lifeblood for the entire East Africa region. It is managed by a wholly- owned government parastatal, the Kenya Ports Authority (KPA). The Port is currently overwhelmed by a growing trade volume, [...] |
2005-04-20 10:47:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON ETTC EINV ELTN EWWT AMGT ABLD ASUP ATRN PREL PTER SNAR KSTC KE |
| 05NAIROBI1756 |
BUDGET REFORM: A KEY TO BETTER GOVERNANCE IN KENYA [...] (U) This is a joint State-USAID cable. 2. (SBU) Summary: Kenya's system for allocating its scarce national resources though the national budget process is broken and has long been a factor in the country's slow economic decline. Recognizing this, the government, spearheaded by the Minist [...] |
2005-04-26 13:09:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAID EFIN KCOR PGOV KE |
| 05NAIROBI2166 |
JOINT US-UK DEMARCHE TO PRESS GOK FOR PROGRESS ON [...] (SBU) Summary. Provincial Administrator and National Security Minister Michuki committed to supporting the US-UK sponsored Joint Terrorism Task Force (JTTF) initiative for Kenya in a May 20 meeting with the Ambassador and British High Commissioner Clay. Michuki cited the need to make use of [...] |
2005-05-25 15:20:00 | Embassy Nairobi | SECRET//NOFORN | ASEC PTER PREL KE |
| 05NAIROBI2167 |
TERRORISM TRIALS: MAGISTRATE ORDERS DEFENSE TO [...] (U) In a minor victory for the Global War on Terrorism, the presiding magistrate for the conspiracy trial against suspected al Qaida terrorists responsible for the November 2002 twin terrorist attacks in Mombasa and Kikambala ruled May 25th that the prosecution had presented enough evidence [...] |
2005-05-25 15:20:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER ASEC PHUM PGOV KISL KE |
| 05NAIROBI2409 |
TERRORISM TRIALS: MURDER SUSPECTS RELEASED [...] (C) SUMMARY: A Kenyan judge ordered June 9 the immediate release of four al Qaida suspects who had been on trial for murder. He ruled the prosecution failed to provide any evidence connecting the accused to the November 2002 suicide-bombing against the Israeli-owned Paradise Hotel in Kikam [...] |
2005-06-09 15:46:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER ASEC CASC PHUM PGOV KISL KE IS |
| 05NAIROBI2424 |
TERRORISM TRIALS: GOK - "WE AGONIZE, BUT ARE [...] (C) SUMMARY. The Acting Foreign Minister has expressed surprise and disappointment at the June 9 court decision to release four major terrorism suspects, but admits there is little that can be done publicly to mitigate the damage. The Kenyan Government is hesitant to file an appeal and remains [...] |
2005-06-10 14:19:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV KISL KDEM PINS ASEC |
| 05NAIROBI2471 |
WHERE KENYA FITS INTO G-8 DEBT RELIEF PROPOSAL [...] Summary: News that the new G-8 debt forgiveness plan excludes Kenya as a recipient has been met with public dismay. Complaints about unfairness and concerns about a heavy external debt burden appear misplaced, however. The numbers indicate Kenya's existing stock of external debt is in fact [...] |
2005-06-15 12:22:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON EFIN EINV KE |
| 05NAIROBI2515 |
CHARGE MEETS WITH INTERNAL SECURITY PS GITUAI ON [...] (C) Summary. National Security Permanent Secretary (PS) Gituai and National Counterterrorism Center (NCTC) Director Gichangi confirmed in a June 16 meeting with the Charge' d'Affaires, a.i. (CDA) that a working committee in the Office of the President has been constituted to review the Joint T [...] |
2005-06-17 13:43:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER ASEC KE SO |
| 05NAIROBI2519 |
TERRORISM TRIALS: SUGGESTED LETTER FROM SECRETARY [...] (C) In the wake of the June 9 ruling in the Kikambala murder trials reftels Post believes a display of high-level interest from Washington would be useful for advancing our counter-terrorism objectives in Kenya. Post proposes that the Secretary send a letter to her counterpart, Foreign Minist [...] |
2005-06-20 06:12:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV PHUM KISL ASEC CASC KE |
| 05NAIROBI2571 |
KENYA ARTICLE 98: ANTI-U.S. CENSURE MOTION MAY [...] (C) SUMMARY. Kenyan newspapers reported during the week of June 13 that MP Paul Muite had filed a motion in Parliament to censure the U.S. for attempting to arm-twist Kenya into signing an Article 98 agreement. A reliable source in Parliament reported, however, that, as of June 21, no such m [...] |
2005-06-22 12:01:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON SOCI SENV PGOV EAGR PINS MASS KE |
| 05NAIROBI2583 |
SOMALIA -- PUBLIC STATEMENT IN RECOGNITION OF CIVIL [...] (SBU) Reftels outline recent events in the attempts of the Somali Transitional Federal Institutions (TFIs) to relocate from Kenya to Somalia. Notable among these has been a surge to the fore of civil society players in Mogadishu, including members of the business community, NGOs, women's orga [...] |
2005-06-23 05:15:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS SO KE UNSC |
| 05NAIROBI2617 |
LAMU: BUDDING NEGATIVE SENTIMENTS TOWARD THE U.S. [...] (C) SUMMARY: Poloff traveled with the CJTF-HOA Civil Affairs (CA) team to Lamu to gauge local sentiments toward the U.S. and to visit Siyu, the village from which three of the recently-released Kikambala terror suspects hail. Frustrations with the U.S. are mounting in Lamu due to several re [...] |
2005-06-24 12:01:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER ASEC EAID PGOV PINS KISL KPAO KE |
| 05NAIROBI2618 |
SOMALIA -- CENTER OF GRAVITY NOW IN SOMALIA FOR [...] (C) Despite Yemeni efforts to mediate between the Transitional Federal President and the Speaker of the Assembly, talks in Sanaa on key issues separating two main camps in the Transitional Federal Institutions (TFIs) appear to have ended in acrimony. Prime Minister Ghedi has declared his gov [...] |
2005-06-24 12:48:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SO KE |
| 05NAIROBI2619 |
MALINDI: MIXING SUN, DRUGS, CORRUPTION AND A [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Kenyan coastal resort town of Malindi is schizophrenic: hundreds of Italians - and upcountry Kenyans - dominate the town,s economic lifeline, a tourism industry that caters to tens of thousands of European sun-seekers annually. Some are involved in feeding the town,s sk [...] |
2005-06-24 13:36:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINS PGOV KISL KPAO KE |
| 05NAIROBI2651 |
KENYA'S IMF PROGRAM: PROGRESS HINGES ON [...] This is a Joint Embassy-USAID message. 2. (SBU) Summary: Kenya performed reasonably well in meeting the quantitative and structural targets of its IMF program during the current, second review period, and the government and the IMF have reached broad agreement for targets in the next revi [...] |
2005-06-28 15:08:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAID EFIN KCOR PGOV KE |
| 05NAIROBI2691 |
KENYA'S BUDGET: MORE SPENDING, BUT BETTER FOCUSED [...] (U) This is a joint State-USAID cable 2. (SBU) Summary: Kenya's new budget for the fiscal year beginning July 1 foresees a 34% nominal increase in spending, but proposes to spend proportionally more money in areas deemed crucial to economic development and poverty reduction, namely healt [...] |
2005-06-30 12:50:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV EAID KMCA KE |
| 05NAIROBI2695 |
KENYAN DEPUTY PARLIAMENT SPEAKER ON ARTICLE 98: [...] (C) SUMMARY. Deputy Speaker of Parliament, David Musila, explained June 29 that the underlying reason for Kenyan opposition to an Article 98 agreement is that Kenya feels "unappreciated." In recognition for all the security assistance Kenya has provided to the U.S., Kenya should not be requir [...] |
2005-07-01 03:24:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MASS PINS ECON SOCI SENV PGOV EAGR KE |
| 05NAIROBI2738 |
SOMALIA -- NEED TO RALLY BEHIND THE SRSG [...] This is an action request -- see para 19. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Divisions among members of the Somali Transitional Federal Institutions are now being mirrored by schisms in the international community. Moves to finance projects in district-level reconciliation, pushed by specific EU member sta [...] |
2005-07-06 04:05:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SO KE |
| 05NAIROBI2747 |
SOMALIA -- RECONCILIATION AND MEDIATION PLANNING [...] (SBU) The Special Representative of the Secretary General (SRSG) issued a statement July 5 (reported reftel) indicating renewed international community (IC) support for reconciliation among members of the Transitional Federal Institutions (TFIs). The SRSG proposed to the IC members of the Coo [...] |
2005-07-06 14:29:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL SO KE UNSC |
| 05NAIROBI3052 |
KENYAN GOVERNMENT REJECTS, BUT PUBLIC APPLAUDS, UK [...] (C) SUMMARY: A just-announced UK travel ban on Minister of Transport Murungaru has dominated the media, and provoked a flurry of GOK criticisms of the UK, despite a quiet warning to President Kibaki six weeks ago. Most Kenyans, however, are cheering at this diplomatic slap against the governm [...] |
2005-08-01 03:07:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL CVIS CLOK OFDP SNAR KPAO KCOR KE UK GM |
| 05NAIROBI3072 |
KENYA HOPES TO SAVE AGOA APPAREL GAINS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Apparel and garment exports to the United States under AGOA have been one of Kenya's few economic bright spots in recent years. However, faced with new competition stemming from the end of the Multi Fiber Agreement, an estimated 11,000-plus jobs have already been lost. The G [...] |
2005-08-01 09:35:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON EAID EINV ELAB PREL TBIO KE AGOA |
| 05NAIROBI3129 |
IMF BRIEFS KENYA'S "LIKE MINDED" POLITICAL [...] (SBU) Summary: Kenya IMF Resident Representative Jurgen Reitmeier briefed a small gathering of "Like-Minded Donors/Political" (LiMiD/P) on July 12. In addition to outlining Kenya's progress on its PRGF, as reported in reftel, Reitmeier offered a guardedly optimistic assessment of Kenya's cu [...] |
2005-08-04 04:53:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PGOV EAID EFIN KCOR KE |
| 05NAIROBI3169 |
A/S NEWMAN AND SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE MEET SPLM [...] (U) SUMMARY. On August 3, A/S Newman and Special Representative Winter traveled to New Site, South Sudan, to offer their condolences over the death of John Garang and to meet with new SPLM Chairman Salva Kiir. Kiir briefed Newman and Winter on the sequence of events surrounding Garang's death [...] |
2005-08-04 13:08:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PINS EAIR SU KE |
| 05NAIROBI3170 |
DESPERATE MURUNGARU TURNS TO THUGS TO DEFEND HIS [...] (SBU) Kenyan and international media reported August 4 that a foreign-owned ranch was invaded on August 3 by a group of Kenyans who were reacting to the United Kingdom's announcement (ref a) that Kenyan Minister for Transportation Chris Murungaru is ineligible to visit or transit the UK. The [...] |
2005-08-04 13:09:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | KCOR PREL SOCI PINS KE |
| 05NAIROBI3173 |
SUDAN: A/S NEWMAN AND SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE [...] (C) SUMMARY. AF A/S Newman and Special Representative Winter met Gen. Sumbeiywo on August 4 in Nairobi to discuss the way forward in Sudan following the death of John Garang. Newman, Winter and Sumbeiywo compared views on the challenges facing new SPLM Chairman Salva Kiir and his capacity to me [...] |
2005-08-04 14:10:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KE SU |
| 05NAIROBI3180 |
ENGAGING KENYA ON ITS MCA THRESHOLD PROPOSAL [...] (U) This is joint Embassy-USAID Message. 2. (C) Embassy Nairobi welcomes the proposed August 15-19 visit by MCC personnel to evaluate Kenya's application for MCC Threshold funding and encourages an early country clearance request. We see the purpose of this visit as assessing Kenya's eff [...] |
2005-08-05 07:32:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | KMCA EAID PGOV ECON EFIN PREL KCOR KE MCA |
| 05NAIROBI3188 |
Kenya's Energy Future [...] Summary: Kenya is facing a significant power shortage and is being forced to turn to more expensive sources of energy. Future production will come from increased electricity generation from geothermal sources and likely new coal-fired plants. A World Bank-promoted East African regional ele [...] |
2005-08-05 11:59:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EAID EINV BTIO SENV KE ENGR |
| 05NAIROBI3189 |
KENYA WILL SEEK PERMANENT SEAT ON SECURITY COUNCIL [...] No summary [...] |
2005-08-05 12:48:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV KE UNSC |
| 05NAIROBI3287 |
KENYA PASSES TWO MAJOR ECONOMIC REFORM BILLS [...] (U) This is a Joint Embassy-USAID message. 2. (SBU) Summary: Kenya's Parliament has passed two pieces of economic reform legislation, the Public Procurement Bill and the Privatization Bill. Both are important in the long march towards a stronger, faster growing economy and improved gover [...] |
2005-08-12 08:13:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAID EFIN KCOR PGOV KE |
| 05NAIROBI3289 |
NGILU: NARC DISAPPOINTING; MY MINISTRY CORRUPT AND [...] SUMMARY. Health Minister Charity Ngilu confided to the Ambassador August 10 that she has lost faith in the Kibaki government's commitment to fighting high-level corruption. She pointed to the resurgence of unsavory figures like Nicolas Biwott as evidence that NARC, once in power, had abandon [...] |
2005-08-12 08:32:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | KHIV KCOR PREL PGOV EAID KE |
| 05NAIROBI3300 |
REGIONAL ISSUES AND KENYA TRAVEL WARNING: [...] (C) SUMMARY: Congressman Donald Payne expressed appreciation to Kenya for its leadership role in the Sudan peace accord and the Somalia reconciliation process in a meeting with President Kibaki August 10. The Congressman said he was trying to encourage the State Department to take a more acti [...] |
2005-08-15 03:03:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EAID ECIN PINS KUNR SO SU ET DJ SP CH KE |
| 05NAIROBI3575 |
SOMALIA -- SELF-DECLARED INDEPENDENT SOMALILAND [...] (SBU) The Minister of the Interior of the self-declared independent Republic of Somaliland committed his "government" to full cooperation with the USG should there ever be a need to deport a Somaliland "national" from the United States. He expressed confusion on learning that Somaliland offic [...] |
2005-09-02 06:09:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL CVIS KPAO SO KE |
| 05NAIROBI3593 |
KENYA CONSTITUTION: BATTLE LINES DRAWN ON THE [...] (SBU) Battle lines are being drawn on the upcoming referendum on the proposed new constitution. Former President Moi has announced his opposition to the new draft. Two Cabinet members, Raila Odinga and Kalonzo Musyoka, have formally joined forces with the leader of the Official Opposition Uh [...] |
2005-09-02 12:21:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM KE |
| 05NAIROBI3600 |
KENYA'S PRESIDENT GOES TO CHINA - AND WHAT IT MEANS [...] (SBU) Summary: Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki's August state visit to China was clearly aimed at further developing a bilateral economic relationship which, while small, is growing rapidly. Trade and tourism are especially robust. Investment by Chinese firms in Kenya has yielded less-spectacu [...] |
2005-09-05 05:39:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID EAIR ECIN ECON EFIN ELAB EINV ETRD PREL CH KE |
| 05NAIROBI3620 |
SOMALIA -- SPECIAL SELF-HELP AND DEMOCRACY, HUMAN [...] The Regional Financial Management Center (USAID/Nairobi) has received budget allowance cables for $58,000 to fund the Somalia Self-Help (SSH) Program, and $30,000 to fund the Democracy and Human Rights Fund (DHRF) Program, for FY 2005. 2. Mission has over the past several years been unable t [...] |
2005-09-06 10:25:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PGOV PREL PHUM SO KE |
| 05NAIROBI3638 |
SOMALIA -- GERMANY EXPRESSES CONCERNS TO ROME RE: [...] (C) The Federal Republic of Germany (FRG) has demarched the Italian MFA in Rome regarding difficult working relations and differences in principle with the Italian Delegation to Somalia in Nairobi. It appears that the frustrations the FRG expressed in Rome are shared by a number of other EU me [...] |
2005-09-06 13:05:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KPAO SO KE |
| 05NAIROBI3643 |
KENYA CONSTITUTIONAL REFERENDUM SET FOR 21 NOVEMBER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Kenyan authorities have set 21 November as the date for the national referendum on the proposed new constitution. With a date in sight, both sides of the debate are gearing up their campaigns, even while the election officials warn both sides about campaigning and conducting [...] |
2005-09-06 14:47:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL KDEM KE |
| 05NAIROBI3657 |
SOMALIA -- PREPARATIONS UNDERWAY FOR PARLIAMENTARY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Somaliland's National Electoral Commission (NEC), its political elite, civil society organizations, and public at large are finalizing preparations to elect an 82-member Parliament on September 29. Despite extraordinary organizational and logistical challenges, chances are very [...] |
2005-09-07 08:00:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEC KPAO SO KE |
| 05NAIROBI3658 |
SOMALIA -- INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY PREPARES TO [...] (C) Somali Prime Minister Ali Mohamed Gedi has formally requested that the international community travel to Jowhar, Somalia -- temporary seat of the Somali President's wing of the Transitional Federal Government -- to convene a meeting of the Somali Coordination and Monitoring Committee. In t [...] |
2005-09-07 09:29:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KPAO SO KE |
| 05NAIROBI3826 |
KENYA RESPONSE - TEXTILES AND APPAREL SECTOR: [...] In response to ref A), Embassy Nairobi offers the following baseline data on Kenya's textile and apparel production and employment. Total Kenyan industrial production in calendar year 2004 was USD 5.616 billion. Total textile and apparel production was USD 304.21 million in year 2004 and US [...] |
2005-09-15 10:56:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | KTEX ECON ETRD KE AGOA |
| 05NAIROBI3847 |
CONSTITUTIONAL REFERENDUM: ELECTORAL COMMISSION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Following a day of disrupted civic education events on September 14, Samuel Kivuitu, Chairman of the Electoral Commission of Kenya, called for a moratorium on constitutional referendum campaigning until October 21, the beginning of the designated campaign period. Kivuitu argue [...] |
2005-09-16 08:32:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM KE |
| 05NAIROBI3863 |
KENYA CONSTITUTION: VIOLENCE MARS THE YES CAMPAIGN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Supporters of the proposed constitution launched their "Yes" campaign with three planned rallies September 16-18. As violence marred several pro-draft events, the message from both sides of the debate shifted to denounce violence and stress the importance of preventing the de [...] |
2005-09-19 15:11:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM PINS PHUM KE |
| 05NAIROBI3927 |
CORRUPTION IN KENYA: LOOKING BACK, LOOKING FORWARD [...] (C) Summary: More than six months after the Government of Kenya's anti-graft credentials all but disappeared, the country is at a crossroads in the war on corruption. On the one hand, senior civil servants are driving a series of systemic reforms and improvements in the country's legal and i [...] |
2005-09-22 06:40:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EAID KCOR PGOV KE |
| 05NAIROBI3944 |
SUDANESE REFUGEES IN KAKUMA: MORE ARRIVING, FEW [...] SUMMARY. Sudanese refugees are not excited by the prospect of returning to Sudan; in fact, as many as 6,000 new Sudanese refugees have arrived in Kakuma refugee camp since January. Theft of roofing material on vacant former Somali Bantu dwellings led to their destruction by the weather. END SU [...] |
2005-09-22 10:32:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREF SU KE |
| 05NAIROBI3982 |
HOW DO WE RUN THIS THING? COMMISSIONS WEIGH IN ON [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A September 21 lunch with members of the Electoral Commission of Kenya and the Constitution of Kenya Review Commission revealed that both organizations are unclear on the referendum process and their respective roles. Exactly two months before the November 21 constitutional r [...] |
2005-09-23 10:40:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM KE |
| 05NAIROBI3983 |
SAFE SKIES; FEEDBACK FROM KENYANS ON FAA TRAINING [...] Summary: Five managers and one technician from the Kenya Civil Aviation Authority (KCAA) and Kenya Airport Authority (KAA) whom FAA sent to training courses in August praised the classes and said they would strive to use the information to improve management, both of security and more widely w [...] |
2005-09-24 03:10:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR EAID KE |
| 05NAIROBI3988 |
KENYA REFERENDUM: VIOLENCE, TRIBALISM, AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: A recent announcement that the Kenyan government plans to throw all of its resources, financial and human, towards a "Yes" vote threatens the very nature of a free and fair referendum. Recent violence and esculating tribalism surrounding the referendum campaigns further threat [...] |
2005-09-26 05:27:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINS KDEM KE |
| 05NAIROBI4002 |
UK FRUSTRATIONS WITH CT COOPERATION IN KENYA [...] (C) SUMMARY: British counterparts told Poloffs September 19 they are focusing their counter-terrorism (CT) efforts in Kenya on border and aviation security and have money to spend in both arenas. They are, however, frustrated with the Kenyan government,s lackluster CT performance and also c [...] |
2005-09-26 13:53:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MASS PTER MARR MOPS PGOV KE |
| 05NAIROBI4003 |
SOMALILANDERS SEIZE JIHADISTS [...] (C) Media reports from BBC and Al Jazeera describe a September 22-23 shoot-out in Hargeisa, Somaliland. The shoot-out ended in seizure of four to eight individuals, some of whom the Somaliland government claims are "foreign Al Qaeda operatives." (NOTE: In the Somaliland context, "foreign" ca [...] |
2005-09-26 14:30:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER ASEC PINS PGOV PHUM SO KE |
| 05NAIROBI4023 |
East African Community Customs Union: Just Teething [...] (SBU) Summary: The East African Community Customs Union, established at the start of 2005, is experiencing teething problems - and in the minority view, may be unraveling. A slew of problems, ranging from tariff rates for pharmaceuticals to rules of origin for vehicles assembled locally by G [...] |
2005-09-27 06:29:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECIN ECON KE TZ |
| 05NAIROBI4063 |
POSSIBLE THREAT INFORMATION RECEIVED BY AMBASSADOR [...] (S/NF) The following information was passed to post's Ambassador at a function held at his home on Sunday, September 24. The diplomat who passed the information, which was typed on a plain white piece of paper, stated he had been given this information but had no way to check it's veracity an [...] |
2005-09-28 13:37:00 | Embassy Nairobi | SECRET | ASEC PINR PTER |
| 05NAIROBI4080 |
DIPLOMATS SPEAK OUT ON REFERENDUM PROCESS -- AND [...] (U) SUMMARY: Ambassador joined several other chiefs of mission in a September 28 meeting with Electoral Commission of Kenya (ECK) Chairman to discuss the ECK,s efforts (and difficulties) to supervise November's referendum on the new draft constitution. Following the meeting, the envoys rele [...] |
2005-09-29 15:10:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM PINS KDEM KE |
| 05NAIROBI4128 |
ANTI-FOREIGN RHETORIC HEATS UP KENYA'S "YES" [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The foreign diplomatic community -- and the U.S. Ambassador in particular -- came under fire October 1 for their criticisms of the referendum campaigns for and against a new Kenyan Constitution. The U.S. was singled out among the foreign missions accused of funding the "No" [...] |
2005-10-03 15:49:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ASEC PREL KDEM KE |
| 05NAIROBI4143 |
KENYAN GOVERNMENT OFFERS CARROTS FOR BANANAS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ahead of Kenya's November 21 constitutional referendum, the Government has begun offering various constituency groups a variety of enticements, implicitly to win their "Yes" or banana, vote. The offers so far include a number of controversial land ownership concessions, pay incr [...] |
2005-10-04 11:40:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON PREL KDEM KE |
| 05NAIROBI4165 |
DROUGHT PERSISTS IN KENYA'S MAKUENI [...] Rainfall amounts below historical averages continue to negatively affect residents in several Divisions of the Makueni District, Kenya. The lack of rain and ground water has impacted local livelihoods, public health and been responsible for a significant out migration. Poor management and [...] |
2005-10-05 12:40:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID KE |
| 05NAIROBI4328 |
Nairobi Embassy Bombing Victims Maintain Protest [...] (U) On July 12, 14 victims of the August 7, 1998 Embassy bombing began a live-in protest at the "August 7 Memorial Park," located at the site of the former US Embassy in downtown Nairobi. Though the protestors are basically peaceful, their presence inhibits the park from being used for its or [...] |
2005-10-18 13:52:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | KE PHUM PGOV PINS KPAO PREL |
| 05NAIROBI4331 |
AMBASSADOR PRESSES KENYAN MFA ON SECURITY AND [...] (S) SUMMARY: Ambassador stressed continuing U.S. security concerns and urged the Kenyan government to focus on combating terrorism during his October 7 meeting with Foreign Ministry's Permanent Secretary. PS Mbaya emphasized Kenya's concerns re Somalia as a source of threats and pledged the K [...] |
2005-10-18 13:54:00 | Embassy Nairobi | SECRET | PREL ASEC PTER KE SO |
| 05NAIROBI4343 |
ADDITIONAL KENYAN RESPONSE TO WTO GEOGRAPHICAL [...] On October 17, Post received a more detailed response on Kenya's position on the WTO debate on Geographical Indications (GIs) from David Nalo, Permanent Secretary at the Ministry of Trade and Industry. Kenya's position paper was drafted by the Kenya Industrial Property Institute (KIPI); text [...] |
2005-10-19 09:40:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD EAGR KIPR KE WTO |
| 05NAIROBI4384 |
AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH PRESIDENT KIBAKI [...] (C) I met alone with President Kibaki for 40 minutes October 19. The meeting was prompted by the decision in Washington earlier this week to find Transport Minister Christopher Murungaru ineligible for entry into the U.S. under Presidential Proclamation 7750. Advised of this decision early [...] |
2005-10-24 02:45:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV CVIS KCOR KE |
| 05NAIROBI4409 |
MOMBASA MUSLIMS SEE ORANGE [...] (C) SUMMARY: The vast majority of Muslims in Mombasa actively support the &Orange8 campaign for a "no" (or, "Orange") vote in November's referendum on the proposed new Kenyan constitution. While most Muslim leaders rally around contentious issues such as devolution of power and Khadis cour [...] |
2005-10-25 02:43:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER ASEC EAID PGOV PINS KISL KE |
| 05NAIROBI4421 |
Export Processing Zone Faces Competitive Pressures [...] (SBU) Summary: Kenya's Export Processing Zones (EPZ) face rising wage and energy costs, poor transportation infrastructure, and constraining government regulations that make it difficult to attract investors and compete with Asian exporters. Nevertheless, the EPZ Authority (EPZA) believes it [...] |
2005-10-25 11:09:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ECON ETRD EFIN KE |
| 05NAIROBI4436 |
"OFFICIAL" CAMPAIGN PERIOD KICKS OFF AS PRESIDENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: The "official" period for campaigning for or against the proposed draft constitution kicked off on October 21, with the banana "Yes" team on the defensive following the publication of unfavorable opinion poll results and President Kibaki attracting criticism for allegedly defying [...] |
2005-10-26 13:46:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON SENV KDEM KCOR KE |
| 05NAIROBI4462 |
ARTICLE 98 AND ATTORNEY GENERAL WAKO [...] (C) Summary: Despite intensive Embassy lobbying over the past year (reftel A-E), and the cutoff of FMF, IMET and some ESF funding pursuant to the ASPA and the Nethercutt Amendment, the Kenyan government still resists signature of an Article 98 agreement with the U.S. Academics, journalists, [...] |
2005-10-27 10:34:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MASS PINS ECON SOCI PGOV KE |
| 05NAIROBI4470 |
REACTION TO TRAVEL BAN ON DR. CHRIS MURUNGARU [...] (U) Summary. Following an apparent leak from within the Kenyan government, news of the U.S. travel ban on Kenyan Transport Minister Dr. Chris Murungaru (reftel) spread quickly late on Tuesday October 25, becoming the top news item on all of the major television news reports that evening. The [...] |
2005-10-28 02:59:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KPAO PREL CVIS KCOR KE |
| 05NAIROBI4506 |
GIFTING AMBOSELI FOR VOTES - A BAD ENVIRONMENTAL, [...] (SBU) Summary: Hoping to create support among the Maasai community for Kenya's draft constitution, on September 28, Kenya's Ministry of Tourism and Wildlife degazetted (declassified) Kenya's renowned Amboseli National Park and handed over administrative control to the local county council. [...] |
2005-10-31 07:18:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV SENV PREL EAID ECON KCOR KE |
| 05NAIROBI4507 |
KENYA/NEPAD: KENYA COMPLETES APRM SELF-ASSESSMENT [...] No summary [...] |
2005-10-31 07:37:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECIN ECON PGOV SOCI KE NEPAD APRM |
| 05NAIROBI4551 |
FIRST DEATHS MAR RUN-UP TO KENYA'S REFERENDUM [...] (C) SUMMARY: Violence erupted October 29 during a pro-new constitution rally in Kisumu. Hundreds of angry youth opposed to the proposed new constitution clashed with thousands of security personal, culminating in 40 serious injuries and four reported deaths. The violence was the most dead [...] |
2005-11-01 14:09:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ASEC PREL KDEM PINS KE |
| 05NAIROBI4552 |
ECK EXPRESSES SOME CONCERNS AS THE REFERENDUM [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Electoral Commission of Kenya, charged with conducting the November 21 national referendum on the proposed new constitution, is making ready for polling day, including adopting new technology which will permit the ECK to broadcast voting results near simultaneously. While d [...] |
2005-11-02 01:42:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV ASEC PREL KDEM KE |
| 05NAIROBI4554 |
KENYA RESPONSE ON RATIFICATION OF THE CAPE [...] No summary [...] |
2005-11-02 04:56:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | BEXP EFIN EAIR EIND ETRD KTIA |
| 05NAIROBI4555 |
AMBASSADOR RAISES CONCERNS OVER ALLEGATIONS OF [...] (C) During an October 31 meeting with Permanent Secretary for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Boaz Mbaya, Ambassador Bellamy raised his concerns about continuing public remarks made by several high-ranking government officials, including a cabinet minister, alleging that the U.S. was in somewa [...] |
2005-11-02 06:51:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM KDEM KE |
| 05NAIROBI4559 |
KENYA PURSUING PURCHASE OF F5'S FROM SAUDI ARABIA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Post has received Kenyan End-Use Monitoring (EUM) Assurances for a pending purchase of 14 used F-5 aircraft from Saudi Arabia. In separate meetings with the Permanent Secretaries of Foreign Affairs and Defense, Ambassador and DCM addressed concerns surrounding the impending purc [...] |
2005-11-03 01:45:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PTER MASS PREL KE |
| 05NAIROBI4584 |
TOP BANANAS SPEAK (FINALLY) TO DIPLOMATS [...] (C) SUMMARY: After two months of requests from the diplomatic community for a briefing from the pro-draft constitution ("Banana") team ahead of the November 21 referendum, the government finally relented November 2. Most notable was the Information Minister's statement that allegations of fo [...] |
2005-11-03 16:39:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM KE |
| 05NAIROBI4599 |
IMF BRIEFS DONORS ON KENYA'S ECONOMY AND PRGF [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: IMF Mission Chief for Kenya Godfrey Kalinga briefed donors on the results of a 10-day IMF mission examining Kenya's progress on the second review of its three-year $326.7 million Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility (PRGF). Kalinga was generally optimistic on Kenya's near-te [...] |
2005-11-07 11:28:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PGOV EAID EFIN KCOR KE |
| 05NAIROBI4636 |
G-8 COUNTER-TERRORISM COORDINATION IN KENYA [...] (C) SUMMARY: The 5th session of the &Nairobi G-8 Counter Terrorist Action Group8 met November 8 to discuss bialteral counter-terrorism assistance programs in Kenya and to better coordinate programs so as not to duplicate efforts. Unlike past sessions, in which the U.S. and U.K. were the only [...] |
2005-11-09 12:44:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER ASEC PGOV EAID KE |
| 05NAIROBI4683 |
KENYA'S GAMBLE ON A NEW CONSTITUTION UNLIKELY TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Kenya's November 21 referendum on a proposed new constitution risks further polarizing the nation along tribal lines, regardless of the outcome. With the "Orange" opposition increasingly confident of victory, the stage is being set for continued political standoff if they win - [...] |
2005-11-10 08:07:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ASEC PREL KDEM ECON KE |
| 05NAIROBI4694 |
MISPERCEPTIONS ABOUT THE US ABOUND IN BANANA [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a November 1 trip through Central Province, local leaders shared with the Ambassador their slanted, often erroneous, views on the U.S. relationship with Kenya and our role in the constitutional referendum process. While providing an excellent opportunity for the Ambassador [...] |
2005-11-10 12:41:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM KE |
| 05NAIROBI4749 |
MORE DEATHS AS KENYA HEADS INTO CONSTITUTIONAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: With just one week remaining before the constitutional referendum, four more Kenyans died in police clashes at an Orange ("No") rally. Meanwhile, while the Banana ("Yes") team has resorted to more underhanded methods (such as scheduling presidential travel to force cancellation [...] |
2005-11-16 01:36:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEC KDEM KE |
| 05NAIROBI4757 |
DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MEETING WITH PRESIDENT KIBAKI [...] (C) SUMMARY: Deputy Secretary Zoellick and Kenyan President Kibaki agreed November 8 to keep pressure on the Sudanese parties to implement the Comprehensive Peace Agreement. Zoellick pushed for greater Kenyan progress on counter-terrorism and the Kenyans urged greater U.S. engagement on Som [...] |
2005-11-16 07:03:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON PTER SU SO KE SLM CPA |
| 05NAIROBI4758 |
SUDAN: DEPUTY SECRETARY CONFERS WITH INTERNATIONAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a November 8 meeting with international partners in Nairobi, Deputy Secretary Zoellick emphasized the urgency of conveying to the various parties in Sudan the need to regain momentum in implementing the Comprehensive Peace Agreement. Speaking with representatives from Eur [...] |
2005-11-16 07:18:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINS SU KE SLM CPA |
| 05NAIROBI4762 |
DEPUTY SECRETARY ZOELLICK'S NAIROBI MEETING WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: Deputy Secretary Zoellick met with AU Special Envoy Salim Salim at the start of a day of meetings intended to address the rift within the Sudan Liberation Movement (SLM). The Deputy Secretary and Mediator agreed that the international community should act together to encourage the [...] |
2005-11-16 08:55:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINS MARR KPKO SU SLM |
| 05NAIROBI4764 |
COASTAL SECURITY KEY TO KENYAN COUNTER-TERRORISM [...] (C) SUMMARY: Members of post,s Coastal Security Working Group discussed the security situation and options for engagement with law enforcement and local leaders during a three-day visit to Lamu. The U.S. Navy Special Warfare training program in Lamu is progressing well, and post is looking [...] |
2005-11-16 10:42:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER ASEC MARR PGOV PREL PINS KISL KE |
| 05NAIROBI4781 |
WFP: POLITICS, ECONOMICS HINDER KENYA'S FIGHT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: World Food Program (WFP) officials briefed Ambassador and Emboffs on the November 2nd appeal for donor support for Kenya's continuing food emergency, which will likely keep more than 1.2 million people at risk until at least February. WFP Country Director Tesema Negash expres [...] |
2005-11-17 12:44:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAGR EAID ETRD PGOV PREL TBIO KCOR |
| 05NAIROBI4783 |
REFERENDUM: LAST DAYS AND LAST DITCH EFFORTS [...] (C) Summary: In the waning days of the referendum campaign ahead of the vote on November 21, the pro-draft ("Yes" or Banana) team has resorted to measures of questionable democratic integrity to ensure a win, including shutting down an opposition radio station and "suggesting" that civil ser [...] |
2005-11-17 14:18:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINS PHUM KDEM KE |
| 05NAIROBI4817 |
International Maritime Organization Demarche re [...] U) Poloff delivered reftel demarche November 17 to Diana Kiambuthi, First Secretary, International Organizations and Conferences Division, Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Kiambuthi indicated that Kenya has been approached by other nations seeking support for their candidacies for the IMO council [...] |
2005-11-18 06:57:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC IMO EWWT PHSA KTIA KE |
| 05NAIROBI4829 |
KENYA INFORMATION ON AVIAN AND PANDEMIC [...] (U) Mission Nairobi responses to reftel follow: A) Preparedness/Communication ----------------------------- 2. (SBU) The Kenyan government has established an inter- ministerial taskforce to create an action plan to address the threat of avian flu. The taskforce is nominally headed by Mr [...] |
2005-11-18 07:22:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO SENV ECON EAGR EAID PREL PGOV KE |
| 05NAIROBI4835 |
KENYA'S CONSTITUTIONAL REFERENDUM LARGELY [...] SUMMARY: In Kenya's first constitutional referendum the polls will close soon, after a mostly peaceful exercise. There have been a number of minor irregularities credibly reported or seen by international observers, as well as allegations not yet proved or disproved. There have been other p [...] |
2005-11-22 04:20:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | KDEM PREL PGOV KE |
| 05NAIROBI4838 |
KENYA'S CONSTITUTIONAL REFERENDUM: ORANGE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: President Kibaki acknowledged the defeat of the proposed new constitution at mid- afternoon November 22, with the "no" vote decisively ahead in Kenya's constitutional referendum. "No" supporters had already been celebrating their not-yet- official victory. The Electoral Commis [...] |
2005-11-22 11:52:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | KDEM PREL PGOV KE |
| 05NAIROBI4866 |
SOMALI PIRACY -- ADDITIONAL RECOMMENDATIONS [...] (S) Country Team elements directly engaged in the issue of piracy off the Somali coast met to discuss the impact of possible interdiction operations in the Somali political, clan, and CT context. We recommend options that mitigate any impact on the current Somali political process or on- goin [...] |
2005-11-25 05:47:00 | Embassy Nairobi | SECRET | PGOV PTER PREL ASEC KPAO SO KE |
| 05NAIROBI4878 |
PRESIDENT KIBAKI SACKS CABINET, KEEPS PARLIAMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: After conceding November 22 the defeat of his proposed new constitution in the previous day's national referendum, President Kibaki moved swiftly to assert his leadership. He dismissed his entire (and entirely disfunctional) cabinet November 23; seeking to ward off preparations [...] |
2005-11-28 01:40:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM KE |
| 05NAIROBI4901 |
PRESIDENT KIBAKI BANS ORANGE RALLIES AND MULLS [...] 1. (SBU) SUMMARY: Kenya's government banned November 27 planned nationwide rallies organized by the Orange Democratic Movement on the grounds the opposition gatherings pose "a threat to national security." The rallies had been called to build support for the Orange Democratic Movement and b [...] |
2005-11-28 14:25:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM KE |
| 05NAIROBI4902 |
A DEFINING MOMENT FOR KIBAKI,S PRESIDENCY [...] (C) Summary. President Kibaki met with me and three other chiefs of mission on November 25. The COMs praised the government,s handling of the Constitutional Referendum and Kibaki,s stoic leadership following the massive &no8 vote. We urged that Kibaki seize this chance to remove corrupt and [...] |
2005-11-29 01:29:00 | Embassy Nairobi | SECRET//NOFORN | KE KDEM PGOV PREL KCOR |
| 05NAIROBI4903 |
SOMALIA PIRACY -- JOWHAR-TFG MEMBERS LET CONTRACT [...] (C) Somali Transitional Federal Government (TFG) Prime Minster Ali Mohamed Gedi has confirmed that members of the TFG allied with President Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed signed on November 25 a contract with a U.S.-origin company to provide coastal security and training services. The primary goal see [...] |
2005-11-29 01:31:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PREL MOPS ASEC KPAO SO KE |
| 05NAIROBI4928 |
FOLLOW UP TO ETHIOPIANS ARRESTED AT JOMO KENYATTA [...] (S/NF) Explosive residue examination conducted by SIMO (using post's itemisers) on the left insole of the pair of shoes discussed in reftels, detected traces of the highly explosive substance, Pentaerythrol Trinitrate (PETN). On 11/28, Embassy Legal Attach and SIMO expert were given access to [...] |
2005-11-29 12:14:00 | Embassy Nairobi | SECRET | ASEC PTER KE |
| 05NAIROBI4949 |
KENYA: EU APPEARS TO HOLD SWAY ON KENYA'S POSITION [...] (SBU) Econ/C raised ref A points regarding Kenya's position on Geographical Indications (GI) with Ministry of Trade Permanent Secretary David Nalo on November 30, and pointed out that Kenya's position in favor of the EU's proposal on extending GIs (ref B) appeared at odds with Kenya's economi [...] |
2005-11-30 11:35:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON EAGR KIPR KE WTRO |
| 05NAIROBI4957 |
SOMALIA PRIME MINISTER BY TURNS ACCUSATORY, [...] (C) Somali Prime Minister Gedi November 25 alternately accused the USG of abandoning Somalis to the killing clutches of Mogadishu warlords, and sought our advice on building a "third way" in Parliament -- depending on who was in the room. He admitted he and the Jowhar TFG faction were taking [...] |
2005-11-30 12:22:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PREL MOPS ASEC KPAO SO KE |
| 05NAIROBI4983 |
WTO - KENYA, WITH THE EU, PREPARES FOR HONG [...] (U) This report includes an action request for State, USTR, and USDA; please see paragraph 9. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Despite the fact that it does not have a sitting Trade Minister, Kenya hopes to play a leadership role in developing a consensus among African countries at the upcoming WTO Ho [...] |
2005-12-01 12:30:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON EAGR EAID PREL PGOV WTRO KE |
| 05NAIROBI4984 |
KENYA ON HOLD: NO NEW CABINET AND NO DIALOGUE [...] (C) SUMMARY: A week after President Kibaki dismissed his cabinet and suspended Parliament indefinitely, no clear picture has emerged of the post-referendum Kenyan political landscape. The Ambassador's conversation with Orange Democratic Movement leaders revealed a group still groping its way [...] |
2005-12-01 12:57:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM KE |
| 05NAIROBI5000 |
FOREIGN MINISTRY URGES US ACTION ON SOMALIA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ministry of Foreign Affairs Permanent Secretary Boaz Mbaya in a December 2 meeting, urged the U.S. SIPDIS to consider greater involvement in Somalia -- in both resolving the political standoff, and in curbing piracy. The DCM and AF/E Deputy Director Deborah Malac reminded Mbay [...] |
2005-12-02 10:24:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PREL KE SO |
| 05NAIROBI5018 |
EARTHQUAKE TREMORS GENERATE FEAR BUT LITTLE ELSE [...] (SBU) Late in the day on December 5, Reuters and other media sources reported a 6.8 magnitude earthquake that struck in the Democratic Republic of Congo at 3:19 pm local time at a point 975 kilometers from the Kenyan capital, Nairobi. Few felt the tremors at the Embassy compound in the north [...] |
2005-12-05 13:21:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC AMGT AEMR CASC KSAF KE |
| 05NAIROBI5019 |
SOMALIA POLICY CONSIDERATIONS [...] (C) As the Department develops new approaches to Somalia, Post recommends the USG seek a role in bringing into being -- and sustaining -- a coalition of Somalis that can rule Somalia and combat the violent Islamists. END SUMMARY. 2. (C) Embassy Nairobi welcomes the opportunity to forward [...] |
2005-12-05 13:44:00 | Embassy Nairobi | SECRET | PGOV PTER PREL ASEC KPAO SO KE |
| 05NAIROBI5030 |
WTO - KENYA'S PROTECTIONIST TAKE ON HONG KONG [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: As Kenyan Trade officials prepare to depart for the WTO Ministerial in Hong Kong, it is clear that their main goal, and perhaps for most African countries, is to promote "flexibility" in market access, protect existing preferences (through new compensation measures), and ensur [...] |
2005-12-06 07:35:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON EAGR EAID PREL PGOV WTRO KE |
| 05NAIROBI5070 |
KENYA'S NEW CABINET: NO NATIONAL UNITY, NO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Late December 7, Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki finally announced his new cabinet. Instead of cleaning house as most Kenyans hoped, President Kibaki has returned to cabinet a full measure of corrupt and obstructionist ministers, including those who advised him so badly on the con [...] |
2005-12-08 10:45:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM KE |
| 05NAIROBI5072 |
KENYA'S NEW CABINET APPOINTEES AND U.S. INTERESTS [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Kibaki's new cabinet is a mixed bag for U.S. interests in security, corruption, and economic policy. New Foreign Minister Raphael Tuju will be more capable than the laterally transferred Ali Mwakwere, but given his antagonistic track record, will not necessarily be ame [...] |
2005-12-08 11:01:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL KDEM KCOR ETRD KE |
| 05NAIROBI5073 |
KENYA'S NEW CABINET: NO NATIONAL UNITY, NO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Late December 7, Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki finally announced his new cabinet. Instead of cleaning house as most Kenyans hoped, President Kibaki has returned to cabinet a full measure of corrupt and obstructionist ministers, including those who advised him so badly on the con [...] |
2005-12-08 11:16:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM KE |
| 05NAIROBI5074 |
UNICEF APPEAL FOR NUTRITIONAL INTERVENTIONS [...] Results of an October UNICEF nutritional assessment revealed emergency levels of malnutrition amongst 45,000 pastoralist children in three districts of eastern Kenya. The lack of rainfall and its effect on pastoralist livelihoods is cited as contributing to the malnutrition, however, the sur [...] |
2005-12-08 11:19:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID KE EAGR ETRD |
| 05NAIROBI5075 |
GOVERNMENT WANTS U.S. TO RECOGNIZE KENYA'S [...] (C) SUMMARY: Kenya's lead official for Internal Security beseeched visiting AF/E Deputy Director for the United States to recognize the totality of security measures the government had implemented, and not focus too sharply on reviving the Joint Terrorism Task Force as a marker of Kenyan commi [...] |
2005-12-08 12:13:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER ASEC PREL PGOV KE SO |
| 05NAIROBI5078 |
THANKS, BUT NO THANKS: CABINET NOMINEES DECLINE [...] (C) Although President Kibaki met his self-imposed two week deadline for announcing a new cabinet (reftel), Kenya's government is still incomplete, with twenty-one nominees declining their appointments. Within moments of the President's announcement on December 7, ten appointees turned Kibak [...] |
2005-12-08 13:23:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KDEM KE |
| 05NAIROBI5094 |
KENYA: 2005 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL [...] No summary [...] |
2005-12-09 08:19:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR KCRM PTER KTFN EFIN KE |
| 05NAIROBI5096 |
DONNING POLITICAL BLINDERS, KIBAKI SWEARS IN NEW [...] (C) SUMMARY: Despite the loss of nearly one quarter of his new appointees, President Kibaki proceeded with the swearing-in of his rump cabinet on December 9. In doing so, the president effectively shut the door on initiating a dialogue with the marginalized parties to create a body that is t [...] |
2005-12-13 01:33:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM KE |
| 05NAIROBI5102 |
Kenya and Uganda Privatize the Railroad [...] (SBU) Summary: Kenya and Uganda are at last moving to revive the storied 1,500 mile rail line from Mombasa to Kampala by concessioning the railroad on both sides of the border to a private sector consortium led by a South African firm. This form of privatization is a welcome attempt to fix a [...] |
2005-12-13 08:56:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KPRV EAID ELAB ECON KE UG |
| 05NAIROBI5103 |
CORRUPTION IN KENYA - JOHN GITHONGO PREPARES TO TELL [...] (C) Summary: Former Kenyan "anti-corruption czar" John Githongo has organized all of the evidence of wrongdoing in his possession and put it into a single seamless narrative detailing the grand scale corruption committed by several of the highest-ranking and most influential ministers and ad [...] |
2005-12-13 09:36:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV KCOR KPAO PINR KE |
| 05NAIROBI5105 |
KIBAKI CALLS FOR UNITY, CONTINUES PARTISAN GAMES [...] (C) SUMMARY: As President Kibaki appears to be in denial that a serious political crisis is staring him in the face, Orange Democratic Movement leaders intensify their criticism and call for fresh elections. Dissatisfied FORD-K and National Party of Kenya leaders are taking advantage of Ki [...] |
2005-12-13 11:29:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM KE |
| 05NAIROBI5126 |
KENYA EMOP RESOURCES. WHEAT SWAP WITH [...] This is an action request. See paragraph 12. 2. To address the immediate food needs of drought victims in the southeastern and coastal lowlands, as well as among pastoralists in Northeast Kenya, while also supporting Kenya's oversupplied maize market, post recommends USAID/FFP/DCHA appro [...] |
2005-12-14 08:05:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID KE EAGR |
| 05NAIROBI5132 |
KENYA: FY 2005 AMBASSADOR'S SELF-HELP FUND [...] Summary: The 16 FY-05 projects (with a total budget of $92,000) supported most recently through Kenya's Ambassador's Self-Help Fund have begun their funded activities. A summary of Kenya's Self-Help program and progress to date are contained herein. End summary. OVERVIEW -------- 2. [...] |
2005-12-14 11:52:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREL KE |
| 05NAIROBI5156 |
SOMALIA: ITALIAN DEPUTY MFA SEEKS USG - EU UNITY [...] (C) Italy's Deputy Foreign Minister Alfredo Mantica queried Ambassador December 13 on the probable outcome of the USG's Somalia policy review. He confidently pushed for the USG to join a "common EU position" in support of the Transitional Federal Government's (TFG) Prime Minister and the exec [...] |
2005-12-16 06:45:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PREL MOPS ASEC KPAO EAID SO KE |
| 05NAIROBI5158 |
KIBAKI'S SUPER-SIZE CABINET [...] (C) SUMMARY: After nearly a week of wheeling and dealing, President Kibaki December 14 swore in a second tranche of Ministers and Assistant Ministers. This was only after acceding to appointed ministers Charity Ngilu and Musikari Kombo's demands of seats at the table for their party members. [...] |
2005-12-16 10:31:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON PREL KDEM KE |
| 05NAIROBI5171 |
Transport Ministry Seeks Cooperation on Somalia [...] (SBU) Summary: Kenya Transport Ministry Permanent Secretary Ikiara told the DCM December 7 that Kenya seeks SIPDIS an international response to piracy off the Somali coast, and may call a meeting of concerned nations to coordinate. Ikiara will chair an interagency meeting next week to deter [...] |
2005-12-19 09:35:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | EWWT EAIR PTER PGOV MASS KE |
| 05NAIROBI5177 |
GOVERNMENT OF KENYA'S PREPARATIONS FOR AVIAN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Kenya has started a comprehensive response to the threat of avian influenza. A multi- sectoral National Task Force has been established with high-level representation from the ministries responsible for human and animal health. Many of Kenya's international partners are repre [...] |
2005-12-20 01:40:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AMED SEC EAID PREL CASC CMGT KHIV TBIO ECON |
| 05NAIROBI5180 |
KENYA: 2005 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT [...] (U) This is post's submission for the 2005 Annual Terrorism Report. The first section updates the 2004 Patterns of Global Terrorism section on Kenya. The second section provides supplemental information. Proposed Text for Patterns of Global Terrorism Report ------------------------------- [...] |
2005-12-20 01:42:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER ASEC MARR EFIN KE |
| 05NAIROBI5184 |
GSP/AGOA LABOR COMPLAINT ON UGANDA [...] (SBU) Summary: Ugandan officials, unions, and some employers are anxious to address the worker rights issues raised in the GSP complaint against Uganda to protect AGOA trade benefits. President Museveni and the Cabinet sent four labor reform bills to Parliament and the GOU referred plant mana [...] |
2005-12-20 03:23:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB AGOA ECON ETRD PHUM PGOV UG |
| 05NAIROBI5238 |
KENYAN CONSTITUTIONAL REVIEW: WAITING FOR A [...] (C) SUMMARY: Following the defeat of the proposed document in the November 21 referendum, it is unclear if and how the government plans to proceed with the process of delivering to Kenyans a new constitution. What is abundantly apparent is that the country expects the review to continue, with [...] |
2005-12-22 13:13:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM KE |
| 05NAIROBI5240 |
AMBASSADOR RAISES ISSUES OF U.S. CONCERN WITH NEW [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Ambassador raised several issues of concern in our bilateral relationship during December 20 meeting with newly appointed Minister of Foreign Affairs Raphael Tuju, including: counter-terrorism, Article 98, Rewards for Justice, travel warnings, narcotics, public corruption, [...] |
2005-12-23 03:29:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER SNAR MASS CASC KCOR KE SO SU AU KICC |
| 05NAIROBI5247 |
MALNUTRITION IN KENYA?S TANA RIVER DISTRICT [...] Chronic food insecurity and drought in several communities of Kenya?s northern Tana River District are responsible for high levels of malnutrition, particularly amongst children under five years and pregnant women. A UNICEF nutritional assessment conducted in October found malnutrition rates [...] |
2005-12-23 06:02:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID KE EAGR SOCI |
| 05NAIROBI5276 |
CURRENT DROUGHT CONDITION IN KENYA MAKE [...] In recent days, the Kenyan press has been dominated by alarmist stories of the country?s worsening famine situation in certain regions. Photographs of starving children and adults, as well as dead and dying livestock, along with headlines such as, ?Starvation at Christmas,? have raised the c [...] |
2005-12-29 01:25:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ETRD ECON PREL PGOV SOCI KE |
| 05NAIROBI5317 |
REINVIGORATING PUBLIC DIPLOMACY CULTURAL AND [...] Embassy Nairobi places a high value on cultural and sports programs and looks forward to working with ECA to enhancing cultural and sports exchanges throughout Kenya. The following are replies to questions posed in reftel 2. Last year we used cultural and sports programs to promote ou [...] |
2005-12-30 07:42:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OEXC SCUL KE |
| 05NAIROBI660 |
DONORS: NO BUSINESS AS USUAL FOR KENYA'S [...] (SBU) Summary: On February 8, World Bank Kenya hosted the quarterly meeting of the Donor Coordination Group (DCG) at which near consensus was expressed that the planning for the April 11-12 annual Consultative Group Meeting (CG) for Kenya could not be "business as usual" in light of the resi [...] |
2005-02-14 12:10:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON KCOR KMCA PGOV KPAO KE |
| 05NAIROBI666 |
KENYA: USITC STUDY ON EXPORT OPPORTUNITIES AND [...] No summary [...] |
2005-02-14 14:07:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD ECON AF KE AGOA |
| 05NAIROBI868 |
KENYA LAUNCHES SELF-ASSESSMENT ON GOVERNANCE [...] No summary [...] |
2005-02-25 09:20:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECIN ECON PGOV SOCI KE NEPAD |
| 06NAIROBI1003 |
JUSTICE MINISTER WON,T QUESTION POLICE RAID [...] (C) SUMMARY: Justice Minister Karua refuses to criticize the police raids on the Standard Media Group, even going so far as to assert that it might have been justified on "national security" grounds. Karua's main concern seems to be that she and other cabinet members were not consulted before [...] |
2006-03-07 07:53:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PGOV KDEM KE |
| 06NAIROBI1008 |
IMMEDIATE RESPONSE NEEDED TO ADDRESS EAST AFRICA [...] (SBU) On March 5, I hosted a lunch for 15 Nairobi-based Chiefs of Mission in honor of visiting World Food Program Executive Director James T. Morris. The reason I was willing to press the other COMs to give up their Sunday afternoon was this Mission's growing concern about the unfolding huma [...] |
2006-03-07 09:36:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ETRD ECON EAGR SENV PREL PGOV SOCI KE |
| 06NAIROBI1011 |
CHIEF OF MISSION COMMENDATION FOR ANTI-PIRACY [...] (U) Vice Admiral Walsh, It is with great pleasure that I send this cable thanking you and the sailors of NAVCENT, particularly the men and women on the USS Winston Churchill and the USS Nassau, for your outstanding support in suppressing piracy along the Somali coast. 2. (U) This is a dif [...] |
2006-03-07 09:43:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC KE MOPS OPDC PGOV PREL MAS |
| 06NAIROBI1015 |
AMBASSADOR MEETS KENYA'S NEW FINANCE MINISTER [...] (C) Summary: In his new job as Kenya's Finance Minister, Amos Kimunya wants to focus on repairing relations with donors, improving governance, and controlling government spending. Kimunya also told the Ambassador on March 3 that the Government of Kenya is moving ahead with major privatization [...] |
2006-03-07 10:31:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EAID PGOV PREL PINR PTER KE |
| 06NAIROBI1019 |
KENYA SOMALIA DROUGHT EMERGENCY TASK FORCE [...] Summary: On February 27, Ambassador Bellamy established an inter-agency Drought Emergency Task Force for Kenya and Somalia at post to coordinate information and both short and long-term responses to the current crisis. Post estimates that the current drought in the Horn of Africa has placed [...] |
2006-03-07 11:49:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | DY EAID ET PHUM PREF EGAD CENTCOM PRES ECON |
| 06NAIROBI1023 |
PUBLIC AND POLITICIANS DEMAND EXPLANATION FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: As the furor over the government's assault on media freedom grew into a several thousand strong protest march, further details of the raid against the Standard Media Group suggest it was part of a much deeper effort to help the increasingly paranoid government cling to power. Alt [...] |
2006-03-07 12:33:00 | Embassy Nairobi | SECRET//NOFORN | PHUM KDEM PGOV PREL ASEC KE |
| 06NAIROBI1032 |
Challenges to Airport Certification in Nairobi [...] (SBU) Summary: Visiting U.S. FAA airport certification specialist Ed Dorsett's training for Kenyan inspectors highlighted many deficiencies at Nairobi's Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) that will likely prevent its certification to ICAO standards until 2007. Regulator Kenya Civil A [...] |
2006-03-08 05:20:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR ECON PGOV KE |
| 06NAIROBI1048 |
NAIROBI INPUT FOR 2006 PRESIDENT'S REPORT ON AGOA [...] In response to reftel, please find at para 2 Post's input for the President's report to Congress on Kenya's political and economic climate as it relates to AGOA eligibility. This text has also been sent by e-mail to AF/EPS and AF/E. In addition, please note that this mission, through USAID- [...] |
2006-03-08 08:23:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD ECON EAID PREL KE |
| 06NAIROBI1059 |
THIRD ANNUAL AFRICAN FINE COFFEE CONFERENCE [...] USAID/REDSO through the Regional Agricultural Trade Expansion Support (RATES) program, supported the Eastern African Fine Coffees Association (EAFCA) to once again successfully implement and host the Third African Fine Coffee Conference and Exhibition, known by many as the World?s WILDEST Coff [...] |
2006-03-08 09:24:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR EAID ECON ETRD KE PGOV SENV |
| 06NAIROBI106 |
KENYA: 2005 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT (CORRECTED) [...] (U) This is post's submission for the 2005 Annual Terrorism Report. The first section updates the 2004 Patterns of Global Terrorism section on Kenya. The second section provides supplemental information. Proposed Text for Patterns of Global Terrorism Report ------------------------------- [...] |
2006-01-10 05:48:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER ASEC MARR EFIN KE |
| 06NAIROBI1075 |
COUNTER-TERRORISM LEGISLATION AND HUMAN RIGHTS: [...] (U) SUMMARY: The International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) held an East African regional hearing February 27-28 on implementation of counter-terrorism (CT) legislation and its compatibility with international human rights laws. The ICJ,s ultimate goal is to make recommendations on finding the [...] |
2006-03-08 12:21:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PTER PGOV PINS PREL KE |
| 06NAIROBI1077 |
MUSYOKA: LIES, LOVERS, AND MERCENARIES IN KENYA'S [...] (C) SUMMARY: Opposition politician Kalonzo Musyoka privately sees sabotage by supporters of a fellow presidential aspirant as behind the false story suggesting he was cutting a political deal with President Kibaki. The reason for the Government's own visceral reaction to this story (and raiding th [...] |
2006-03-09 01:02:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINS PINR KE |
| 06NAIROBI1082 |
SOMALIA: PARLIAMENT ADJOURNED; DONORS EXAMINE [...] (C) The Somali Transitional Federal Parliament (TFP) appears set to attempt the actual work of creating legislative committees and discussing the country's future. A risk that the TFP would tear itself apart over the fate of the Prime Minister seems to be receding, as MPs fear that finding som [...] |
2006-03-09 05:17:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER EAID PREL MOPS ASEC KPAO SO KE |
| 06NAIROBI1087 |
KENYA TO SELL 30% OF PARASTATAL POWER GENERATOR [...] Summary: The Kenyan government announced on March 3 its intention to sell 30% of the Kenya Electricity Generating Company (KenGen), the country's dominant power generating firm, through an initial public offering on the Nairobi Stock Exchange (NSE). The majority of the offered shares will b [...] |
2006-03-09 07:44:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | ENGR ECON EINV BTIO SENV KE |
| 06NAIROBI1090 |
JUSTICE MINISTER WON'T QUESTION POLICE RAID [...] (C) SUMMARY: Justice Minister Karua refuses to criticize the police raids on the Standard Media Group, even going so far as to assert that it might have been justified on "national security" grounds. Karua's main concern seems to be that she and other cabinet members were not consulted before [...] |
2006-03-09 08:30:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PGOV KDEM KE |
| 06NAIROBI1094 |
SOMALIA: DONORS PREPARE TO SUPPORT SECURITY FOR THE [...] (SBU) Donors and UN agency representatives have enthusiastically endorsed a Security Plan for the Transitional Federal Parliament's (TFP) interim seat in Baidoa. A March 7 fact-finding trip may have generated commitments of funds sufficient to finance the entire plan - - including the very se [...] |
2006-03-09 10:41:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PTER EAID PREL MOPS ASEC KPAO SO KE |
| 06NAIROBI1107 |
KENYA WAVERS ON AMIS RE-HAT [...] (C) In a March 8 meeting with poloff, Kenyan MFA Head of International Organizations and Conferences Division Tom Amolo included Kenya among a group of AU member states inclined to support the AMIS re-hat. Although this consensus exists, there are "a few" member states trying to bulldoze thei [...] |
2006-03-10 06:37:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPKO SU KE |
| 06NAIROBI1111 |
IAGGA REPORT FOR KENYA [...] No summary [...] |
2006-03-10 08:47:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON KCOR KCRM PGOV KE |
| 06NAIROBI1113 |
ATTORNEY GENERAL CONCEDES NEED TO DESTROY COCAINE, [...] (C) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST: Kenya's Attorney General has agreed to international supervision of the verification and destruction of more than one ton of cocaine seized in December 2004. He predicted the two remaining hurdles -- publication of new regulations and the approval of the presi [...] |
2006-03-10 12:17:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | SNAR PREL PINR KCRM PGOV ASEC KE UN |
| 06NAIROBI1114 |
AN UNSETTLED KENYA AWAITS NEXT SHOE TO DROP [...] (S) SUMMARY: President Kibaki publicly stands firm behind the Kenyan Police raid on the Standard Media Group. Meanwhile, Standard journalists and others privately say the raids were prompted by a State House belief that the paper possesses documents implicating the President's family in grand [...] |
2006-03-10 12:48:00 | Embassy Nairobi | SECRET//NOFORN | PINS SNAR ASEC ECON PREL KCOR KDEM KE |
| 06NAIROBI1154 |
KENYAN GOVERNMENT FUMBLES, OPPOSITION BENEFITS [...] (C) SUMMARY: With Parliament set to reconvene March 21, Kenya's "ODM" opposition is armed with a number of issues over which to take on the government. Buoyed by the government's recent media crack-down gaffe, ODM leaders have publicly recommitted themselves to cooperation. Their united ext [...] |
2006-03-15 02:25:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM KE |
| 06NAIROBI1161 |
17TH HORN OF AFRICA CLIMATE OUTLOOK FORUM [...] The 17th Greater Horn of Africa (GHA) climate outlook forum (COF) took place in Nairobi March 1-3, organized by the USAID-supported Inter-Governmental Authority on Development (IGAD) Climate Prediction and Applications Center (ICPAC). The forum brought together policy makers, technical expert [...] |
2006-03-15 04:02:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID SENV TPHY XW ZF EAGR ECON ETRD KE PGOV SOCI |
| 06NAIROBI1174 |
KENYA REPLY ON SHARING OF GENETIC RESOURCES [...] Econoff delivered reftel points on March 9 to Elijah Manyara, Director, Department of External Trade, Ministry of Trade and Industry. Manyara noted that the trade in genetic resources is an important issue for Kenya, which feels that its biological diversity has been exploited by "foreign en [...] |
2006-03-15 10:04:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV ETRD TBIO KE |
| 06NAIROBI1187 |
"MERCENARIES" IN KENYA TURN TABLES ON THEIR [...] (C) SUMMARY: Stepping out of the shadows, Kenya's "foreign mercenaries" stun Kenya with claims the opposition, not the government, tried to hire them to bankroll regime change. Following the foreigners' March 13 staged press conference, ostensibly to clear their names, the intensity of the [...] |
2006-03-15 13:27:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PREL CVIS KE |
| 06NAIROBI1224 |
SOMALIA: IGAD SUMMIT IN NAIROBI RISKS UPSTAGING [...] (SBU) Somali politicians fear that the upcoming summit of the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) may repeat the mistakes of March 2005. The specter that Somali President Yusuf may again ask IGAD to express readiness to deploy foreign troops from neighboring countries to Somalia, [...] |
2006-03-16 10:28:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER EAID PREL MOPS ASEC KPAO SO KE |
| 06NAIROBI1237 |
MISERY LOVES COMPANY: DROUGHT AND CONFLICT IN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Harsh drought conditions in Mandera district are having a devastating effect on livestock and their owners. While the deprivations of the drought have alleviated some of the causes of inter-clan conflicts in the area, the loss of livestock (and the income generated thereby) is r [...] |
2006-03-17 10:22:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV SENV PINS ECON MARR KE |
| 06NAIROBI1238 |
HORN OF AFRICA, STATE - USAID HUMANITARIAN [...] This is the second update cable in response to Ref A request for bi-weekly reports on the humanitarian situation in the Horn of Africa. USAID Missions in Kenya, Ethiopia, Djibouti, and REDSO/Somalia contributed to this report. REGIONAL REPORTS 2. NAIROBI-BASED REGIONAL MEETINGS A [...] |
2006-03-17 10:59:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON PHUM PREF PREL IGAD CENTCOM KESO |
| 06NAIROBI1239 |
HORN OF AFRICA, STATE - USAID HUMANITARIAN [...] This is the second update cable in response to Ref A request for bi-weekly reports on the humanitarian situation in the Horn of Africa. USAID Missions in Kenya, Ethiopia, Djibouti, and REDSO/Somalia contributed to this report. REGIONAL REPORTS 2. NAIROBI-BASED REGIONAL MEETINGS A [...] |
2006-03-17 11:07:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON PHUM PREF PREL IGAD CENTCOM KESO |
| 06NAIROBI1243 |
SOMALI PIRATES CAPTURED AFTER FIRING ON US NAVY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Post sees no likelihood of Kenyan prosecution of those captured March 18 for armed attack against U.S. warships off the coast of Somalia. Post supports direct transfer (NOT via Kenya) of the detainees for U.S. prosecution. END SUMMARY. 2. (SBU) Presumed Somali "pirates" enga [...] |
2006-03-18 16:49:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PHSA ASEC PTER KE SO |
| 06NAIROBI1261 |
SOMALIA: WORST COMBAT IN FIVE YEARS PUT AT USG [...] (S) A broad array of post's Somali and the international community contacts see the heavy recent fighting in Mogadishu between an Alliance to Combat Terror and Jihadist- linked militias as being at least USG-financed, perhaps USG- instigated. This broad consensus -- across clan and political [...] |
2006-03-20 14:40:00 | Embassy Nairobi | SECRET | PGOV PTER EAID PREL MOPS ASEC KPAO SO KE |
| 06NAIROBI1262 |
POLITICAL INTRIGUES TO ENGENDER FURTHER [...] (C) SUMMARY: After a four-month hiatus, Kenya's Parliament faces daunting challenges when it reconvenes March 21. Despite the importance of pending legislation, including the creation of a parliamentary budget office, the sharply polarized climate -- equal parts partisan and personal -- coup [...] |
2006-03-20 15:40:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PHUM PREL KE |
| 06NAIROBI1283 |
ADDITIONAL KENYA REPLY ON SHARING OF GENETIC [...] SUMMARY: Following the delivery of Ref A talking points last week, Econoff met with Kenyan trade officials and heard additional details of Kenya's strong support for a binding, negotiated protocol on access and benefit sharing of genetic resources (ABS). Kenya believes that a new protocol i [...] |
2006-03-21 13:49:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV ETRD TBIO KE |
| 06NAIROBI129 |
DEMARCHE DELIVERED: ENGAGING AU ON AMIS REHAT [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel demarche and talking points January 6 to Ms. S. Luyali, Third Secretary, Africa Union Directorate, Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Luyali welcomed the suggestion of the U.S. to begin planning for re-hatting, particularly given the U.S. commitment to press for an Af [...] |
2006-01-11 09:43:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PINS PREL SU KPKO KE |
| 06NAIROBI1311 |
KENYAN COURT ORDERS PROMPT DESTRUCTION OF COCAINE [...] (C) Senior Principal Magistrate Aggrey Muchelule March 21 ordered the Kenyan government to begin immediate preparations for the verification, analysis, and destruction of the more than one ton (1141.5 kilos) of cocaine held in police custody since its seizure in December 2004. Following the M [...] |
2006-03-22 17:49:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | SNAR PREL PINR KCRM PGOV ASEC KE UN |
| 06NAIROBI1348 |
PARLIAMENT ALREADY FLIRTING WITH A STALEMATE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: President Kibaki kicked off the re-opening of the long-suspended Parliament March 21 by highlighting the government,s economic successes and glossing over or completely ignoring issues potentially damaging to the government. As expected, the opposition was quick to criticize the [...] |
2006-03-24 14:04:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PHUM PREL KE |
| 06NAIROBI135 |
KENYA'S ROADS -- TURNING THE CORNER ON A NATIONAL [...] (SBU) Summary: Kenya's road system is a national disgrace and a major drag on the economies of both Kenya and the broader region. Three years after coming to power, the Kenyan government of Mwai Kibaki has little to show in terms of meeting its promises to rebuild the country's long- neglecte [...] |
2006-01-12 06:31:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAID EINV ELTN EFIN KCOR PGOV KE |
| 06NAIROBI1362 |
KENYA SEEKS US SUPPORT FOR UN HUMAN RIGHTS BODY [...] (C) In recent conversations with poloff, Tom Amolo, head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' International Organizations and Conferences Division, has inquired as to how the U.S. would view Kenya's planned bid for membership on the newly established UN Human Rights Council. Amolo has repeated [...] |
2006-03-27 13:51:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL KE |
| 06NAIROBI1363 |
COCAINE VERIFICATION HITS A GLITCH [...] (SBU) U.S., U.K., and United National Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) international experts, accompanied by GOK chemists, arrived at the General Services Unit (GSU) training school the morning of March 27 to begin the verification process of the one and a quarter ton of cocaine seized in De [...] |
2006-03-27 15:58:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | SNAR PREL PINR KCRM PGOV ASEC KE UN |
| 06NAIROBI1378 |
VERIFICATION OF THE COCAINE BEGINS [...] (SBU) U.S., U.K., United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime experts, together with Kenyan law enforcement authorities and chemists, began the physical verification of the 955 packets (twenty-two foot lockers) of cocaine on March 28. The international team estimates that it will take several day [...] |
2006-03-28 13:36:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | SNAR PREL PINR KCRM PGOV ASEC KE UN |
| 06NAIROBI1393 |
KENYA AGREES TO TEMPORARY DETENTION OF SOMALI [...] (SBU) Juliet Gicheru, Acting Head of the Legal Division, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA), confirmed to poloff March 29 that Kenya consents to both the immediate transfer of Somali pirate suspects in Kenya and temporary detention of those suspects identified for repatriation to Somalia. Post [...] |
2006-03-29 14:59:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MAAR PHSA SO KE |
| 06NAIROBI1434 |
KENYA FY2006 DHRF BUDGET REQUEST [...] Embassy Nairobi requests USD100,000 for our FY2006 Democracy and Human Rights Fund (DHRF) program. This represents a USD9,000 increase over the amount obligated in FY2005. Post is requesting this small increase to have the flexibility to either fund one more deserving organization than the f [...] |
2006-03-31 08:09:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | KDEM KWMN PHUM SOCI KE |
| 06NAIROBI1438 |
OFDA VISIT TO KENYA'S MARSABIT DISTRICT [...] An acute dry season, amplified by poor seasonal rains last November is eroding livelihoods and food security of pastoralist populations in Kenya's Marsabit District. Livestock numbers have declined due to the lack of access to pasture and water. Tribal conflict is preventing many pastoralis [...] |
2006-03-31 09:30:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID KE PREL PGOV ETRD ECON EAGR SENV SOCI |
| 06NAIROBI1439 |
CORRUPTION IN KENYA: PARLIAMENTARY REPORT BLOWS [...] (C) Summary: Like a second nuclear strike following the release of the Githongo dossier in January, a long-awaited report into the Anglo-Leasing and related scandals by Kenya's Parliament was released on March 30 and is sending shockwaves through Kenyan politics. The report from the Parliamen [...] |
2006-03-31 11:24:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV EAID EFIN KCOR PREL PINR KE |
| 06NAIROBI1444 |
HORN OF AFRICA, STATE - USAID HUMANITARIAN [...] This is the third update cable in response to Ref A request for biweekly reports on the humanitarian situation in the Horn of Africa. USAID Missions in Kenya and Ethiopia, REDSO (Somalia, Djibouti), and OFDA/ECARO contributed to this report. FLASH REPORT 2. Early reports from an ongo [...] |
2006-04-03 03:33:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT OTRA ASEC |
| 06NAIROBI1445 |
HORN OF AFRICA, STATE - USAID HUMANITARIAN UPDATE [...] This is the third update cable in response to Ref A request for biweekly reports on the humanitarian situation in the Horn of Africa. USAID Missions in Kenya, Ethiopia, REDSO Somalia, Djibouti, and OFDA contributed to this report. ------------ FLASH REPORT ------------ 2. Early rep [...] |
2006-04-03 03:33:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON PHUM PREF PREL IGAD CENTCOM KE SO |
| 06NAIROBI145 |
LIVING WATER INTERNATIONAL MAKES SPLASH IN KENYA [...] Living Water International, the Texas-based Christian NGO that specializes in bringing clean water to rural communities in developing countries, scored a signal success in Kenya January 10 when President Kibaki and cabinet ministers spent more than 8 hours with the group inaugurating two new w [...] |
2006-01-12 11:42:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM SENV EAID OREP KE |
| 06NAIROBI1473 |
VERIFICATION OF THE COCAINE BEGINS [...] (SBU) U.S., U.K., United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime experts, together with Kenyan law enforcement authorities and chemists, began the physical verification of the 955 packets (twenty-two foot lockers) of cocaine on March 28. The international team estimates that it will take several day [...] |
2006-04-03 11:19:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR PREL PINR KCRM PGOV ASEC KE UN |
| 06NAIROBI1484 |
AMBASSADOR TO YUSUF: ALLIANCE AGAINST TERROR NOT [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: In a March 31 meeting with Somali Transitional Federal President Abdullahi Yusuf, Ambassador reassured Yusuf of our support for the Transitional Federal Government, specifying that our support for counter-terrorism activities in Mogadishu were directed only at foreign terrorist [...] |
2006-04-03 15:16:00 | Embassy Nairobi | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PTER SO KE |
| 06NAIROBI1500 |
TERROR SUSPECT OMAR SAID OMAR SENTENCED TO 8 YEARS [...] (SBU) In the first successful Kenyan prosecution of a terror suspect, 2002 Kikambala bombing defendant Omar Said Omar was found guilty April 4 and sentenced to 8 years in prison. Although exonerated in June 2005 for his role in the deadly 2002 terror attacks, Said had been immediately re-arr [...] |
2006-04-04 14:18:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER ASEC PREL KJUS PGOV KE |
| 06NAIROBI1514 |
OFDA VISIT TO KENYA'S MARSABIT DISTRICT [...] An acute dry season, amplified by poor seasonal rains last November is eroding livelihoods and food security of pastoralist populations in Kenya's Marsabit District. Livestock numbers have declined due to the lack of access to pasture and water. Tribal conflict is preventing many pastoralis [...] |
2006-04-05 11:43:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID KE SOCI SENV ETRD EAGR ECON PGOV PREL |
| 06NAIROBI1547 |
KENYA RENEWS REQUEST FOR SUPPORT FOR UN HUMAN [...] The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) formally reiterated April 6 its request for U.S. support for Kenya's candidacy for a seat on the first U.N. Human Rights Council (text in paragraph 2). Ref A communicated the same informal request from the MFA and asked for Department guidance. Departmen [...] |
2006-04-07 07:57:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL UNGA KUNR KE |
| 06NAIROBI1560 |
UP IN SMOKE: KENYA'S HISTORIC COCAINE HAUL FINALLY [...] (U) SUMMARY: Fifteen months after its initial seizure, Kenya's record haul of cocaine was successfully destroyed under joint Kenyan and international supervision on March 31. Despite repeated and unsupported allegations that it had been tampered with, preliminary verification and testing in [...] |
2006-04-10 09:18:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR PREL PINR KCRM PGOV ASEC KE UN CO |
| 06NAIROBI1561 |
USAID/OFDA VISIT TO KENYA'S KAJIADO DISTRICT. [...] Three weeks of consistent rainfall has replenished pasture and natural water points in the Mashuru Division of Kenya's Kajiado District. The start of the long rains season should halt the decline in livestock numbers caused by recent dry conditions. Farmers have extensively planted crops an [...] |
2006-04-10 09:21:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID KE ECON EAGR PGOV SOCI |
| 06NAIROBI157 |
FOREIGN MINISTER TUJU COMMITS ON ISSUES OF U.S. [...] (C) SUMMARY: Foreign Minister Tuju told Ambassador January 11 that Kenya will now proceed, in coordination with the U.S. and UK governments, with the prompt establishment of the long-stalled Joint Terrorism Task Force. Given the government's multiple and unfulfilled previous pledges, Tuju set [...] |
2006-01-12 13:01:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER SNAR EAID ASEC MASS KCOR KE |
| 06NAIROBI1573 |
KENYAN MILITARY AIRCRAFT CRASHES IN MARSABIT [...] (SBU) A Kenyan military Y-12 aircraft crashed and caught on fire in Marsabit town (Eastern Province, north-central Kenya) at approximately 10:00 a.m., April 10 due to poor weather conditions and ground obstruction near the airfield. According to Defense Minister Njenga Karume, the plane was c [...] |
2006-04-10 14:37:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR MASS PREL ASEC KE |
| 06NAIROBI1600 |
FIVE KENYAN PARLIAMENTARIANS KILLED IN CRASH [...] (U) The April 10 crash of a Kenyan Air Force Y-12 plane in Marsabit, north-central Kenya (reftel), claimed the lives of 14 of 17 passengers, including five sitting members of Parliament. Announcing the names of the deceased and injured, President Kibaki declared three days of national mourni [...] |
2006-04-11 14:55:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR MASS PREL ASEC KE |
| 06NAIROBI1601 |
AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH SOMALI PRIME MINISTER [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: Ambassador Bellamy met Somali Prime Minister Ali Mohamed Gedi on April 6 at the Residence. Gedi offered an up-beat account of developments within the TFIs, especially the work of parliamentary committees in Baidoa. He also worried about the recent fighting in Mogadishu. The A [...] |
2006-04-12 03:19:00 | Embassy Nairobi | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PHSA MARR SO KE |
| 06NAIROBI1614 |
CORRUPTION IN KENYA: CENTRAL BANK GOVERNOR BOOTED [...] (C) Summary: There is likely much more than meets the eye in the recent arrest and suspension of the governor of the Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) for "abuse of office." In the case, it appears CBK Governor Andrew Mullei erred in hiring his son to help conduct investigations into irregularities [...] |
2006-04-12 11:51:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV EAID EFIN KCOR PREL PINR KE |
| 06NAIROBI1635 |
THOUGHTS ON THE DIALOGUE WITH KENYA AT THE [...] (C) Summary: In light of recent events in Kenya, Mission Nairobi recommends a tough-but-balanced approach in bilateral meetings between USG policymakers and the Kenyan delegation visiting Washington in late-April for the annual IMF/World Bank meetings. Washington policymakers can expect an a [...] |
2006-04-13 11:48:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PREL EAID EFIN KCOR PGOV PINR KE |
| 06NAIROBI1637 |
KENYA BULLISH ON EXTRACTIVE INDUSTRY TRANSPARENCY [...] (SBU) Summary: Deep-sea oil exploration is scheduled to begin in late-2006 off the coast of Kenya. In preparation for a possible discovery, key donors and the Australian company in charge of exploration are encouraging the Government of Kenya (GOK) to start planning now on how to avoid the "r [...] |
2006-04-13 12:32:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAID EFIN EPET ENGR KCOR KE |
| 06NAIROBI1643 |
UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL: SECRETARY'S LETTER [...] (SBU) Ambassador hand-delivered Secretary Rice's letter (ref. A, requesting Kenya to pledge to support only candidates with a genuine commitment to human rights for the U.N. Human Rights Council) to Foreign Minister Raphael Tuju on April 11. The Minister did not offer a substantive reply. P [...] |
2006-04-13 13:34:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KUNR OPDC PREL PHUM UNGA KE |
| 06NAIROBI1650 |
SOMALIS IN KENYA: ABANDONED KIDS, IMPOSTORS, AND [...] (U) Summary: Post has seen great activity since Ref A among naturalized Somalis and Somali nationals in Kenya. A rash of Somali Amcit, LPR, and asylee children have contacted post with stories of abandonment by Somali family members after trips to Kenya or Somalia. Post has also noted sever [...] |
2006-04-13 14:39:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC KCRM KE |
| 06NAIROBI1651 |
HORN OF AFRICA, STATE - USAID HUMANITARIAN [...] Michael Hess, Assistant Administrator for DCHA, visited Kenya from April 7 - 13, on the first leg of a trip to Djibouti and Ethiopia to assess and bring attention to the drought and pastoralist crisis in the Horn of Africa. Mr. Hess traveled to the drought affected towns of Mandera and El Wa [...] |
2006-04-13 14:54:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON PHUM PREF PREL IGAD CENTCOM KE |
| 06NAIROBI1652 |
HORN OF AFRICA, STATE - USAID HUMANITARIAN [...] Michael Hess, Assistant Administrator for DCHA, visited Kenya from April 7 - 13, on the first leg of a trip to Djibouti and Ethiopia to assess and bring attention to the drought and pastoralist crisis in the Horn of Africa. Mr. Hess traveled to the drought affected towns of Mandera and El Wa [...] |
2006-04-13 15:12:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON PHUM PREF PREL IGAD CENTCOM KE |
| 06NAIROBI1661 |
ICRC AGREES TO REPATRIATE SOMALI PIRATE SUSPECT'S [...] (C) The Delegation of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) for Somalia (based in Nairobi) agreed to the Embassy's formal request (dated April 13) to facilitate the repatriation of the remains of the deceased Somali national to Somalia. The ICRC's April 18 communication states " [...] |
2006-04-18 15:30:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR PHSA ICRC SO KE |
| 06NAIROBI1680 |
SAFE SKIES FOR AFRICA REVIEW [...] Safe Skies for Africa (SSFA) is one of the most valuable programs the USG and the Embassy are engaged in with the Government of Kenya (GOK). Under SSFA, we work closely with Kenyan civil aviation officials to enhance the safety and security of air travelers in Kenya. Our goal is to assist th [...] |
2006-04-19 10:49:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR EAID ECON KE |
| 06NAIROBI1688 |
RAISING THE LATEST MEGA-SCANDAL WITH KENYAN [...] (C) Summary: This is an action request - please see para 6. It is increasingly clear that Kenya has another mega- scandal waiting in the wings to be exposed. In this case, it takes the form of a massive money laundering and tax evasion scheme involving a small local bank and the country's l [...] |
2006-04-19 13:02:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV EAID EFIN KCOR PREL PINR KE |
| 06NAIROBI1697 |
TENSIONS ESCALATING IN MOGADISHU [...] (S) Somali Prime Minister Gedi telephoned Ambassador late April 19 to convey great concern over apparent preparations for renewed fighting in Mogadishu. There are reports, he said, of roadblocks going up and movements of men and weapons. Civilians are fleeing. (NOTE: We are receiving confirma [...] |
2006-04-19 16:40:00 | Embassy Nairobi | SECRET | PGOV PTER EAID PREL MOPS ASEC KPAO SO KE |
| 06NAIROBI1701 |
(C) CHALLENGES IN OUR CT RELATIONSHIP WITH KENYA [...] (S) SUMMARY: Post faces an increasingly difficult operating environment in which to pursue counter-terrorism (CT) cooperation with the Kenyan Government (GOK). In the absence of a focused, functional government that views CT as part of its political and national interest, Post is pursuing a [...] |
2006-04-20 06:44:00 | Embassy Nairobi | SECRET | ASEC PTER PGOV PINR PINS PREL MARR KDEM KE |
| 06NAIROBI1705 |
Embassy Urges Ex-Im Support for Locomotive Export [...] Summary: Ex-Im rejection of U.S. producer NREC's application for support for sale of eight locomotives to Kenya's Magadi Soda would contradict U.S. policy to help African countries expand their foreign trade, and produce a terrible optic for the USG. Embassy questions Ex-Im's projection that [...] |
2006-04-20 07:05:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | BEXP ETRD EINV EAID ECON KE |
| 06NAIROBI1715 |
KENYA NON-COMMITTAL ON AFRICAN CANDIDATES FOR UN [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered ref A demarche April 18 to Tom Amolo, Head of MFA's International Organizations and Conferences Division. While Amolo did not offer a Kenyan commitment to not support the UN Human Rights Council candidacies of serious human rights violators such as Sudan and Zimbabwe, [...] |
2006-04-20 14:28:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KUNR PHUM UNHCR KE |
| 06NAIROBI1720 |
CORRUPTION IN KENYA: AUDITOR GENERAL REPORT [...] (SBU) Summary: A long-awaited audit into the 18 suspect Anglo-Leasing-style procurement scams has been tabled in Parliament. Its detailed findings confirm and confer even greater credibility to the Githongo dossier and to the recently-adopted parliamentary report on the Anglo-Leasing and simi [...] |
2006-04-24 05:48:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON PGOV EAID EFIN KCOR PREL PINR KE |
| 06NAIROBI1761 |
COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR ASSISTANT ADMINISTRATOR [...] Country clearance is hereby granted for the visit of AA/AFR/EA Lloyd Pierson from o/a April 30 to o/a May 3, 2006. The purpose of the visit is to visit USAID Staff and Programs. Country clearance is granted subject to the actual security situation at the time of proposed travel. Per reftel [...] |
2006-04-25 14:10:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | KE |
| 06NAIROBI1772 |
DONOR COORDINATION FOR KENYA DROUGHT [...] Donor agencies and governments, including USAID, have stepped up to coordinate efforts to respond to the current humanitarian emergency in Kenya. In regular meetings, donors share information on funding, activities, and partners in an effort to avoid overlap and gaps in programming. Meetin [...] |
2006-04-25 14:16:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID KE |
| 06NAIROBI1773 |
USAID Assessment of Food Security [...] Agricultural inputs provided by USAID/OFDA partner Catholic Relief Services (CRS) improved crop production and diversification among vulnerable farmers in Kenya's Kitui District despite a poor short rains in 2005. Farmers saved seeds from the last harvest and are preparing to plant this sea [...] |
2006-04-25 14:16:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID KE |
| 06NAIROBI1775 |
USAID Assessment of Food Security [...] Agricultural inputs provided by USAID/OFDA partner Catholic Relief Services (CRS) improved crop production and diversification among vulnerable farmers in Kenya's Kitui District despite a poor short rains in 2005. Farmers saved seeds from the last harvest and are preparing to plant this sea [...] |
2006-04-25 14:16:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID KE |
| 06NAIROBI1789 |
COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR WEIS SHERDEL [...] USAID/REDSO grants country clearance for the visit of Weis Sherdel from June 18 to July 21, 2006 to provide Phoenix 6.0 training and support services. Country clearance is granted subject to the actual security situation at the time of proposed travel. Per reftel, visitor has secret security [...] |
2006-04-26 08:07:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | KE OTRA |
| 06NAIROBI1804 |
RAINS STABILIZE PASTORALIST DECLINE IN KENYA [...] The arrival of the long rains in Kenya's Garissa and Wajir districts have stabilized the dramatic decline in pastoralist livelihoods experienced in recent months. However, humanitarian interventions remain necessary to ensure both short- and long-term recovery. Potential interventions shoul [...] |
2006-04-26 11:53:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID KE |
| 06NAIROBI1805 |
BOREHOLE INTEGRITY IN KENYA'S WAJIR DISTRICT [...] Boreholes, pumping water from depths of 200 meters, are critical in sustaining pastoralists and livestock in Kenya?s arid Wajir District. Pumps have been operating continuously during the last six-month dry period and their mechanical integrity is now questionable. Exhausted generators, bro [...] |
2006-04-26 11:53:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID KE |
| 06NAIROBI1808 |
Drought and Oil Prices Drive Kenya's Inflation [...] Drought-induced food price increases and rising oil prices caused Kenya's overall inflation rate in March 2006 to jump 19.4% compared to March 2005. This will exacerbate poverty in Kenya, where over half the population is unemployed and living on less than $1/day. However, underlying inflati [...] |
2006-04-26 14:08:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN KE |
| 06NAIROBI1819 |
POST'S RESPONSE TO PROPOSED WJEI PROGRAM FOR KENYA [...] (U) SUMMARY: Post welcomes the Interagency Assessment Team,s recommendations for a Women's Justice and Empowerment Initiative (WJEI) in Kenya and its request for Post input on the advisability, feasibility, and costs of the proposed activities, as well as a second area for geographic focus. Po [...] |
2006-04-27 08:15:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID SOCI KE |
| 06NAIROBI182 |
GOVERNMENT SPINNING ITS WHEELS WITH ALL EYES ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: The first meeting of the new cabinet on January 6 indicated the Kenyan government may finally be ready to get back to the business of governing. Political maneuvering and whining, nevertheless, continued, with a singular focus on the next election in 2007. Despite cabinet takin [...] |
2006-01-13 07:27:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KCOR KDEM KE |
| 06NAIROBI1826 |
COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR USAID/OFDA/ECARO PRINCIPAL REG [...] Country clearance is requested for USAID/OFDA/ECARO Principal Reg 2. The purpose of travel is to review the OFDA program and staffing i 3. Travel details for John Myer are as follows: 05/08/06 NBO/BJM KQ 474 1330/1410 05/11/06 BJM/NBO KQ 474 1345/1625 4. Mission [...] |
2006-04-27 11:05:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT OTRA |
| 06NAIROBI1850 |
HORN OF AFRICA, STATE - USAID HUMANITARIAN [...] The widespread heavy rains experienced in the region during the first ten days, or dekad, of April subsided in the second dekad. During the second dekad of April, most parts of Somalia and Djibouti, northern and eastern Kenya, and the eastern half of Ethiopia, where most of the drought-affec [...] |
2006-04-28 09:19:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON PHUM PREF PREL IGAD CENTCOM KE |
| 06NAIROBI1874 |
LAMU LEADERS GIVE U.S. EFFORTS MIXED REVIEWS [...] (U) SUMMARY: Poloffs addressed a Town Hall meeting of the Lamu County Council, and responded to community,s concerns about USG policies, military presence in Lamu and various assistance programs. The tone of the meeting was cordial, although several participants expressed resentment over perc [...] |
2006-05-02 12:18:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR PINS PREL PTER MASS MOPS KISL KPAO KE SO |
| 06NAIROBI1875 |
USAID/OFDA Southern Somalia Humanitarian Update [...] Somalia is experiencing the worst drought in a decade, compounded Malnutrition Rising While food insecurity is chronic throughout southern Somalia, malnutr In Gedo Region, the USAID-supported Food Security Analysis Unit (FSAU In Bay Region, Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) Switzerland co [...] |
2006-05-02 12:35:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID SO |
| 06NAIROBI1881 |
USAID/OFDA Southern Somalia [...] Somalia is experiencing the worst drought in a decade, compounded by the effects of fifteen years of armed conflict that has destroyed public infrastructure and basic services, and stressed the population?s coping strategies. The majority of the 2.1 million drought-affected people resides i [...] |
2006-05-02 13:51:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID SO |
| 06NAIROBI1883 |
U.S.-CAPTURED SOMALIS REPATRIATED TO SOMALIA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Ten Somali nationals under U.S. control since an encounter on the high seas in mid-March were successfully repatriated April 29 to Somalia via Kenya with the assistance of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC). The remains of the deceased Somali are expected to be [...] |
2006-05-02 15:05:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PHSA MOPS ASEC PTER PREL ICRC SO KE |
| 06NAIROBI1930 |
USAID ASSISTANT ADMINISTRATOR MICHAEL HESS [...] From April 7 to 13, Assistant Administrator of the USAID Bureau for Democracy, Conflict, and Humanitarian Assistance (AA/DCHA) Michael E. Hess traveled to Kenya to assess the impact of drought and to view USAID interventions. AA/DCHA Hess visited drought-affected pastoralists in Mandera Dist [...] |
2006-05-03 12:58:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID KE |
| 06NAIROBI1939 |
MEASLES AND POLIO INCIDENCE AND RESPONSE IN [...] Since 2005, isolated measles and polio cases surfaced in drought-affected Somalia, Ethiopia, and Kenya. Increased migration by pastoralists during the drought has raised concerns of a widespread, regional outbreak. In response, the U.N. Children?s Fund (UNICEF) and World Health Organization [...] |
2006-05-04 10:19:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID SO KE ET |
| 06NAIROBI1951 |
CHINA'S PRESIDENT HU VISITS KENYA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Chinese President Hu Jintao's late April visit to Nairobi further strengthens the bilateral economic relationship between the two countries through several economic, technical, and financial assistance agreements. While the balance of the economic relationship is heavily tipped i [...] |
2006-05-05 05:23:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID EAIR ECIN ECON EFIN ELAB EINV ETRD PREL |
| 06NAIROBI1953 |
KENYA: 2006 SPECIAL 301 NOTIFICATION [...] (SBU) Summary: In response to U.S. concerns about the worsening counterfeiting problem in Kenya, the country's top trade bureaucrat acknowledged the government's weaknesses in adequately enforcing IPR, and showed interest in working with the USG and the U.S. private sector to improve the situ [...] |
2006-05-05 06:11:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD KIPR KE |
| 06NAIROBI1956 |
DONOR CONTRIBUTIONS TO SOMALIA DROUGHT [...] To date, donor governments and agencies, including USAID, have contributed over 87.8 million U.S. Dollars (USD) towards the United Nations (U.N.) humanitarian appeal for the drought emergency in Somalia, in addition to more than 60.0 million USD outside the appeal. In Fiscal Year (FY) 2006, [...] |
2006-05-05 06:52:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID SO |
| 06NAIROBI1968 |
COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR USAID/DCHA/OFDA [...] USAID grants country clearance for USAID/DCHA/OFDA staff, Ms. Andrea Tracy to Nairobi, Kenya o/a June 10- 13, 2006. 2. The purpose of travel is to consult with and support OFDA/ECARO Office on Burundi programming issues. 3. Hotel accommodation has been arranged at the Mayfair Hotel. H [...] |
2006-05-05 09:01:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA AO KE |
| 06NAIROBI1980 |
COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR USAID/OFDA/ECARO [...] Country clearance is requested for USAID/OFDA/ECARO Operations Officer, Myra Kraut Vinner to travel to Bujumbura, Burundi during the period o/a May 14-18, 2006. 2. The purpose of travel is to follow up on transition of the Burundi OFDA Office and to coordinate administrative requirement [...] |
2006-05-08 08:05:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT OTRA BU |
| 06NAIROBI1987 |
COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR USAID/DCHA/OFDA [...] USAID grants country clearance for USAID/DCHA/OFDA Drought Assessment Team Member, Ms. Ngoc Clark to Nairobi, Kenya o/a May 14, 2006 to June 30, 2006. 2. The purpose of travel is to assess drought and humanitarian conditions in drought-stricken districts in Northeast Kenya; provide rapid as [...] |
2006-05-08 10:50:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA AO KE |
| 06NAIROBI1997 |
COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR USAID/OFDA/ECARO [...] Country clearance is requested for USAID/OFDA/ECARO Principal Regional Advisor, John Myer to travel to Addis Ababa, Ethiopia during the period o/a May 14 - 23, 2006. 2. The purpose of travel is to work on drought response issues with the OFDA team. 3. Travel details for John Myer will [...] |
2006-05-08 14:17:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT OTRA |
| 06NAIROBI2003 |
COMPENSATION DEMANDS BY DECEASED SOMALI'S FAMILY [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 6. SUMMARY -------- 2. (C) The family of a Somali national killed during a mid-March engagement with the U.S. Navy intends to request compensation from the USG as a condition for accepting the remains. Post recommends against offering any f [...] |
2006-05-08 15:32:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PHSA MOPS ASEC PTER PREL ICRC SO KE |
| 06NAIROBI2009 |
COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR USAID/DCHA GIS [...] USAID grants country clearance for USAID/DCHA GIS Officer, Eric Sawyer to Nairobi, Kenya o/a May 12-16, 2006. 2. The purpose of travel is to provide global information systems support in the Horn of Africa. Mr. Sawyer will meet with representatives of the U.N. and NGOs to discuss informa [...] |
2006-05-09 11:08:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA AO KE |
| 06NAIROBI2011 |
SOUTH/CENTRAL SOMALIA FOOD DISTRIBUTION [...] From February to mid-April, 2006, a total of 25 251 MTs of FFP Title II emergency food aid has been distributed to 1,296,818 victims of the drought in South and Central Somalia. This represents a 44 % achievement in comparison to planned levels. The food pipeline will remain stretched and d [...] |
2006-05-09 11:13:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | KE SO |
| 06NAIROBI2012 |
SUDAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR TEAM ATTENDING USAID/SUD [...] USAID Sudan Field Office kindly requests for country clearance for Name: Allan Reed (Director - Sudan Field Office) Sex: Male Date of Birth: 09/19/1943 Passport Type & Number: Diplomatic/900335787 Agency: USAID Date of issuance: September 25, 2002 Date of Expiration: September 24, 2007 [...] |
2006-05-09 11:13:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA |
| 06NAIROBI2023 |
IRAN'S CANDIDACY FOR THE UNHRC [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche urging Kenya to oppose Iran's candidacy for the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) to Tom Amolo, Head of MFA's International Organizations and Conferences Division. Amolo's response was not encouraging. Thanking poloff for sharing the U.S.' view, he noted t [...] |
2006-05-09 14:42:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM UNHRC PREL KUNR KE IR |
| 06NAIROBI2034 |
MOGADISHU FIGHTING PAUSES, AFTER INTENSE ACTIVITY [...] (C) The United Nations Security Office reports that fighting in Mogadishu has paused, following four days of intense conflict. The UN has received reports of 100 to 150 casualties (no break out yet of dead and wounded), while press reports indicate up to 85 deaths since May 7. Estimates from [...] |
2006-05-10 15:38:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PINS MOPS SO |
| 06NAIROBI2053 |
COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR USAID/DCHA/OFDA [...] USAID grants country clearance for USAID/DCHA/OFDA Health Officer, Ms. Zeline Pritchard to Nairobi, Kenya o/a May 13-26, 2006. 2. The purpose of travel is to provide health and nutrition support in the Horn of Africa. Ms. Pritchard will assess health and nutrition programming. 3. Hote [...] |
2006-05-11 11:43:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA AO KE |
| 06NAIROBI2054 |
COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR USAID/DCHA/OFDA [...] USAID grants country clearance for USAID/DCHA/OFDA Overseas Admin Team Leader, Sydel Maher to Nairobi, Kenya o/a May 25-30, 2006. 2. The purpose of travel is to discuss with the USAID/OFDA staff and RFMC administrative and finance issues. 3. Hotel accommodation has been arranged at the [...] |
2006-05-11 11:45:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA AO KE |
| 06NAIROBI2056 |
COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR USAID/OFDA/ECARO [...] Country clearance is requested for USAID/OFDA/ECARO Regional Advisor, Alan Dwyer to travel to Bujumbura, Burundi during the period o/a May 21-26, 2006. 2. The purpose of travel is to visit and review OFDA programs. 3. Travel details for Dwyer are as follows: 05/21/06 Nbo/Buj K [...] |
2006-05-11 12:56:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT OTRA |
| 06NAIROBI2059 |
NEW SEARCH AND RESCUE CENTER MAY BOLSTER [...] Summary: The recent launch of a new regional search and rescue center in Mombasa could potentially serve as crucial resource in furthering maritime security in the region. However, the limited capacity of maritime forces may undermine the center's effectiveness. Incidents of piracy in the r [...] |
2006-05-11 13:05:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EWWT PHSA PTER PREL IMO KE |
| 06NAIROBI2063 |
SOMALIA: BRIEFING THE INTERNATIONALS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador Bellamy briefed a small group of ambassadors and special envoys on U.S. policy toward Somalia on May 9. The group responded largely favorably to the briefing, with several finding areas of convergence between their policy priorities and ours. In response to concerns t [...] |
2006-05-11 15:17:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINS PTER EAID PGOV SO |
| 06NAIROBI2068 |
COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR M/OAA GRANTS.GOV [...] USAID grants country clearance for the visit of M/AAO Grants.gov Team, Alvin Phillip, Sebrina Robinson, Steve Fitzgerald, Steve Tashjian, and Hung Vu from o/a June 2, 2006 to o/a June 12, 2006 to travel to Kenya to provide Grants.gov training. Country clearance is granted subject to the actu [...] |
2006-05-12 03:07:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA AO KE |
| 06NAIROBI2075 |
KENYA STRUGGLES TO GET WIRED - THE ONGOING SAGA [...] (SBU) Summary: Regional efforts to at last bring economically vital fiber optic connectivity to Africa's East Coast are being stymied by South African efforts to impose a monopolistic model on the planned East African Submarine System (EASSy), a 5,500 mile undersea cable that would link Durba [...] |
2006-05-12 06:07:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ECPS EFIN KE |
| 06NAIROBI2089 |
HORN OF AFRICA, STATE - USAID HUMANITARIAN [...] In Kenya, initial projections are that the long rains maize harvest will be approximately 25 percent higher than the average. Rapid assessments in three districts indicate a worsening food security situation and food aid beneficiary numbers increased by 81,000. In Ethiopia, the outlook for t [...] |
2006-05-12 09:23:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON PHUM PREF PREL IGAD CENTCOM KE |
| 06NAIROBI210 |
SOMALIA'S PRESIDENT, SPEAKER AGREE -- THE END GAME [...] (C) The January 5 agreement signed in Aden between the Somali Transitional President and Speaker of the Parliament can only be welcomed, at least as a reflection of the dialogue that produced it. But such dialogue and agreement may nonetheless herald the end of the Transitional Federal Instit [...] |
2006-01-17 11:34:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER EAID PREL MOPS ASEC KPAO SO KE |
| 06NAIROBI2120 |
RECENT COCAINE BUSTS HIGHLIGHT KENYA'S CONTINUING [...] (C) SUMMARY: A recent string of cocaine seizures at Nairobi's international airport highlights the continuing drug trafficking problem in Kenya, despite April's success in the verification and destruction of the record cocaine seizure. While the arrests of "mules" may have alerted trafficking [...] |
2006-05-16 07:52:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | SNAR PREL PINR KCRM PGOV KE |
| 06NAIROBI2141 |
SOMALI PARLIAMENT SPEAKER KEEN FOR U.S. SUPPORT [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Ambassador met with Somalia's Parliament Speaker Sharif Hassan Sheikh Aden May 11 to discuss current developments in Somalia. The conversation particularly focused on the fighting in Mogadishu and possible ways to bring it to an end, with the Speaker agreeing that he may be i [...] |
2006-05-16 14:44:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINS CVIS PTER SO KE |
| 06NAIROBI2142 |
SOMALI PRESIDENT YUSUF: LOST IN TRANSLATION [...] (S) SUMMARY: The Ambassador met May 15 with Somali President Abdullahi Yusuf, who was transiting through Nairobi en route to Somalia. Yusuf vacillated between professions of wanting the Mogadishu ministers back in government and threats of action against them if they did not come on board. H [...] |
2006-05-16 14:54:00 | Embassy Nairobi | SECRET | PGOV PREL PTER PINR SO KE |
| 06NAIROBI2165 |
U.S. ACTIVITIES IN RELATION TO THE FIGHTING IN [...] (C) Extensive press reports, including the front-page piece in today's Washington Post, convey the misleading impression that the USG is funding warlords to fight extremists in the streets of Mogadishu as part of the Global War on Terrorism. Initial fighting in February between the Alliance f [...] |
2006-05-17 13:46:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PINS SO KE |
| 06NAIROBI2166 |
SOMALIA: UPDATE ON DISPOSITION OF DECEASED [...] (C) Pursuant to ref A, Post requested the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) convey the message to the deceased Somali's next of kin their two options: that they can either accept the remains without any form of compensation from the USG or that the body will be properly disposed [...] |
2006-05-17 13:54:00 | Embassy Nairobi | SECRET//NOFORN | PHSA ICRC ASEC MARR PREL KE SO |
| 06NAIROBI2168 |
KENYAN MEDIA: FIRMLY IN GOVERNMENT'S CROSSHAIRS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Even as the government hoped the public's outrage over the March Standard Media Group raids would quietly dissipate, continuing official actions only underscore the government's unrelenting ire towards Kenyan media. While paying lip service to its commitment to free media on the [...] |
2006-05-17 14:58:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KDEM PREL KE |
| 06NAIROBI2174 |
USAID/OFDA ASSESSMENT OF KENYA'S SAMBURU [...] Consistent rains over the past month have improved pasture and natural water points that are critical to the largely pastoralist population in Kenya's Samburu District. However, according to district officials, ethnic conflict and cattle theft have displaced an estimated 20,000 people in the [...] |
2006-05-18 06:17:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID SO KE ET |
| 06NAIROBI2175 |
COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR MALIK M. CHAKA, [...] Country clearance is hereby granted for the visit of Malik M. Chaka, Director, Threshold Program, Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) from o/a May 23 to o/a May 26, 2006 and a one night layover on May 29, 2006. The purpose of the visit is to assess progress in the Threshold Program, meet [...] |
2006-05-18 06:48:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | KE |
| 06NAIROBI2178 |
COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR INTERNATIONAL [...] USAID grants country clearance for the visit of IRG training facilitators, Jenna Luche-Thayer and John Taber, o/a June 10, 2006 to o/a June 24, 2006 to travel to Kenya to provide CTO training. Country clearance is granted subject to the actual security situation at the time of proposed trave [...] |
2006-05-18 07:46:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA AO KE |
| 06NAIROBI2190 |
REQUEST FOR ASSISTANCE FROM SOMALI PRIME MINISTER [...] (C) Embassy Nairobi received May 16 a letter from Somali Prime Minister Ali Mohamed Gedi requesting, in general terms, U.S. support for the Transitional Federal Government of Somalia. Post has sent a generic interim response expressing USG support for the Transitional Federal Institutions (TFI [...] |
2006-05-18 14:48:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINS EAID SO KE |
| 06NAIROBI2203 |
COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR MARIE-CLAIRE SOW [...] USAID grants country clearance for the visit of Marie-Claire Sow, Senior Acquisition & Assistance Specialist from May 24th to 26th, 2006 to perform Acquisition and Assistance services for USAID/Uganda. USAID switchboard number is 254-2-8622000 and after- hour telephone number is 254-2-856-2 [...] |
2006-05-19 07:28:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | OTR |
| 06NAIROBI2210 |
COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR USAID/OFDA/ECARO [...] Country clearance is requested for USAID/OFDA/ECARO Regional Advisor, Alan Dwyer to travel to Kampala, Uganda during the period o/a May 30, 2006 through o/a June 7, 2006. 2. The purpose of travel is to visit partner programs in Pader, Kitgum and Lira. 3. Travel details for Dwyer are a [...] |
2006-05-19 07:51:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT OTRA |
| 06NAIROBI2219 |
COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR M/OAA GRANTS.GOV [...] USAID grants country clearance for the visit of M/AAO Grants.gov Team member, Betty Chung from o/a June 2, 2006 to o/a June 24, 2006 to travel to Kenya to provide Grants.gov training. Country clearance is granted subject to the actual security situation at the time of proposed travel. Per r [...] |
2006-05-22 03:19:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA AO KE |
| 06NAIROBI2348 |
COTU Convention Generates Plenty of Public [...] (SBU) Summary: The Central Organization of Trade Unions - Kenya (COTU) election convention was unusually calm and well-organized, partially because there was no challenger to Secretary General Francis Atwoli and his Executive Board. Presidential contender and local hero MP Raila Odinga delive [...] |
2006-05-30 03:11:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB EINV ECON ETRD PHUM KE |
| 06NAIROBI2369 |
BI-LATERAL MEETING BETWEEN USAID/REDSO/FFP AND [...] Summary: On May 3, 2006, USAID/REDSO/FFP and the regional WFP Operations Division Kampala (WFP/ODK) held their third annual bi-lateral meeting. These annual meetings are designed to provide a forum for each party to discuss topics of mutual concern in managing the nearly 1.6 million MTs of Ti [...] |
2006-05-30 12:47:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | DJ ER EAID SO |
| 06NAIROBI2386 |
KENYA CONSIDERS IOM EXCOM CHAIRMANSHIP [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Tom Amolo, Head of MFA's International Organizations and Conferences Division who expressed an interest in Kenya's own candidacy for chairman of the IOM's Executive Committee. While Kenya had not previously considered seeking the position, Amolo stated [...] |
2006-05-31 11:42:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SMIG KNNP AORC KE IR |
| 06NAIROBI2397 |
KENYAN REQUEST FOR ASSISTANCE WITH INFORMATION [...] (SBU) Action request - para 3. 2. (SBU) Kenyan Assistant Minister of Foreign Affairs Moses Wetangula requested a May 26 meeting with Ambassador Bellamy to discuss the case of two Kenyan telecommunication engineers possibly abducted in Baghdad. Wetangula presented the Ambassador with a lette [...] |
2006-05-31 14:32:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM KE |
| 06NAIROBI2399 |
KENYA: RESPONSE TO U.S. STATEMENT ON IRAN [...] (SBU) DCM delivered reftel points to Kenyan Ministry of Foreign Affairs Permanent Secretary Lazarus Amayo the evening of May 31. (Head of state and foreign minister were unavailable.) Amayo discussed at length the recent G-77 meeting in Malaysia and Iran's attempt to introduce a statement on [...] |
2006-05-31 16:18:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KE |
| 06NAIROBI2414 |
HORN OF AFRICA, STATE - USAID HUMANITARIAN [...] Water availability has improved due to the recent rainfall, but rains were below average to poor in some pastoralist districts. Livestock conditions are improving and prices of livestock have increased. However, full recovery will require several consecutive seasons of good rains. In additio [...] |
2006-06-02 09:43:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON PHUM PREF PREL IGAD CENTCOM KE |
| 06NAIROBI2418 |
Uganda Makes Progress on GSP/AGOA Labor Complaint [...] (U) Summary: Regional Labor Attache's second visit to Kampala found encouraging progress on addressing the worker rights issues described in the AFL/CIO petition seeking to revoke Uganda's trade privileges under the General System of Preferences (GSP). Uganda has passed four significant labor [...] |
2006-06-02 10:09:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB AGOA ECON ETRD PHUM PGOV UG |
| 06NAIROBI2419 |
Uganda Makes Progress on GSP/AGOA Labor Complaint [...] (U) Summary: Regional Labor Attache's second visit to Kampala found encouraging progress on addressing the worker rights issues described in the AFL/CIO petition seeking to revoke Uganda's trade privileges under the General System of Preferences (GSP). Uganda has passed four significant labor [...] |
2006-06-02 10:14:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB AGOA ECON ETRD PHUM PGOV UG |
| 06NAIROBI2425 |
SOMALIA: A STRATEGY FOR ENGAGEMENT [...] (S) SUMMARY: Post envisions a Somalia strategy that builds on existing counterterrorism contacts and tactics, connecting the ARPFAT with the TFIs, establishing relations with moderate Islamic courts, and developing a network within the Ayr and business communities in Mogadishu. This approach [...] |
2006-06-02 11:09:00 | Embassy Nairobi | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PTER PGOV EAID SO |
| 06NAIROBI2438 |
USAID/OFDA ASSESSMENT OF KENYA'S GARISSA [...] Although long season rains improved pasture conditions and water availability in most drought- affected areas of Kenya, patchy showers in Garissa District have left many areas dry, impeding recovery efforts. Water tankering activities continue in several divisions where residents still face a [...] |
2006-06-05 08:20:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID KE |
| 06NAIROBI2443 |
COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR [...] USAID grants country clearance for USAID/DCHA/OFDA/OD IO/NGO Donor Coordinator Miriam Lutz to Nairobi, Kenya o/a June 08-23, 2006. 2. The purpose of travel is to consult with implementing partners working on Somalia and to attend the Biennial Conference of the Active Learning Network for A [...] |
2006-06-05 11:28:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA AO KE |
| 06NAIROBI2453 |
S/CT Ambassador Crumptons Meeting with President [...] (S/NF) S/CT Ambassador Henry Crumpton called on Kenyan President Kibaki May 26. Crumpton hailed U.S.Kenyan anti- terrorism cooperation in recent years and urged that Kenya continue to treat regional threats seriously and work with us to strengthen further our CT cooperation. Crumpton asked Kib [...] |
2006-06-05 13:24:00 | Embassy Nairobi | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PTER PREL MOPS ASEC KPAO SO KE |
| 06NAIROBI2454 |
SRSYG FRANCOIS FALL WORRIED ABOUT ISLAMIC COURT [...] (C) SRSYG for Somalia Amb. Francois Fall called me June 5 to voice concern over reports that the Islamic Court militias were gaining ground in Mogadishu and southern Somalia and may soon be in a position to establish their own government. Fall was worried about Islamists' longstanding oppositi [...] |
2006-06-05 13:24:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PREL ASEC KPAO SO KE |
| 06NAIROBI2455 |
SRSYG FRANCOIS FALL WORRIED ABOUT ISLAMIC COURT [...] (C) SRSYG for Somalia Amb. Francois Fall called me June 5 to voice concern over reports that the Islamic Court militias were gaining ground in Mogadishu and southern Somalia and may soon be in a position to establish their own government. Fall was worried about Islamists' longstanding oppositio [...] |
2006-06-05 15:20:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PINS PGOV SO |
| 06NAIROBI2456 |
SOMALIA: MILITARY AND POLITICAL ADVANCES AGAINST [...] (C) SUMMARY: Although two Alliance for the Restoration of Peace and Fight Against Terrorism (ARPFAT) leaders retain control of their territory, the Union of Islamic Courts (UIC) now controls the bulk of Mogadishu. The UIC's advance on Jowhar is further cause for concern, both because it will [...] |
2006-06-06 03:10:00 | Embassy Nairobi | SECRET//NOFORN | PINS PGOV PTER PREL KISL SO |
| 06NAIROBI2482 |
CORRUPTION IN KENYA: HOW FULL - OR EMPTY - IS THE [...] (C) Summary: The bad news in the war against corruption in Kenya is that there continues to be no genuine political will at the leadership level to aggressively investigate and prosecute major graft cases. The desperation of the NARC administration as it positions itself for next year's elect [...] |
2006-06-06 13:34:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV EAID EFIN KCOR PREL PINR KE |
| 06NAIROBI2501 |
HORN OF AFRICA, STATE - USAID HUMANITARIAN [...] Water availability has improved due to the recent rainfall, but rains were below average to poor in some pastoralist districts. Livestock conditions are improving and prices of livestock have increased. However, full recovery will require several consecutive seasons of good rains. In additio [...] |
2006-06-07 11:53:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON PHUM |