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| Identifier | Subject | Date | Office | Classification | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 08NAIROBI235 |
KENYA'S ELECTORAL CRISIS - THE SPEAKER OF [...] (C) I met with the new Speaker of the Parliament, Kenneth Marende, on January 18 to congratulate him on his election and to discuss the role he can play to help resolve the election crisis. 2. (C) I briefed Marende on U.S. efforts to assist in resolution of the crisis. Marende noted that i [...] |
2008-01-22 16:51:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM KE |
| 08NAIROBI2366 |
COMMISSION OF INQUIRY INTO POST-ELECTION VIOLENCE PRESENTS [...] On September 15, the Commission of Inquiry into Post-Election Violence (CIPEV) -- which was formed as part of the Kofi Annan-mediated settlement of Kenya's post-election crisis (reftel) -- presented its report to President Mwai Kibaki. Kibaki then ordered the report to be released immediately. [...] |
2008-10-15 13:36:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM KE |
| 08NAIROBI2368 |
Somalia - Puntland Success in Anti-Piracy Operation [...] On October 14, security forces from Somalia's semi-autonomous Puntland Region completed a successful operation against pirates operating off Somalia's coast. On October 9, pirates seized the Panamanian-flagged vessel "The Wail" while it was en route from Oman to the Bossaso port in Puntland. [...] |
2008-10-15 15:43:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV EWWT PTER PREL SO |
| 08NAIROBI2369 |
SOMALIA - JOINT SECURITY COMMITTEE TRAINING IN [...] (C) SUMMARY. The joint TFG-ARS Joint Security Committee (JSC) is participating in a conflict management workshop in South Africa from October 11-17. The training session was organized by the UN Political Office for Somalia (UNPOS) to prepare the JSC members for the next round of meetings of t [...] |
2008-10-15 15:45:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EAID PINS SO |
| 08NAIROBI2375 |
JOINT HEADS OF MISSION STATEMENT ON COMMISSION OF [...] As per reftel, Post has signed the following joint Heads of Missions statement on the Commission of Inquiry on the Post-Election Violence, which was released to local media on October 16. Begin text: We, the undersigned Heads of diplomatic missions based in Nairobi, welcome the publicatio [...] |
2008-10-16 12:12:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM KE |
| 08NAIROBI238 |
EC AMBASSADOR MICHEL'S VISIT [...] (C) EC Commissioner Louis Michel made a one-day visit January 19 to press for a political solution to the electoral crisis. According to the French Ambassador (who is representing the EU presidency in the absence of Slovenia), Michel had consulted with Kofi Annan before visiting in order to e [...] |
2008-01-22 17:14:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM KE FR SI |
| 08NAIROBI2380 |
SOMALIA - TFG APPREHENSION ABOUT UPCOMING IGAD [...] (C) In an October 15 meeting, visiting Transitional Federal Government (TFG) Deputy Prime Minister Ahmed Abdisalam Adan worried about Ethiopia's plans for the October 27 - 29 Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) Summit on Somalia. Adan reported that the TFG and transitional parl [...] |
2008-10-16 13:50:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SOCI PTER SO |
| 08NAIROBI239 |
KENYA,S ELECTORAL CRISIS -- PUSHING KIBAKI-ODINGA [...] (C) Summary. In the lead-up to Kofi Annan,s expected arrival January 22, we have continued to press for President Kibaki and Raila Odinga to use that opportunity for a face-to-face meeting and to launch a meaningful political dialogue. Achieving that would go a long way towards calming tensio [...] |
2008-01-22 17:36:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM KE |
| 08NAIROBI240 |
KENYA'S ELECTORAL CRISIS - THE ROLE OF THE [...] (U) With the election crisis taking an ever greater toll on business interests (see reftel), the business community has become increasingly engaged in lobbying for a political solution. While it is hard to determine precisely what impact this will have, the voice of the business community is [...] |
2008-01-22 19:28:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PGOV KDEM KE |
| 08NAIROBI2401 |
POST-ELECTION VIOLENCE COMMISSION RELEASES REPORT [...] (U) The Commission of Inquiry into Post-Election Violence (CIPEV) submitted its report to President Mwai Kibaki and Prime Minister Raila Odinga on October 15 (Ref A). The report proposes the establishment of a special tribunal to try high-level organizers of post-election violence. It also p [...] |
2008-10-21 15:26:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KDEM KE |
| 08NAIROBI2429 |
SOMALIA - World Food Program Requests Private Security for [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. After 1,250 metric tons of food were stolen on September 25, the World Food Program (WFP) Somalia Office has requested that the USG ask the Transitional Federal Government (TFG) to rescind its ban on transporters providing their own armed security personnel. USAID Food for Pea [...] |
2008-10-24 04:54:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV EAID ECON SOCI SO |
| 08NAIROBI2441 |
SOMALIA - REFUGEES SWELL DADAAB CAMPS [...] (SBU) Summary: The arrival of 45,000 new Somali refugees since January 2008 to the three Dadaab refugee camps in Eastern Kenya has exacerbated tensions between the local community and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) over jobs, service contracts and the environmental [...] |
2008-10-28 08:57:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL PREF EAID SO KE |
| 08NAIROBI245 |
KENYA'S ELECTORAL CRISIS: KOFI ANNAN - A NEW [...] Former UN Secretary General Kofi Annan arrived in Nairobi on January 22 with the strong public backing of the United States, the African Union, the European Union, and the United Nations. He gave a press conference upon arrival in which he evinced a no-nonsense, serious and determined approac [...] |
2008-01-23 14:11:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KE |
| 08NAIROBI2468 |
SOMALIA - INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE CANDIDATE [...] As requested reftel, we asked our contacts about Abdulqawi Ahmed Yusuf, candidate for the International Court of Justice. Yusuf, a lawyer, left Somalia in the 1960s. He joined the UN and reportedly worked for many years in the United States. He is now retired, but has continued to work as [...] |
2008-10-28 15:03:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | UNSC UNGA SO |
| 08NAIROBI2469 |
SOMALIA: IGAD SUMMIT URGES TFG ACTION ON DAY ONE [...] (SBU) Summary: The October 28 - 29 IGAD Extraordinary Council and Summit Meeting on Somalia was largely behind closed doors on its opening day. In presentations between closed sessions with Somalia's President, Prime Minister, Speaker, and parliamentarians, the Kenyan Foreign Minister, IGAD [...] |
2008-10-28 15:34:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV SOCI SO ET |
| 08NAIROBI2513 |
ATTACKS IN PUNTLAND AND SOMALILAND [...] Earlier today, in seemingly coordinated attacks, bombs exploded at public and foreign facilities in Bosaaso, Puntland and Hargeysa, Somaliland. In Bosaaso, two Puntland Intelligence Service (PIS) facilites were hit. In Hargeysa, the Ethiopian mission, the UNDP office and the Somaliland Presi [...] |
2008-10-30 03:57:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER PREL CASC SO |
| 08NAIROBI2519 |
SOMALIA - PUNTLAND AND SOMALILAND TERROR ATTACKS [...] (SBU) Summary: The final number of casulties from the October 29 suicide car bombs in northern Somalia's Somaliland and Puntland regions have not yet been confirmed. In Hargeisa, the capital of Somaliland, reportedly three car bombs killed 29 and injured scores more. In Bossaso, Puntland's [...] |
2008-10-30 15:00:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PGOV PREL CASC SO PINS |
| 08NAIROBI2520 |
SOMALIA: IGAD SUMMIT ISSUES TIMELINE IN EFFORT TO [...] (SBU) Summary: Like day one (reftel), the October 29 closing session of the IGAD Extraordinary Summit on Somalia featured protracted, closed-door negotiations, and pointed criticism of the Somalia Transitional Federal Government (TFG). The Summit communique (para 9), established a timeline fo [...] |
2008-10-30 15:14:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV SOCI SO ET |
| 08NAIROBI2521 |
SOMALIA - CARE Suspends Programs, May Close [...] (SBU) Summary. From October 21-22, the UN Special Representative to the Secretary General for Somalia (SRSG) chaired a meeting in Stockholm to prepare for an international conference on reconstruction and development. Priority was given to supporting the Djibouti process with flexible fundin [...] |
2008-10-30 16:37:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV EAID ECON SOCI SO |
| 08NAIROBI2522 |
The "One-Two" Punch to Kenya's Economy [...] (SBU) Still recovering from the blow of post-election violence, the Kenyan economy is now being hit by the global financial crisis. This "one-two" punch spells trouble for Kenya's economic prospects at least over the short-term. Indicators of less than optimal growth include declining remitta [...] |
2008-10-31 08:35:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ELAB EINV EFIN ETRD EAID BEXP PINR KE |
| 08NAIROBI2527 |
SOMALIA: PUNTLAND, SOMALILAND TERROR ATTACKS [...] (C) Summary: Security remained tight in Somaliland October 31 following the October 29 suicide bombings (reftels). A curfew remained in place, the land borders remained closed, and security was enhanced at key buildings in the capital, Hargeisa. Somaliland authorities report some progress in [...] |
2008-10-31 12:30:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV PREL CASC SO PINS |
| 08NAIROBI2543 |
SOMALIA - ARS Chairman Leads Delegation into Somalia [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On November 1, Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed, Chairman of the Alliance for the Re-liberation of Somalia (ARS), led an eight-person delegation into Somalia. Encouraged by A/S Frazer during a recent meeting in Nairobi to demonstrate leadership on the ground (Ref A), the ARS Chairma [...] |
2008-11-04 04:49:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL SO |
| 08NAIROBI2551 |
POST-ELECTION VIOLENCE COMMISSION REPORT: [...] (U) Two weeks after release of the Commission of Inquiry into Post-Election Violence (CIPEV) report (refs A and B), Kenya's political leaders continue to publicly grapple with fallout. Of particular contention is whether to implement the report's recommendations for a special tribunal to try [...] |
2008-11-04 14:09:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PGOV KDEM KE |
| 08NAIROBI2552 |
SOMALIA - PRESIDENT YUSUF AND AMBASSADOR DISCUSS [...] (SBU) Summary: At a meeting with the Ambassador on the eve of the Intergovernmental Authority on Development's Somalia Summit (ref a), Transitional Federal Government (TFG) President Abdullahi Yusuf welcomed, and pledged support for the Djibouti Agreement's cease-fire and unity government de [...] |
2008-11-05 00:41:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL EAID PINS SO |
| 08NAIROBI2553 |
SOMALIA - Business and Investment Council Shares U.S. [...] (SBU) Summary: On October 26 the chairman and members of the Djibouti-based Somali Business and Investment Council (SBIC) told us that key business leaders are ready to support the peace process in Somalia and begin a new chapter in relations with the U.S. Government. The businessmen welcome [...] |
2008-11-05 11:20:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON ETRD EAID SO |
| 08NAIROBI2554 |
SOMALIA - TFG PRESIDENT, PRIME MINISTER, SPEAKER [...] (C) Summary: On the eve of his departure for London to present a new cabinet for approval by President Yusuf, Prime Minister Nur Hassan Hussein "Nur Adde" described continuing strife within the Transitional Federal Government leadership and efforts by President Yusuf to block progress in the [...] |
2008-11-05 14:26:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR SO |
| 08NAIROBI2555 |
SOMALIA: SOMALILAND ADMINISTRATION REQUESTS [...] On November 4, Embassy received a letter from the Somaliland Administration President (text below) that requests international community assistance in the wake of the three October 29 suicide bombings in Hargeisa (reftel). The letter solicits assistance in fighting terrorism, including trackin [...] |
2008-11-05 14:30:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREL PGOV PTER SO |
| 08NAIROBI2562 |
SOMALIA - REACTION TO OBAMA WIN [...] Somali contacts expressed deep admiration for the United States in the aftermath of the November 5 U.S. election. A wide range of Somalia Unit contacts called and wrote to congratulate the United States on a peaceful and historic election. Contacts' comments ranged from statements of esteem [...] |
2008-11-10 15:03:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL KPAO PINS SO |
| 08NAIROBI2563 |
NEW ABUSE ALLEGATIONS AGAINST KENYAN SECURITY [...] No summary [...] |
2008-11-10 15:25:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM MOPS KE |
| 08NAIROBI2564 |
SOMALIA - CARE CONTINUES TO NEGOTIATE WITH [...] (SBU) Summary. Negotiations continue between al-Shabaab spokesman Mukhtar Robow and humanitarian relief organization CARE over whether CARE can continue to feed one million people in southern and central Somalia. In October, Robow told CARE to leave Somalia or face attack (reftel). CARE sa [...] |
2008-11-10 17:13:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PGOV PINS PREL SO |
| 08NAIROBI2579 |
SOMALIA - Deputy Prime Minister Questions TFG Future [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On the margins of the IGAD summit in Nairobi, A/S Frazer met with TFG Deputy Prime Minister Ahmed Abdisalam Adan. Abdisalam noted the fragility of the TFG and the ARS and the importance of strengthening both institutions and the Djibouti process that binds them. The DPM emphasi [...] |
2008-11-13 04:49:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL SO |
| 08NAIROBI2580 |
SOMALIA - A/S Frazer Meeting with ARS Leaders [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On October 29, Assistant Secretary Frazer discussed the importance of a political solution as the foundation for increasing security and addressing Somalia's humanitarian crisis with leaders of the Alliance for the Re-liberation of Somalia. ARS Chairman Sheikh Sharif indicated [...] |
2008-11-13 05:01:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL EAID SO |
| 08NAIROBI2581 |
SOMALIA: MELES'S POST-IGAD EXPECTATIONS FOR THE [...] (C) Summary: Immediately on the heels of the October 28 - 29 IGAD Extraordinary Summit on Somalia, Assistant Secretary Frazer discussed with Prime Minister Meles the way forward with the faltering Somalia Transitional Federal Government (TFG) and its merger with the Alliance for the Reliberatio [...] |
2008-11-13 05:12:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR SO ET |
| 08NAIROBI2586 |
SOMALIA: TFG PRESIDENT, PRIME MINISTER CONTINUE [...] (C) Summary: Transitional Federal Government (TFG) Prime Minister Nur Hassan Hussein "Nur Adde" told Ambassador November 11 that President Yusuf had come under pressure and appeared to be showing increased flexibility in their discussions on the composition of an interim cabinet (reftel), bu [...] |
2008-11-13 10:39:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SOCI SO ET |
| 08NAIROBI2588 |
U.S. ELECTION DAY IN KENYA [...] Summary. Kenyans see President-elect Barack Obama as their "favorite son," and are delighted by his election. The Ambassador hosted an early morning November 5 event attended by over 2,000 Kenyans to watch the results, and issued a statement highlighting the transparent and peaceful nature of [...] |
2008-11-13 12:39:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO KDEM PGOV KE |
| 08NAIROBI2594 |
KENYA TO HOST 2009 AGOA FORUM BETWEEN AUGUST 9-14 [...] This cable is not/not for internet distribution. 2. Please See Action Request - Para 15. 3. Summary. Kenya proposes hosting the 2009 AGOA Forum in Nairobi, between August 9-14. The preferred venue is the Kenyatta International Convention Center (KICC) in downtown Nairobi. Deputy Pri [...] |
2008-11-14 10:04:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC AMGT ECON ETRD AGOA PGOV KE |
| 08NAIROBI2596 |
SOMALIA - PIRACY CONTINUES AS INTERNATIONALS [...] No summary [...] |
2008-11-14 10:17:00 | Embassy Nairobi | SECRET | EWWT PGOV PREL SO UP |
| 08NAIROBI2597 |
SOMALIA: OFFICIAL CONGRATULATORY MESSAGE TO THE [...] Please pass the following congratulatory message in para 2 to the President-elect Barack Obama, from the President of the Transitional Government of the Federal Republic of Somalia. 2. Begin text: His Excellency Barack Obama President-elect of the United States of America Washington, [...] |
2008-11-14 12:47:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | OPDC OVIP PREL |
| 08NAIROBI2598 |
SOMALIA - TFG PRESIDENT, PRIME MINISTER FAIL TO [...] (C) Summary: As forecast reftel, the Somali Transitional Federal Government (TFG) President and Prime Minister failed November 15 - 16, without really trying, to compromise in their continuing disagreement about the composition of the TFG cabinet. Each publicly blamed the other for the failure [...] |
2008-11-16 17:50:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR SOCI SO ET |
| 08NAIROBI2600 |
SOMALIA - MERKA, OTHER LOWER SHABELLE TOWNS CHANGE HANDS [...] No summary [...] |
2008-11-17 05:07:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | MOPS PGOV SOCI SO |
| 08NAIROBI2602 |
SOMALIA - ARS LEADERS READY FOR RADICAL CHANGE [...] (C) SUMMARY. Leaders of the Alliance for the Re-liberation of Somalia (ARS) seek to consolidate support from their recent mission in Somalia and are committed to the Djibouti Process and a unity government, even as internal strife threatens to implode the Transitional Federal Government (TFG [...] |
2008-11-17 13:46:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINS SO |
| 08NAIROBI2605 |
KENYA ECONOMIC NOTES [...] (SBU) GOK MOVES APACE ON AGOA FORUM PREPARATIONS 2. (SBU) CIVAIR AUTHORITY RAMPING UP FOR FAA CATEGORY 1 3. (SBU) ANTI-CORRUPTION COMMISSION CONCEDES WEAKNESSES 4. (SBU) KENYA RAILWAYS: STRUGGLING TO GET BACK ON TRACK 5. (SBU) MACRO-ECONOMIC INDICATORS SUGGEST SLUGGISH GROWTH 6. (SB [...] |
2008-11-18 06:41:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ELAB EINV EFIN ETRD EAID BEXP PINR EAIR ASEC |
| 08NAIROBI2610 |
A TALE OF TWO EL WAKS [...] (SBU) El Wak, Kenya lies just across the border from El Wak, Somalia. Both towns are dominated by the Garre clan, which is now engulfed in a violent struggle for dominance over the Murulle clan. The conflict has spread into Somalia and has exacerbated relations between the Garre and Marehan, [...] |
2008-11-18 13:34:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEC KCRM KE SO |
| 08NAIROBI2612 |
SOMALIA - SUPERTANKER HIJACKED; BRITS TURN 8 [...] (S) Summary: On November 15, Somali pirates hijacked their largest ship yet, the crude oil supertanker Sirius Star, and have anchored it off Hobyo, Somalia, a known Indian Ocean pirate base. So far this year, Somalia pirates have captured and ransomed 38 ships. Separately, on November 18 [...] |
2008-11-18 14:45:00 | Embassy Nairobi | SECRET | EWWT PREL PINS PGOV SO |
| 08NAIROBI2613 |
MARTHA KARUA ELECTED AS NARC-KENYA PARTY [...] (U) SUMMARY: On November 14, a convention of 2,000 delegates of the National Rainbow Coalition - Kenya (NARC-Kenya) elected current Minister of Justice, National Cohesion, and Constitutional Affairs Martha Karua as its Chairperson. Karua has made no secret of her desire to contest the 2012 K [...] |
2008-11-19 08:28:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM KE |
| 08NAIROBI2614 |
EU THREATENS TO WITHHOLD AID [...] (C) At a press conference November 17 on the occasion of "European Development Days," French Ambassador Elisabeth Barbier and EC Head of Delegation Eric van der Linden were questioned on European views with regard to implementation of the Waki Commission recommendations. Headlined the followin [...] |
2008-11-19 08:56:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAO PGOV KE |
| 08NAIROBI2618 |
SOMALIA - Diaspora Business Thrives in Dubai [...] (U) SUMMARY. This cable is the first of two on Somalia's Dubai-based Diaspora. Though Somalia remains mired in conflict, the country's private sector boasts successful operations in a variety of sectors including livestock, telecommunications, shipping, transportation, import and exports of [...] |
2008-11-20 07:33:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON ETRD EAID KWMN SO AE |
| 08NAIROBI2619 |
SOMALIA - Political Perspectives from Dubai [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. This cable is the second of two on Somalia's Dubai-based Diaspora (Reftel). The Somali community in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) drives Somalia's economy, and is intimately involved in its political landscape. Commercial ties within the Dubai business community are cross-cl [...] |
2008-11-20 09:21:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON ETRD EAID KWMN SO AE |
| 08NAIROBI2626 |
NAIROBI EAC CONVENED TO DISCUSS AL-SHABAAB IN KENYA [...] (SBU) Summary: Embassy Nairobi's Acting Deputy Chief of Mission (DCM) convened Post's Core Emergency Action Committee (EAC) on 19 November 2008 to discuss recent events in El Wak, Kenya and recent reports of alleged al-Shabaab activity in country and their impact, if any, on Post operations, [...] |
2008-11-20 13:02:00 | Embassy Nairobi | SECRET//NOFORN | ASEC KE PTER |
| 08NAIROBI2643 |
SOMALIA - PRESIDENT YUSUF: I AM A DEMOCRAT, NOT A [...] (C) SUMMARY. On November 20, Special Envoy Yates met with an intractable President Yusuf, who made it clear that he was unable to work with Prime Minister Nur Hassan Hussein and was more interested in assigning blame than moving forward on a peace process. Yusuf termed the Prime Minister's [...] |
2008-11-21 16:05:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR SOCI SO |
| 08NAIROBI2644 |
SOMALIA - YUSUF AGREES TO SEEK COMPROMISE WITH [...] (C) Summary: In a follow-on to their November 20 meeting (reftel), Special Envoy for Somalia John Yates pressed Transitional Federal Government (TFG) President Abdullahi Yusuf to drop his legalistic objections to cooperation with TFG Prime Minister Nur Hassan Hussein "Nur Adde." Yusuf initia [...] |
2008-11-21 16:54:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR SOCI SO |
| 08NAIROBI2652 |
SOMALIA - PM and President Disagree on Cabinet [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In a November 16 press conference, Transitional Federal Government (TFG) Prime Minister Hassan Hussein "Nur Adde" announced the new cabinet members he submitted to President Yusuf (see paragraphs 6-8). President Yusuf has rejected the Prime Minister's cabinet on legal grounds. [...] |
2008-11-24 14:56:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL SO |
| 08NAIROBI2660 |
EL WAK RESIDENTS ACCUSE KENYAN SECURITY FORCES OF [...] (C) Summary. 34 residents of El Wak, North Eastern Province, interviewed by Embassy Officers have alleged that Kenyan security forces, primarily police, engaged in human rights abuses as part of an operation in late October to confiscate illegal arms. The pattern of operations -- and allega [...] |
2008-11-25 12:32:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM MOPS ASEC KE |
| 08NAIROBI2661 |
SOMALIA - UN DETAILS PIRACY CONFERENCE PLANS [...] Summary: The UN's Somalia political office on November 25 outlined its plans for a Nairobi conference on Somali piracy December 10-11. The UN has invited high level representation from over 50 countries (including the United States, previously forward via separate email) and international o [...] |
2008-11-26 04:03:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | EWWT PREL PINS PGOV SO |
| 08NAIROBI2667 |
KENYANS MOVE AHEAD ON NEW PIRACY PROSECUTION [...] (SBU) Summary: On November 11, the UK's Royal Navy seized eight Somali nationals in international waters off the coast of Yemen after the British responded to a distress call from a Danish ship that the Somalis had attempted to board. After proceeding to Mombasa, Kenya, the British relinquishe [...] |
2008-11-26 12:03:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV ASEC PHSA MOPS KCRM KJUS UK SO DA |
| 08NAIROBI2671 |
DRUG TRAFFICKING ON THE RISE IN KENYA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On November 21, the British High Commission convened a mini-Dublin Group meeting in Nairobi to discuss the state of the drug problem in Kenya. The meeting was attended by representatives of one of Kenya's three police services, the director of the Kenyan government's anti-drug [...] |
2008-11-26 12:16:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KCRM KCOR KJUS SNAR UK UG KE |
| 08NAIROBI2673 |
SOMALIA - November 24 Joint Security Committee Communique [...] (U) Summary and Comment: At the conclusion of their November 20-24 talks in Naivasha, Kenya, the Transitional Federal Government (TFG) and Alliance for the Re-Liberation of Somalia (ARS) Joint Security Committee (JSC) issued a communique, the text of which appears in paragraph 3. The JSC agre [...] |
2008-11-26 12:48:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL SO |
| 08NAIROBI2676 |
NAIROBI CORE EAC CONVENED TO DISCUSS RECENT THREAT REPORTING [...] (S/NF) Summary: Embassy Nairobi's Acting Deputy Chief of Mission (DCM) convened Post's Core Emergency Action Committee (EAC) on 28 November 2008 to discuss recent reporting contained in RefTel regarding a threat to the Lamu Festival taking place in Lamu, Kenya from 28 to 30 December 2008 and [...] |
2008-11-26 14:01:00 | Embassy Nairobi | SECRET//NOFORN | ASEC KE PTER |
| 08NAIROBI2679 |
SOMALIA - PM Installs New Banadir Government [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On November 23, a Transitional Federal Government-appointed committee elected a new Banadir administration, in accordance with an IGAD-imposed deadline and more than two months after Prime Minister Nur Hassan Hussein dissolved the former administration on September 12 in a bitter [...] |
2008-11-28 03:59:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL SO |
| 08NAIROBI2681 |
SOMALIA - Agreement to Structure Unity Government and [...] (SBU) Summary: At the latest round of Djibouti Agreement talks on November 25, the moderate islamist Alliance for the Re-Liberation of Somalia (ARS) and the Transitional Federal Government (TFG) agreed on plans for a unity government. The text of their communique is in paragraph 5. The parti [...] |
2008-11-28 07:40:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL SO DJ |
| 08NAIROBI2690 |
SOMALIA - Harassment of Two Media Outlets [...] (SBU) The week of November 24 witnessed two incidents of apparent media harassment in Somalia. Early in the week, the Director of Warsan Radio was arrested by Transitional Federal Government (TFG) forces for "giving out misleading information about the TFG." The charges appear to stem from co [...] |
2008-12-01 16:28:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KPAO PREL PGOV SO |
| 08NAIROBI2696 |
PARTIES SCRAMBLE TO COMPLY WITH POLITICAL PARTIES [...] Kenya's notoriously disorganized political parties are scrambling to comply with a series of administrative, organizational, and financial requirements imposed by the Political Parties Act (the Act) before the December 31 deadline. The Act aims to bring much-needed order to Kenya's party sys [...] |
2008-12-02 09:32:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL KDEM KE |
| 08NAIROBI2701 |
KENYA - ADDITIONAL AMISOM TROOP PLEDGES [...] (C) Post delivered reftel para 4 points on November 28 to Ben Ogutu, MFA Director for Political Affairs. While there has been no definite decision on providing troops to the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM), Ogutu opined that press reporting on alleged Kenya troop contributions "did n [...] |
2008-12-02 14:53:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | KPKO MOPS MASS MARR PREL KE |
| 08NAIROBI2702 |
SOMALIA - PRESIDENT YUSUF CRITICIZES UNITY [...] (SBU) Summary: Transitional Federal Government President Yusuf called Special Envoy Yates on December 1 to condemn the proposals from the November 26 Djibouti meetings (ref A) as "unworkable." He also complained about Ethiopian troops' alleged recent actions at Villa Somalia and stated that [...] |
2008-12-02 16:24:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR SO ET |
| 08NAIROBI2703 |
SOMALIA - TFG, ARS, CIVIL SOCIETY DISCUSS FUTURE GOVERNMENT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The United Nations Development Program (UNDP) and the UN Political Office for Somalia (UNPOS) held a workshop on federalism and decentralization in Nairobi from November 27 to 29. The conference drew together high level, cross-clan and cross-regional representation from Somali sc [...] |
2008-12-02 16:48:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM SOCI SO |
| 08NAIROBI2710 |
GOK EFFORT TO PRESERVE VITAL FOREST HITS POLITICAL [...] The Kenyan government's (GOK) attempt to preserve and restore the environmentally and economically important Mau Forest Complex (the Mau Forest) by evicting legal and illegal settlers (reftel) has caused political problems within Prime Minister Raila Odinga's Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) p [...] |
2008-12-04 06:36:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM ENRG SENV SOCI KE |
| 08NAIROBI2715 |
KENYA ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS: LATE NOV/EARLY DEC '08 [...] (SBU) CENTRAL BANK PREPS FOR ECONOMIC HEADWINDS 2. (SBU) DEMAND FOR KENYAN TEA FALLS SHARPLY 3. (SBU) TEA WORKERS GET PAY HIKE; GOK FORMS LABOR BOARD 4. (SBU) INTERPOL-KWS MAKE PROGRESS ON POACHING 5. (SBU) PM CONTINUES PRIVATE SECTOR ENGAGEMENT 6. (SBU) CORRUPTION: FORMER FINANCE [...] |
2008-12-04 12:53:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON SENV EAGR ELAB EINV EFIN ETRD EAID BEXP PINR |
| 08NAIROBI2716 |
KENYA ASPIRES TO BUILD A NUCLEAR PLANT BY 2015 [...] As reported in ref B, although it has no known fissionable material, Kenya aspires to build its first medium-sized 1,000 MW nuclear plant by 2015 as part of a multifaceted strategy to boost power production. The Government of Kenya (GOK) will appeal to the private sector to finance the plant' [...] |
2008-12-04 12:59:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG TRGY EINV SENV BEXP BTIO KE |
| 08NAIROBI2718 |
SOMALIA - Somaliland: "Terror Attacks Will Not Deter Us" [...] (SBU) Summary: On December 3, Somaliland Minister of Foreign Affairs Abdullahi Mohamed Duale and Minister of Planning Ali Ibrahim Mohamed told us that despite the recent terror attacks, Somaliland will not veer from its democratic path. Ministers Duale and Mohamed said that Somaliland author [...] |
2008-12-04 15:11:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PNAT SOCI ECON SO |
| 08NAIROBI2719 |
SOMALIA - PRIME MINISTER REBUFFED BY SPEAKER IN [...] (C) Summary: A dejected Transitional Federal Government (TFG) Prime Minister Hussein told us December 3 that his one-day trip to Mogadishu and Baidoa in a bid to win parliamentary confirmation of his transitional cabinet and the November 26 Djibouti unity government communique had been rebuff [...] |
2008-12-04 17:01:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR EAID SO ET |
| 08NAIROBI2721 |
PROMOTING PEACE IN KENYA'S UPPER EASTERN PROVINCE [...] Kenya's remote upper Eastern Province is caught in a cycle of violence driven by competition over scarce resources and characterized by inter-tribal revenge killings and livestock raiding. Local politicians have a history of quietly supporting these activities, which has made grassroots effor [...] |
2008-12-05 05:52:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KCRM ASEC PHUM SENV KE ET |
| 08NAIROBI2722 |
NO SALES OF KENYAN RUBIES TO BURMA [...] Summary: According to three senior Ministry of Environment and Mineral Resources officials, Kenya does not export rubies to Burma. End Summary. 2. In separate December 4 meetings with Kenya's Commissioner of Mines and Geology Lojomon Biwott, acting Chief Geologist Shadrack Kimomo, and Ward [...] |
2008-12-05 09:03:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD EMIN ECON PREL PGOV EFIN BM KE |
| 08NAIROBI2736 |
EMBASSY CONCURRENCE FOR FY09 AFRICOM 1206 MARITIME [...] Embassy Nairobi has reviewed and supports AFRICOM's proposal to help the Kenyan Navy build its maritime capacity to counter the threat posed by terrorist organizations operating from Somalia. 2. Kenya's naval capacity has always been weak, and Kenya's overall security has suffered as a resu [...] |
2008-12-08 13:58:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR PTER PREL KE SO |
| 08NAIROBI2737 |
SOMALIA - POST SUPPORT FOR 1206 PROPOSAL [...] PROPOSAL NAME: SOMALI JOINT SECURITY FORCE EQUIPMENT AND TRAINING POC FOR THIS MESSAGE IS JOSEPH F. TRIMBLE, POLITICAL OFFICER, EMBASSY NAIROBI SOMALIA UNIT, PHONE: 254-20-363-6185, CELL: 254-721-617-500, FAX 254-20-363-6329, EMAIL: TRIMBLEJF@STATE.(SGOV).GOV. SECONDARY POC IS CDR SCOTT [...] |
2008-12-08 14:28:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR KTIA PGOV PREL SO |
| 08NAIROBI2738 |
EMBASSY CONCURRENCE FOR FY09 HORN OF AFRICA [...] (U) Embassy Nairobi has reviewed and supports S/CT's proposal to provide training in Best Practices and Lessons Learned in Counterinsurgency Operations to Kenya to help this nation build its capacity to perform these operations in an effective manner that respects human rights. 2. (C) The [...] |
2008-12-08 14:54:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | KTIA MARR MASS PTER KE SO |
| 08NAIROBI2740 |
Kenyan Prime Minister says "Mugabe Must Go" [...] Speaking at an international press conference on December 7 in Nairobi, Prime Minister Raila Odinga called Robert Mugabe's government a "vile dictatorship" that must be stopped. Odinga urged the African Union to send troops to end the humanitarian crisis, or allow the UN to do so. "The inter [...] |
2008-12-09 06:18:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KDEM KPAO KE |
| 08NAIROBI2745 |
SOMALIA - SCENESETTER FOR A/S KIMMITT'S PARTICIPATION IN UN [...] (SBU) Post welcomes your visit to Nairobi for the UN/Government of Kenya Conference on Piracy. The conference is an opportunity to help shape the international community's response to Somali piracy. The conference conclusions may also feed Washington deliberations in advance of the planned Ne [...] |
2008-12-09 16:52:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EWWT PGOV PREL OVIP SO |
| 08NAIROBI2747 |
GOK PREPARES TO OUST ELECTORAL COMMISSION [...] On November 27, the Cabinet approved a draft constitutional amendment which will disband the Electoral Commission of Kenya (ECK) and remove all 22 current ECK commissioners. If, as expected, Parliament approves the measure before it recesses on December 18, the ECK will be replaced by an Int [...] |
2008-12-10 12:38:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV KDEM KE |
| 08NAIROBI2755 |
SOMALIA - AL-SHABAAB GAINS BUT BATTLES CONTINUE [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY. Despite partnering with the moderate Islamist Alliance for the Re-liberation of Somalia (ARS) to create a unity government, Somalia's Transitional Federal Government (TFG) has been unable to influence security on the ground. TFG control in Somalia is limited to pockets of Mog [...] |
2008-12-11 09:08:00 | Embassy Nairobi | SECRET | PGOV EAID PINR PHUM SOCI MOPS MARR SO ET |
| 08NAIROBI2759 |
SOMALIA - ARS Delegation Arrives in Mogadishu, Rallies [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On December 10, ARS Chairman Sheikh Sharif Ahmed and more than twenty other ARS leaders arrived in Mogadishu. This is expected to be a permanent relocation. Sheikh Sharif was encouraged to make the journey by supporters, who urged immediate action on the ground in light of re [...] |
2008-12-11 12:10:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL SO |
| 08NAIROBI276 |
KENYA HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS - GENDER-BASED [...] As in all situations where law and order breaks down, there has been an increase in violence of all sorts, including rape. The Nairobi Women's Hospital Rape Center (NWHRC) reports a nearly 100% increase in the number of women coming in for care since the outbreak of violence in late December [...] |
2008-01-25 09:15:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | PINR PGOV PHUM KE |
| 08NAIROBI2760 |
HEIGHTENED INSECURITY AT DADAAB REFUGEE CAMP [...] (SBU) On December 8 around 8:40 a.m a German development aid organization (GTZ) ambulance was attacked by gunmen. The GTZ ambulance was traveling from the Dadaab NGO compound to Hagadera refugee camp with 7 people on board. The UN-mandated government of Kenay (GOK) police escort for all vehic [...] |
2008-12-11 12:16:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | KCRM KE PGOV PREF PREL |
| 08NAIROBI2767 |
SOMALIA - BAIDOA STALEMATE CONTINUES [...] (SBU) Summary: A five-day face-off in Baidoa, the seat of the parliament, between Transitional Federal Government (TFG) President Abdullahi Yusuf and Prime Minister Nur Adde continued December 11 with the estranged leaders showing no willingness to compromise. Yusuf and Nur Adde have reporte [...] |
2008-12-11 14:39:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR SOCI MOPS SO |
| 08NAIROBI2768 |
PRESIDENT SIGNS TRUTH, JUSTICE, AND RECONCILIATION [...] On November 28, President Mwai Kibaki signed into law the Truth, Justice, and Reconciliation Act (the Act). The Act creates a Truth, Justice and Reconciliation Commission (TJRC) to establish a complete record of violation of human and economic rights from the time of Kenya's independence in [...] |
2008-12-11 14:47:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM KDEM KCRM KE |
| 08NAIROBI2769 |
SOMALIA - Humanitarian Response [...] (SBU) Summary. As conditions in Somalia continue to deteriorate, aid agencies are grappling with fundamental humanitarian dilemmas. Although the crisis has worsened it is not, nor will it likely become, a famine. Nevertheless, the latitude to operate in Somalia is shrinking, blurring the lin [...] |
2008-12-11 22:30:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM SO |
| 08NAIROBI277 |
KENYA'S ELECTORAL CRISIS - INTERNATIONAL HUMAN [...] Summary: The post-election violence that has killed over 700 people and displaced an estimated 250,000 more has drawn the attention of international human rights groups and institutions. Human Rights Watch currently has a research team in country to collect information and analyze events and [...] |
2008-01-25 09:15:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PREL KE |
| 08NAIROBI2776 |
SOMALIA - PRESIDENT'S ATTEMPT TO SACK PM FOILED BY [...] (SBU) Summary. Transitional Federal Government (TFG) President Abdullahi Yusuf's effort to fire the Prime Minister on December 14 has triggered a backlash from the transitional Parliament in Baidoa where, on December 15, a reported 143 parliamentarians passed a vote of confidence in the Prime [...] |
2008-12-15 13:56:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EWWT PREL PINS PGOV SO |
| 08NAIROBI2779 |
SOMALIA - KENYANS WILL JOIN PIRACY CONTACT GROUP [...] (C/Rel KE) We shared reftel A points and non-paper with MFA Director of Political Affairs Ambassador Benson Ogutu, Americas Desk Head Ambassador Binsai Chepsongol, and International Organizations and Conferences Head Anthony Andanje. Andanje responded that the Kenyans will join the Contact G [...] |
2008-12-15 15:36:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | EWWT PREL PINS PGOV SO |
| 08NAIROBI278 |
KENYA'S ELECTORAL CRISIS: ODM HOLDS MOSTLY [...] The Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) on January 23 held public funerals in Nairobi, Kisumu (Nyanza Province), and Kakamega (Western Province) for victims of Kenya's post-election violence. These deaths were all alleged by ODM to be the result of police action, and not civilian on civilian vi [...] |
2008-01-25 09:25:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM KE |
| 08NAIROBI2780 |
SOMALIA - December 16 International Contact Group Meeting [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The December 16 International Contact Group (ICG) session comes at a critical time in the history of the TFG. A protracted fight between President Yusuf and Prime Minister Hussein took a further nosedive December 14, when Yusuf attempted to dismiss the Prime Minister. The Par [...] |
2008-12-15 16:02:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM SOCI PINR SO |
| 08NAIROBI2781 |
SOMALIA - SCENESETTER FOR SENATOR FEINGOLD'S DECEMBER 18-20 [...] Your December 18-20 meetings with Somalia and Somaliland politicians, the UN Secretary General's Special Representative as well as NGO and private sector representatives come at a time when some progress in the UN-led Djibouti Peace Process is being undercut by continued feuding among the Tran [...] |
2008-12-15 16:17:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM SOCI PINR SO |
| 08NAIROBI2782 |
SOMALIA - December 16 International Contact Group Meeting [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The December 16 International Contact Group (ICG) session comes at a critical time in the history of the TFG. A protracted fight between President Yusuf and Prime Minister Hussein took a further nosedive December 14, when Yusuf attempted to dismiss the Prime Minister. The Par [...] |
2008-12-16 04:05:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM SOCI PINR SO |
| 08NAIROBI279 |
KENYA'S ELECTORAL CRISIS: MINISTER OF INTERNAL [...] On January 24 we received Minister of Internal Security George Saitoti's response to the Ambassador's letter of January 17 (reftel) requesting; 1) a precise statement of the Rules of Engagement currently in effect for Kenyan security forces in dealing with unarmed peaceful demonstrators; 2) a [...] |
2008-01-25 09:26:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM KE |
| 08NAIROBI2790 |
AMBASSADOR'S TRIP TO GARISSA ELICITS CANDID [...] The Ambassador recently travelled to Garissa, the provincial center of Kenya's predominantly Muslim North Eastern Province, to talk to the community about a range of issues. Feedback from the (mostly) Kenyan Somali community was generally positive toward the United States. There was great ap [...] |
2008-12-16 11:12:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PTER KISL KDEM SOCI PHUM KE SO ET |
| 08NAIROBI2793 |
GENERAL WARD DISCUSSES SECURITY WITH KENYAN LEADERS [...] (C) On November 24 and 25, AFRICOM Commander General William Ward had introductory meetings with President Kibaki, Prime Minister Odinga, Assistant Minister for Defense Major General (retired) Joseph Nkaisserry, and Chief of General Staff General Jeremiah Mutinda Kianga. The conversations foc [...] |
2008-12-16 12:15:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MCAP MOPS PHSA PBTS PREL KE SO SU CG |
| 08NAIROBI2806 |
SOMALIA - Ambassador Hosts Humanitarian Roundtable [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Ambassador Ranneberger hosted a roundtable meeting at Embassy Nairobi on December 10 with some of USAID's Somalia implementing partners. The discussion focused on the increasingly challenging operating environment in which aid assistance is being delivered in Somalia and the r [...] |
2008-12-16 15:37:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID SOCI PGOV PREL SO |
| 08NAIROBI2807 |
SOMALIA - PRESIDENT CONTINUES EFFORTS TO OUST PRIME [...] (U) Continuing his effort to oust Prime Minister Nur Hassan Hussein "Nur Adde," on December 16 President Abdullahi Yusuf nominated Mohammed Mahmud Guled "Gamadheere" prime minister. On December 15 Yusuf tried to sack the prime minister, but was rebuffed by the parliament in the form of a stro [...] |
2008-12-16 15:57:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM SOCI PINR SO |
| 08NAIROBI281 |
KIBAKI-ODINGA TAKE FIRST STEP TOWARD DIALOGUE [...] (C) Summary. A meeting between President Kibaki and Raila Odinga facilitated by Kofi Annan on January 24 sent a very positive message to the Kenyan people and will help end violence. The agenda and modalities for subsequent dialogue have not yet been worked out. The process of dialogue will [...] |
2008-01-25 11:44:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM KE |
| 08NAIROBI2839 |
KENYA -- 2009 AGOA FORUM UPDATE [...] This cable is not/not for internet distribution. 2. Summary. Pending confirmation from the Office of the President, Kenya is now likely to propose hosting the 2009 AGOA Forum in Nairobi during the August 3-7 timeframe versus the originally proposed timeframe of August 9-14. The preferred [...] |
2008-12-18 13:47:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC AMGT ECON ETRD AGOA PGOV PREL KE |
| 08NAIROBI2842 |
LACEY AMENDMENTS WILL HELP KENYA PROTECT ITS DWINDLING [...] (U) As instructed ref A, upon receipt, post provided Lacey Act amendments to the Kenyan Ministry of Trade, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Forestry and Wildlife, National Environment Management Authority, and Forest Service, pointing out that the new regulations will help backstop Ken [...] |
2008-12-19 05:08:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV ETRD KCRM EINV BTIO ENRG KGHG ECON KE |
| 08NAIROBI2850 |
PROTESTS OVER RESTRICTIVE MEDIA BILL [...] Parliament passed a Media Bill on December 10 which, if signed by President Mwai Kibaki, would potentially subject the independent media to intrusive government interference. The Media Bill was presented to Parliament and the public as a series of amendments to the Communications Act of 1998. [...] |
2008-12-19 13:01:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM KPAO KE |
| 08NAIROBI2851 |
PARLIAMENT AMENDS CONSTITUTION, OUSTS ELECTORAL [...] Parliament on December 16 passed the Kenya Constitution Amendment Bill of 2008 (the Amendment). The Amendment follows the recommendations of the Kriegler Commission (Reftel B) and abolishes the Electoral Commission of Kenya (ECK), which was widely discredited for its mishandling of Kenya's 2 [...] |
2008-12-19 13:02:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV KDEM PHUM KE |
| 08NAIROBI2862 |
NADR-FUNDED PROJECT TO SUPPORT THE EAST AFRICA [...] (U) Mission wishes to propose the following project for funding under NADR in support of the East Africa Regional Strategic Initiative (EARSI): - Title of project: Preventing Attacks on Soft Targets (PAST) - Implementing agency or organization: DS/ATA - Description of program, to incl [...] |
2008-12-23 07:50:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC PTER TZ KE ET |
| 08NAIROBI2864 |
INDEPENDENCE DAY CELEBRATIONS MARRED BY POLICE [...] Celebrations of Kenya's 45th Jamhuri (Independence) Day in Nairobi on December 12 turned slightly chaotic when police cracked down on protesters who disrupted President Mwai Kibaki's speech. Civil society aimed to use the event to highlight widespread discontent about skyrocketing food price [...] |
2008-12-23 08:04:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM ASEC KE |
| 08NAIROBI2865 |
PRESIDENT, PM SIGN PACT TO FORM POST-ELECTION [...] President Mwai Kibaki and Prime Minister Raila Odinga signed on December 17 an agreement to implement the recommendations of the Commission of Inquiry into Post-Election Violence (CIPEV), also known as the Waki Commission (Reftels). The agreement tasks a Cabinet sub-committee to draft legisl [...] |
2008-12-23 08:04:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM KDEM KE |
| 08NAIROBI2867 |
NADR-FUNDED PROPOSAL FOR INTERNATIONAL PORT [...] No summary [...] |
2008-12-23 08:51:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER ASEC KY |
| 08NAIROBI2869 |
UPDATE ON KENYAN PROSECUTION OF SUSPECTED SOMALI [...] This is an action message. Action recommendations and requests are at paragraphs 7, 8, 9, 12, and 16. 2. Summary: On December 11, the eight Somali nationals charged with piracy again appeared before a magistrate judge in Mombasa. The prosecutors asked the magistrate to postpone the trial to [...] |
2008-12-23 12:11:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV ASEC PHSA MOPS KCRM KJUS SO YM DA |
| 08NAIROBI2871 |
SUMMARY REPORT ON CONSULTATIVE WORKSHOP ON THE [...] Key regional partners participated in a workshop November 11-14 in Nairobi, Kenya, to discuss priorities for the implementation of the Global Food Security Response in Eastern and Southern Africa. This is part of a broader, multi-donor response to the global food crisis in support of the Afri [...] |
2008-12-23 12:55:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | KE |
| 08NAIROBI2872 |
KENYA'S STAGNATING ECONOMY [...] (U) Economic growth registered 2.1 percent in the third quarter, falling over one percent from the second quarter rate of 3.4 percent. Continuing double-digit inflation (particularly for food and fuel), declining agricultural production, and a struggling tourist sector (still recovering from [...] |
2008-12-24 07:01:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAGR ELAB EINV EFIN ETRD EAID BEXP PINR ASEC |
| 08NAIROBI2878 |
MAIZE FLOUR CRISIS IN KENYA: THE UNSTABLE POLITICS OF [...] (U) Rising maize flour prices, up 119 percent from November 2007 to November 2008, combined with the Kenyan staple's reduced availability and higher prices for other staple foods, are putting approximately 5 million Kenyans at risk of "severe hunger and destitution," according to a recent Mini [...] |
2008-12-29 11:39:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAGR ETRD EAID BEXP PINR PGOV KE |
| 08NAIROBI2879 |
SOMALIA - TFG PRESIDENT RESIGNS [...] (C) Summary: Transitional Federal Government (TFG) President Abdullahi Yusuf ended months-long stand-off with the Prime Minister and, probably, closed the final chapter on his almost forty years in Somali politics by resigning on December 29. With Yusuf's resignation, Parliament Speaker Shei [...] |
2008-12-29 11:53:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR MARR SO ET |
| 08NAIROBI2883 |
SOMALIA - URGENT NEED FOR A UNPKO [...] (C) Summary: A decision to deploy a United Nations peacekeeping operation (UNPKO) in Somalia offers the best, and probably only, opportunity to preserve and advance the important and hard-won gains our policy has made in Somalia. Specifically, the Djibouti Process is making serious steps towa [...] |
2008-12-29 16:11:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR EAID SOCI USUN SO ET |
| 08NAIROBI2891 |
SOMALIA - PRIME MINISTER, SPEAKER, MEDIA REACT TO [...] (SBU) Summary: In remarks to the media following Transitional Federal Government (TFG) President Yusuf's December 29 resignation (reftel), the TFG Prime Minister and Speaker offered generally muted praise to the President for leaving office and thanks to the international community for the ro [...] |
2008-12-30 15:22:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PINR SOCI SO |
| 08NAIROBI2892 |
Somalia - Two Recent Media Outlet Closures [...] (SBU) Islamists allegedly forced the closure of two radio stations in Somalia in mid-December, both reportedly for playing music of which they did not approve. Radio Markabley was closed from December 10 for two days. HornAfrik's Kismayo office was closed on December 13 and remains closed as [...] |
2008-12-30 16:08:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KPAO PREL PGOV SO |
| 08NAIROBI2899 |
Somalia - A Primer on the Puntland Elections [...] (SBU) Summary: The semi-autonomous region of Puntland will hold presidential elections on January 8, 2009. The President will be elected by the Parliament. Following the disputed elections of 2001/2002 and the departure of then Puntland President Abdullahi Yusuf for the Transitional Federal [...] |
2008-12-31 11:27:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM PHUM SOCI SO |
| 08NAIROBI2900 |
Somalia - Violent Uprising Against Al-Shabaab [...] (SBU) Summary: Since December 27, local residents and militias, loosely led by Ahlu Sunna wal Jama'a (ASWJ), a group of moderate Islamic scholars, have clashed with al-Shabaab in response to al-Shabaab takeovers of central Somali towns and the subsequent desecration of graves in central Somali [...] |
2008-12-31 12:10:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV MARR MOPS PTER SO |
| 08NAIROBI2901 |
SOMALIA - A/S FRAZER TELLS PRESIDENT YUSUF TO GET [...] (C) Summary: In two brief meetings while transiting Nairobi December 22, Assistant Secretary for African Affairs Frazer told Transitional Federal Government (TFG) President Yusuf that she did not disagree with his dire portrayal of worsening security in Somalia, and agreed that Alliance for t [...] |
2008-12-31 15:12:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR SOCI MARR MOPS SO ET |
| 08NAIROBI299 |
DOCUMENTS RE NATIONAL DIALOGUE ON THE RESOLUTION [...] No summary [...] |
2008-01-28 14:04:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | KE PGOV PHUM PREL |
| 08NAIROBI309 |
KENYA'S ELECTORAL CRISIS: ODM MP SLAIN - VIOLENCE [...] (U) The opposition Orange Democratic Movement MP for Embakasi (Nairobi), Melitus Were, was murdered by two gunmen as he was driving up to his home just after midnight on January 29. In the current crisis, the perception that this is a politically-motivated killing has taken hold. Were was a L [...] |
2008-01-29 13:26:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM KE |
| 08NAIROBI310 |
KENYA'S ELECTORAL CRISIS: EXPLAINING RIFT VALLEY [...] The central region of Kenya's Rift Valley Province, known as "Kalenjin land" after its indigenous inhabitants, is the scene of the worst violence since the election crisis began in late December. Kenya's history of ethnic politics, land pressures, and shifting political alliances explain the [...] |
2008-01-29 13:43:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM KDEM KE |
| 08NAIROBI311 |
KENYA ELECTORAL CRISIS: VIOLENCE FLARES IN [...] (SBU) Late on January 24, a fresh round of violence erupted in Nakuru, Naivasha, and Tomboroa -- all Rift Valley Province towns near the border of Kikuyu-dominated Central Province. The highest death toll was in Nakuru, where clashes between rival armed gangs armed with machetes, spears, bows [...] |
2008-01-29 14:00:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM ASEC PGOV KE |
| 08NAIROBI312 |
KENYA: A/S FRAZER,S MEETINGS WITH PRESIDENT KIBAKI [...] (C) Summary: Assistant Secretary Frazer, joined by Ambassador Ranneberger, met with President Mwai Kibaki on January 5 and January 7 to seek a path towards ending the political crisis stemming from the disputed December 27 presidential election results. She carried with her Secretary Rice's [...] |
2008-01-29 14:47:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM KE |
| 08NAIROBI330 |
KENYA'S ELECTORAL CRISIS: AMBASSADOR'S LETTER TO MINISTER [...] On January 30, the Ambassador sent the following letter to the Minster of Internal Security and Minister of Foreign Affairs asking for an investigation of threats against human rights activists. Begin text. Hon. George Saitoti Minister of Internal Security Hon. Moses Wetangula Minister o [...] |
2008-01-30 12:30:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM KE |
| 08NAIROBI331 |
KENYA'S ELECTORAL CRISIS: AMBASSADOR'S LETTER TO MINISTER [...] On January 30, the Ambassador sent the following letter to the Minister of Internal Security and the Orange Democratic Movement's Secretary General. Begin text. SIPDIS Hon. Prof. George Saitoti Minister of Internal Security Hon. Prof. Anyang Nyong'o ODM Secretary General Dear Sirs: [...] |
2008-01-30 13:24:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM KE |
| 08NAIROBI339 |
KENYA - JANUARY 31 SITREP [...] (SBU) POLITICAL DEVELOPMENTS: Orange Democratic Movement (ODM - opposition) Member of Parliament for Ainamoi (Kericho District) David Kimutai Too (ethnic Kalenjin) was shot dead in Eldoret by Police Constable Andrew Moache (ethnic Kissi). Moache was arrested and will be transferred to Nakuru [...] |
2008-01-31 13:41:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC AMGT CASC PGOV EAID ECON PHUM PREL KE |
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APPROVAL REQUEST FOR TRAVEL TO SOMALIA [...] (C) Action Request: Post seeks Department approval and country clearance for travel of the following DS security personnel and delegation members to Hargeysa, Somaliland on February 2 and 3. Ambassador Ranneberger, Ambassador Yates, and Regional Security Officer Robert Whigham concur with the [...] |
2008-01-31 13:58:00 | Embassy Nairobi | SECRET//NOFORN | OTRA AMGT PGOV PREL KE SO |
| 08NAIROBI353 |
KENYA: PRIVATE SECTOR SAYS THE ECONOMY WILL SHRINK IN 2008 [...] (SBU) Summary: The private sector is warning that the Kenyan economy will likely shrink in 2008, having already lost tens of billions of shillings in January, and with losses that could reach Ksh260 billion (over $4 billion) and 500,000 jobs in the first half of the year. Claims by Government [...] |
2008-02-01 13:05:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ELAB ETRD KE |
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KENYA - FEBRUARY 1 SITREP [...] (SBU) POLITICAL DEVELOPMENTS: The talks continue, but there are signs that the PNU continues to search for means of peeling away ODM members of parliament, encouraging ODM schisms and otherwise finding a way out that does not involve actual power sharing with Raila Odinga. The ODM tried unsuc [...] |
2008-02-01 13:06:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC AMGT CASC PGOV EAID ECON PHUM PREL KE |
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KENYA: GOVERNMENT BORROWING AND COSTS WILL RISE [...] (SBU) Summary: Government of Kenya (GOK) officials are trying to maintain confidence and prevent financial panic by claiming the current crisis will be short-lived and thus will not have a major impact on the GOK's revenue, spending, borrowing, or interest rates. However, the bids at the Janu [...] |
2008-02-01 13:18:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PGOV KE |
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KENYA'S ELECTORAL CRISIS: SECOND OPPOSITION MP [...] On January 31, Orange Democratic Movement (ODM-opposition) Member of Parliament for Ainamoi (Kericho District, Rift Valley) David Kimutai Too (ethnic Kalenjin) was shot dead in Eldoret by Police Constable Andrew Moache (ethnic Kisii). The police maintain this was a "crime of passion," with C [...] |
2008-02-01 13:25:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM KE |
| 08NAIROBI357 |
KENYA'S ELECTORAL CRISIS - PROCESS OF DIALOGUE [...] (SBU) Summary: Kenyans welcomed the political dialogue launched by Kofi Annan on January 29 as a desperately needed step towards ending violence and achieving a resolution of the crisis. Annan has chosen Cyril Ramaphosa as his chief mediator. The visit of Ban Ki-moon provided support for the m [...] |
2008-02-01 19:21:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KE |
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KENYA'S ELECTORAL CRISIS: PNU AND [...] Summary: The Party of National Unity (PNU) and the Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) agreed a framework for further negotiations to resolve Kenya's electoral crisis. The parties signed several documents, all of which were witnessed by former UN Secretary General Kofi Annan in his capacity as [...] |
2008-02-05 08:29:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM KE |
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KENYA'S ELECTORAL CRISIS: FEBRUARY 4 AGREEMENT [...] On February 4, PNU and ODM issued the following public statement. Begin text. Public Statement Kenya National Dialogue and Reconciliation Mediated by H.E. Kofi Annan and the Panel of Eminent African Personalities Feb 4, 2008 Preamble: Goal: To ensure that the National Dialogu [...] |
2008-02-05 12:03:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM KE |
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KENYA: LINKING VISAS TO VIOLENCE [...] (C) To follow up on recent statements by Assistant Secretary Jendayi Frazer and the Ambassador indicating that the Department will review the visa eligibility of Kenyan politicians and businessmen suspected of supporting, inciting, or perpetrating violence in Kenya, Post delivered eight letter [...] |
2008-02-05 15:52:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | CVIS PGOV KCOR PREL KDEM KE |
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KENYA'S ELECTORAL CRISIS - STATE OF PLAY AND NEXT STEPS [...] (C) Summary. Having reached agreements regarding violence and humanitarian issues, the Annan-mediated talks between the government and ODM today started focusing on elements of a political solution. Annan wants to achieve this by February 13. The two sides start this discussion with diamet [...] |
2008-02-05 19:25:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM KE |
| 08NAIROBI383 |
KENYAN CEOS CALL FOR PEACE, RECONCILIATION, REFORMS, AND [...] (SBU) Summary: Over 300 CEOs from firms employing 12 million Kenyans met on February 5 to issue a strong statement on the need for peace, security, reconciliation, reconstruction, and reform for Kofi Annan to deliver to Government-ODM negotiators. Although the final text (para 8) of the CEO su [...] |
2008-02-06 12:02:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ELAB ETRD KE |
| 08NAIROBI384 |
KENYA - FEBRUARY 6 SITREP [...] (SBU) POLITICAL DEVELOPMENTS: As noted in ref C, the Kofi Annan-lead negotiations entered their most critical and difficult phase today as the parties began talks on power-sharing. The parties begin these discussions far apart and continued interference by hardliners from each camp threaten to [...] |
2008-02-06 13:21:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC AMGT CASC PGOV EAID ECON PHUM PREL KE |
| 08NAIROBI414 |
KENYA INFLATION ACCELERATES IN 2008 [...] Summary: Inflation in Kenya fell in the last quarter of 2007 and dropped to 9.76% for the year as a whole. Unfortunately, the violence that erupted after the December 27 election is undoing these gains. The unrest blocked or hindered transportation across the country, creating scarcities and [...] |
2008-02-08 10:10:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EAGR PGOV KE |
| 08NAIROBI417 |
KENYA - FEBRUARY 8 SITREP [...] (SBU) POLITICAL DEVELOPMENTS: As noted ref B, the Kofi Annan-led negotiations in Nairobi entered their most critical and difficult phase February 7, as the parties began talks on power-sharing. We spoke with one ODM negotiator at their 1430 break and were told that the parties were making si [...] |
2008-02-08 12:05:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC AMGT CASC PGOV EAID ECON PHUM PREL KE |
| 08NAIROBI419 |
KENYA'S ELECTORAL CRISIS: NEARING THE CRUNCH POINT [...] (C) Summary. Now that Kenya's peace talks have begun to focus on political issues, they are expected to rapidly reach the crunch point regarding power-sharing. There are constructive developments that mitigate in favor of progress, but also indications that achieving this will be extremely d [...] |
2008-02-08 13:12:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KE |
| 08NAIROBI420 |
KENYA: MORE VISA WARNING LETTERS SENT [...] (C) Reftel reports on the February 5 conveyance of eight letters to Kenyan individuals warning the latter that indications they may be involved in supporting, inciting, and perpetrating inter-ethnic violence in Kenya are relevant to their eligibility for U.S. visas. 2. (C) On February 8, [...] |
2008-02-08 13:23:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | CVIS PGOV KCOR PREL KDEM KE |
| 08NAIROBI444 |
KENYA'S ELECTORAL CRISIS: AT THE CRUNCH POINT [...] (SBU) Summary. Following his meeting with Kibaki and Odinga on February 9, Annan announced that the two sides had agreed on the need for a political solution. The talks will reconvene February 11 to discuss details. The two sides remain far apart regarding what power-sharing should entail. [...] |
2008-02-11 10:33:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM KE |
| 08NAIROBI446 |
Somalia - Tour d'Horizon with the Prime Minister [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Somalia's Prime Minister Nur Hassan Hussein offered his perspectives on establishing security in Mogadishu, reconciliation, training troops, selecting ministers, and focusing on transitional tasks during a February 8 lunch meeting. The Prime Minister reviewed many of the same [...] |
2008-02-11 12:59:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EFIN EAID SO |
| 08NAIROBI447 |
KENYA'S CENTRAL BANK GOVERNOR TOO OPTIMISTIC [...] (SBU) Summary: Kenyan newspapers disregarded the sugar-coating in Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) Governor Njuguna Ndung'u's claims that the impact of post-election violence would most likely be confined to the first quarter. They highlighted his admissions that there could be a major slowdown, th [...] |
2008-02-11 13:28:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ELAB ETRD EINV KE |
| 08NAIROBI450 |
KENYA ELECTORAL CRISIS: $6.5 MILLION IN FUNDING [...] (U) Kofi Annan's negotiating team, headed by the African Union Secretariat and supported by UNDP, called a meeting of donors on February 9 to discuss their funding requirements over the next six months. (The parties to Kenya's current political crisis have agreed on a time-table of up to a yea [...] |
2008-02-11 14:12:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM KE |
| 08NAIROBI462 |
DEMARCHE DELIVERED: PRIORITY LOBBYING FOR KOSOVO [...] (C) On February 12, the Ambassador sent a letter to Minister of Foreign Affairs Moses Wetangula urging the government of Kenya to recognize Kosovo as soon as possible after it declares independence. The mission followed up with a formal diplomatic note. 2. (C) Given the nature of the curre [...] |
2008-02-12 12:42:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UN UNMIK PGOV YI EU |
| 08NAIROBI472 |
KENYA PRIVATE SECTOR BRIEFS FOREIGN MISSIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: The Kenya Private Sector Alliance met with foreign mission reps on February 6 to brief them on the February 5 CEOs statement to politicians, and to ask the European missions to clarify their public position on aid cutoffs and to revise their travel advisories. They confirmed the [...] |
2008-02-12 14:28:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAID ELAB ETRD EIND EINV KE |
| 08NAIROBI473 |
Somalia -- Travel Request [...] (U) This is an action message. See paras 2 and 10. 2. (C) Embassy Nairobi requests Department approval for Bradley G. Anderson, Colonel, Defense Attache, U.S. Defense Attache Office Addis Ababa, Ethiopia and Lisa R. Schade, Lieutenant Colonel, Marine Corps Attache, U.S. Defense Attache Offi [...] |
2008-02-12 15:39:00 | Embassy Nairobi | SECRET | OTRA PREL ASEC PTER MOPS ET SO |
| 08NAIROBI477 |
KENYA - FEBRUARY 13 SITREP [...] (SBU) POLITICAL DEVELOPMENTS: The Kofi Annan-led negotiations made limited progress on Monday, February 11, as both sides were busy consulting with MPs who were assembled in Nairobi in advance of an informal session of parliament scheduled for the following day. (Comment: We consider this con [...] |
2008-02-13 13:45:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC AMGT CASC PGOV EAID ECON PHUM PREL KE |
| 08NAIROBI486 |
TALKS FOCUS INTENSIVELY ON POLITICAL ISSUES [...] (SBU) Summary. Since February 11 the two sides have been engaged in intensive and relatively constructive discussions of modalities for a political solution. Off-site discussions hosted by Annan sincQFebruary 12 adjourned the afternoon of February 14 without an agreement. The talks are expec [...] |
2008-02-14 15:41:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM KE |
| 08NAIROBI493 |
KENYA: PARTNERSHIP PRESENTATION [...] The text of the U.S.-Kenya Partnership Presentation was first reported via reftel in January 2007. It is repeated below for your information. In preparing the Secretary for her trip to Nairobi on Monday, the presentation serves as a reminder that, the current political crisis notwithstandin [...] |
2008-02-15 10:51:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL EAID ECON ETRD EFIN KE |
| 08NAIROBI495 |
KENYA'S ELECTORAL CRISIS: KOFI ANNAN PRESS [...] At a press conference held on February 15, Kofi Annan, as expected, put a positive spin on the negotiations. However the agreement signed restates progress made to date, but makes clear that there is no real progress on the core issue of power-sharing. 2. To follow is the text of an agree [...] |
2008-02-15 17:03:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM KE |
| 08NAIROBI496 |
KENYA'S ELECTORAL CRISIS: KOFI ANNAN PRESS [...] At a press conference held on February 15, Kofi Annan, as expected, put a positive spin on the negotiations. However the agreement signed restates progress made to date, but makes clear that there is no real progress on the core issue of power-sharing. 2. To follow is the text of an agree [...] |
2008-02-15 17:39:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM KE |
| 08NAIROBI499 |
Alliance for the Re-liberation of Somalia [...] (C) The Alliance for the Re-liberation of Somalia (ARS) is increasingly distancing itself from extremist leaders of some Shabaab factions and is receiving considerable attention from the international community as an organized opposition block to the TFG. Against this backdrop, Prime Minister H [...] |
2008-02-19 14:46:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER ASEC SO |
| 08NAIROBI506 |
Somalia Prime Minister's European Travel and Security [...] (C) Prime Minister Nur Hassan Hussein briefed the Ambassador February 15 on his trip to Brussels and Paris. He also outlined his recent efforts at reconciliation, and spoke of his concerns about security in Mogadishu and those tasked to ensure it. End Summary. ----------------------------- E [...] |
2008-02-20 07:43:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SO ET |
| 08NAIROBI507 |
CI/KR RESPONSE FOR S/CT [...] KENYA DOES NOT HAVE ANY FACILITIES OR RESOURCES THAT WOULD FIT THE DEFINITION OF CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE/KEY RESOURCES (CI/KR) VITAL TO THE U.S. AS DEFINED IN PARAGRAPHS 4 AND 5 OF REFTEL. 2. KENYA DOES NOT HAVE AN INTEGRATED NATIONAL PLAN FOR PROTECTION OF CI/KR. THE KENYAN GOVERNMENT IS [...] |
2008-02-20 08:30:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC EAID ECON EFIN ETTC KE PTER EAGER |
| 08NAIROBI514 |
KENYA - FEBRUARY 20 SITREP [...] (SBU) POLITICAL DEVELOPMENTS: On the heels of the Secretary's successful visit, which is being reported in septels, the Kofi Annan-led negotiations in Nairobi resumed in earnest on February 19. Annan says that the parties are close to a deal on political power-sharing and we are optimistic t [...] |
2008-02-20 12:56:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC AMGT CASC PGOV EAID ECON PHUM PREL KE |
| 08NAIROBI515 |
KENYAN TALKS MOVE FORWARD [...] (SBU) Summary. The Secretary's February 18 visit has propelled the talks forward. Discussion of the structure of a coalition government has begun. However, Raila Odinga remains concerned that the government is seeking a minimalist outcome and threatened to resume mass action within a week i [...] |
2008-02-20 13:20:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM KE |
| 08NAIROBI516 |
Somalia -- Former PM Gedi Concerned about Debt, Reputation [...] (C) SE Yates met with former Prime Minister Ali Mohamed Gedi February 12 to review current developments in Somalia and the status of Gedi's asylum request. Gedi spent considerable time spinning self-serving refutations of allegations that while Prime Minister he engaged in corrupt practices an [...] |
2008-02-20 14:05:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SO ET |
| 08NAIROBI518 |
DEMARCHE DELIVERED: U.S. DECISION TO RECOGNIZE [...] (C) On February 21, the Ambassador raised the issue of Kosovo's independence directly to Foreign Minister Moses Wetangula. He urged Wetangula to recognize Kosovo's independence as quickly as possible. 2. (C) Wetangula and other Government ministers remain deeply engaged in negotiations wit [...] |
2008-02-21 09:22:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UN UNMIK PGOV YI EU KE |
| 08NAIROBI521 |
BEEF, BREAD, AND BUTTER GETTING SCARCER AND PRICIER IN [...] (U) Summary. Agricultural analysts predict that Kenya may suffer food shortages by late 2008 if post-election violence does not stop. Government stockpiles of corn will suffice for the next seven months, but observers note that many farmers in the upper Rift Valley have been unable to work t [...] |
2008-02-21 12:31:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAGR ETRD ELAB PGOV KE |
| 08NAIROBI531 |
CHARTERHOUSE BANK SCANDAL: THE BAD GUYS ARE STRIKING BACK [...] (C) Summary: Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) officials believe Chief Justice Evans Gicheru's sudden decision to give priority to hearing appeals by the money laundering Charterhouse Bank to remove the statutory manager, rather than hearing the CBK's appeals, indicates that Gicheru has been compromi [...] |
2008-02-23 13:14:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | KCRM KCOR EFIN KE |
| 08NAIROBI532 |
CHARTERHOUSE BANK SCANDAL: THE BAD GUYS ARE STRIKING BACK [...] (C) Summary: Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) officials believe Chief Justice Evans Gicheru's sudden decision to give priority to hearing appeals by the money laundering Charterhouse Bank to remove the statutory manager, rather than hearing the CBK's appeals, indicates that Gicheru has been compromi [...] |
2008-02-24 08:21:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | KCRM KCOR EFIN KE |
| 08NAIROBI544 |
Somalia - Revised Travel Request [...] (U) This is a revised version of reftel with additional personnel, new dates, more detailed travel information, and a revised and expanded security plan. Per DOD requirements, proposed travelers are concurrently seeking Special Area and Theater clearances. See paras 2 and 24 for action reques [...] |
2008-02-25 13:33:00 | Embassy Nairobi | SECRET | OTRA PREL ASEC PTER MOPS ET SO |
| 08NAIROBI545 |
KENYA TALKS - KEY ISSUES STILL UNRESOLVED [...] (SBU) Summary. Although both sides agreed to creation of a prime minister position following the Secretary's February 18 visit, the talks have bogged down over the authority the PM will be given and over related issues, including formation of a cabinet. Gordon Brown spoke with Kibaki Februar [...] |
2008-02-25 18:43:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PDEM KE |
| 08NAIROBI547 |
KENYA'S ELECTORAL CRISIS - KOFI ANNAN'S FEBRUARY [...] On February 25, Kofi Annan issued the following press statement after meeting with both Orange Democratic Movement leader Raila Odinga and President Mwai Kibaki. Begin Text. KENYA NATIONAL DIALOGUE AND RECONCILIATION Press Statement By Kofi Annan After four hours of intense negoti [...] |
2008-02-26 05:53:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM KE |
| 08NAIROBI566 |
Somalia -- TFG Divided at the Top [...] (C) SUMMARY. Differences between President Abdullahi Yusuf and Prime Minister Nur Hassan Hussein threaten to halt the recent progress made by Somalia's Transitional Federal Government. The primary issue is how to pursue the process of reconciliation while at the same time addressing the thre [...] |
2008-02-26 15:13:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SO |
| 08NAIROBI574 |
KENYA: BEHIND A CALM FACADE, HARDLINERS PREPARE FOR MORE VIOLENCE [...] (C) Summary: Kenya has been tense but remarkably calm since the end of January, thanks in large part to the progress being made in the Kofi Annan-mediated peace talks and the visit of the Secretary. Tensions remain very high, however, and behind this calm facade lurks the potential for more fer [...] |
2008-02-27 10:32:00 | Embassy Nairobi | SECRET | ASEC PGOV KE |
| 08NAIROBI581 |
KENYA: WARY INVESTORS PREFER SHORT TERM GOVERNMENT [...] Summary: Confronted by insufficient demand for five-year bonds in the February 14 auction from investors deterred by political uncertainty and fears of rising inflation, the Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) shifted its strategy and offered a Ksh7 billion bond (over $100 million) with a choice of on [...] |
2008-02-27 12:46:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN PGOV KE |
| 08NAIROBI585 |
KENYA'S POLITICAL CRISIS: ODM CALLS OFF [...] (U) The opposition Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) announced that it was calling off nationwide demonstrations planned for February 28 to protest the lack of progress in the negotiations to resolve Kenya's ongoing political crisis. The announcement was made by ODM leader Raila Odinga after h [...] |
2008-02-28 06:41:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PGOV KDEM KE |
| 08NAIROBI588 |
DEMARCHE DELIVERED: ADVANCING THE U.S. POSITION [...] (C) On February 26, the Ambassador intervened directly with Minister of Foreign Affairs Moses Wetangula regarding reftel demarche and emphasized the importance of helping Cuba work toward a peaceful process of meaningful change that will lead to a democratic end. 2. (U) Kenya generally has [...] |
2008-02-28 07:55:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM KE CU |
| 08NAIROBI59 |
KENYA ELECTIONS: TEXT OF PRESIDENT KIBAKI?S SPEECH ON [...] The following is the text of the speech Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki read in English to journalists at Nairobi's State House by Kenyan privately-owned TV station NTV on 3 January. Begin text. Fellow Kenyans, I am deeply disturbed by the senseless violence instigated by some leaders in purs [...] |
2008-01-04 09:15:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | KDEM KPAO PGOV PREL KE |
| 08NAIROBI598 |
Kenya's Mayoral Elections Show ODM Strength, [...] Summary: On February 25, Kenyan city councils nationwide held mayoral elections. Comporting with the sordid tradition of such elections in Kenya, tales of blatant vote-buying and graft abounded on all sides. The Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) won a plurality of council seats nationwide du [...] |
2008-02-28 13:59:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL KDEM KE |
| 08NAIROBI6 |
KENYA ELECTIONS: GOK PRESS STATEMENT ON SUSPENSION OF LIVE [...] No summary [...] |
2008-01-02 14:49:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | KDEM KPAO PGOV PREL KE |
| 08NAIROBI601 |
KENYA'S POLITICAL CRISIS: TEXT OF FEBRUARY 28 [...] On February 28, President Mwai Kibaki and opposition leader Raila Odinga signed a much awaited power-sharing agreement in Nairobi, paving the way for a coalition government. The text of the agreement and its proposed companion legislation, which will be considered by Parliament when it conve [...] |
2008-02-28 18:27:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV KDEM KE |
| 08NAIROBI609 |
Somalia -- Reconciliation at the Top [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY. Ethiopian Foreign Minister Seyoum spent February 27 in Baidoa primarily in an effort to bridge the schism between President Abdullahi Yusuf and Prime Minister Hussein (Ref A), but also to iron out concerns on the bilateral GOE-TFG relationship. Tactics for accomplishing greate [...] |
2008-03-01 11:25:00 | Embassy Nairobi | SECRET | PGOV PREL ET SO |
| 08NAIROBI621 |
Somalia - Inquiries on Air Strike Reports [...] (S) Post has received several inquiries from media outlets and other diplomatic missions regarding reports of air strikes in Dhoble, Somalia on night of March 2 or early morning March 3. Most press reports cite local residents allegations that "missiles" were launched by a U.S. plane. Press r [...] |
2008-03-03 13:35:00 | Embassy Nairobi | SECRET | PGOV PREL SO |
| 08NAIROBI641 |
KENYA'S POLITICAL ACCORD AND U.S. ENGAGEMENT [...] (SBU) Summary. President Kibaki and Raila Odinga have a positive public tone regarding their commitment to implement the coalition agreement. When I met with them separately on March 3 to lay out U.S. plans and to discuss next steps, they were upbeat. Sorting out the disposition of cabinet [...] |
2008-03-05 09:38:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM KE |
| 08NAIROBI653 |
SECURITY UPDATE: NORMAL CALM IN KENYA [...] (SBU) Summary. The security situation in Kenya is normal calm, and there have been no reports of election-related violence since well before the February 28th power-sharing agreement reached between President Kibaki and Raila Odinga. On March 4, media reported violence in Kenya's Mt. Elgon [...] |
2008-03-06 08:29:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KDEM KE |
| 08NAIROBI656 |
KENYA CHANGES ITS BUDGET PRIORITIES AND TIGHTENS ITS BELT [...] (SBU) Summary: The Government of Kenya (GOK) is appropriately making plans to shift its budget focus to reconstruction and recovery in the wake of the post-electoral political crisis and resulting civil unrest. Enormous resources will be required, with over $14.3 million already set aside initi [...] |
2008-03-06 12:40:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV PGOV SOCI KE |
| 08NAIROBI680 |
Ambassador Addresses Kenya Law Society [...] The following is the text of a speech delivered by the Ambassador to the Law Society of Kenya's Annual Dinner on March 8. It received extraordinary positive coverage in national and local television, radio, and print media: Begin text: --------------------------------------------- ------ [...] |
2008-03-10 14:47:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV KDEM KE |
| 08NAIROBI682 |
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT FOR PARLIAMENTARY DEBATE [...] On March 6, the Kenya Gazette Supplement published the Constitution of Kenya (Amendment) Bill of 2008. This proposed constitutional amendment will be debated by Parliament at its next session on March 11. Begin text. THE CONSTITUTION OF KENYA (AMENDMENT) BILL, 2008 A Bill for an Act of [...] |
2008-03-10 15:39:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM KE |
| 08NAIROBI693 |
TEXT OF NATIONAL ACCORD AND RECONCILIATION BILL [...] On March 6, the Kenya Gazette Supplement published the National Accord and Reconciliation Bill of 2008. This Bill will be debated by Parliament at its next session on March 11. Begin text. A Bill for An Act of Parliament to give effect to the Agreement on the Principles of Partnership of [...] |
2008-03-11 10:37:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM KE |
| 08NAIROBI706 |
MOUNT ELGON CLASHES: KENYA'S ARMY STEPS IN [...] (C) Summary: On March 10, Kenya's military deployed to Mount Elgon, which has been the center of a violent land dispute since 2006. Previous efforts by the police to quell the violence have been unsuccessful. The settlement of the post-election political dispute between President Kibaki and [...] |
2008-03-12 13:55:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV MOPS KE |
| 08NAIROBI723 |
KENYA HUMAN RIGHTS: PRELIMINARY FINDINGS OF UN [...] (C) Poloff met with representatives of the UN Office for the High Commissioner Human Rights (OHCHR) investigative team, which recently ended a three-week fact-finding mission to investigate post-election violence in Kenya (ref a). The representatives outlined the team's preliminary conclusions [...] |
2008-03-14 07:43:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL KE |
| 08NAIROBI726 |
Somalia Cancels Plans for Prime Minister to Attend Damascus [...] (C) During a March 10 meeting with Somali President Abdullahi Yusuf (to be reported septel), SE Yates carried out reftel instructions to discourage the Somali government from sending a high level delegation to the Damascus Summit. 2. (C) President Yusuf replied, "I got your message." Yusu [...] |
2008-03-14 09:20:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SO |
| 08NAIROBI734 |
Somalia -- Conversation with TFG President Yusuf [...] (S) Summary: President Yusuf confirmed that he had endorsed the draft TFG Reconciliation Strategy prepared by the Prime Minister and Cabinet during meeting with Special Envoy March 10. He asked again for our support to assist the TFG to accomplish the tasks stipulated in the Transitional Fede [...] |
2008-03-14 10:21:00 | Embassy Nairobi | SECRET | PGOV PREL SO |
| 08NAIROBI76 |
KENYA: JANUARY 8 STATUS REPORT [...] (U) As of 01/08 1700 hours (Nairobi time): Security: Nation-wide, calm but tense. No skirmishes reported. ODM "postponed" planned rally for today and has indicated it may hold one on Thursday, pending outcome of international mediation of a political settlement. Police remain in force in w [...] |
2008-01-08 14:07:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC CASC KE PREF |
| 08NAIROBI762 |
KENYA: SAFARICOM IPO GETS GREEN LIGHT [...] (SBU) Summary: With all elements of the new Kenyan coalition government in agreement, Kenya's Minister of Finance has given the green light for the launch on March 28 of the largest initial public offering (IPO) in the country's history. The government will sell to the public $770 million in [...] |
2008-03-18 13:40:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ECPS EFIN PGOV KE |
| 08NAIROBI763 |
KENYA: EIGHTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT [...] (U) The following information is keyed to the paragraphs in reftel. -------------------------------------- Overview of a country's activities to eliminate trafficking in persons: -------------------------------------- 2. A. (SBU) Kenya is a source, transit, and destination country for t [...] |
2008-03-18 14:35:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV PREF EAID KCRM KWMN KFRD ELAB SMIG ASEC KE |
| 08NAIROBI786 |
KENYA'S PARLIAMENT AMENDS CONSTITUTION AND ADOPTS [...] Kenya's grand coalition government is now a legal reality. On March 18, Kenya's parliament adopted the Constitutional Amendment Bill and the National Accord and Reconciliation Bill (reftels a and c), which create a prime minister position and further secure the power-sharing agreement betwee [...] |
2008-03-19 15:21:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KE |
| 08NAIROBI792 |
KENYA'S POLITICAL PROCESS AND U.S. ENGAGEMENT [...] (SBU) Summary. Since the signing of the political accord on February 28, President Kibaki and Raila Odinga have sent positive signals and maintained the momentum for peace and political reconciliation generated by the February 28th landmark power-sharing accord. Odinga will likely be sworn [...] |
2008-03-20 10:32:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM ASEC KE |
| 08NAIROBI794 |
International Women's Day and Mission Efforts on Gender [...] On March 11 the Ambassador hosted a reception for 500 prominent Kenya women to celebrate International Women's Day. The event and the Ambassador's remarks were widely covered by the media. Guests included women from civil society, the private sector, government, Parliament, and various [...] |
2008-03-20 11:30:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM KWMN KPAO KE |
| 08NAIROBI796 |
Somalia -- Conversation with TFG President Yusuf [...] (C) Ambassador and Special Envoy Yates met with President Yusuf to discuss reconciliation efforts, the humanitarian situation, the fight against terrorism, and security concerns. The President agreed to take action on appointing a single point-of-contact in the TFG on humanitarian issues, a lo [...] |
2008-03-20 11:54:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV UNSC PREL SO |
| 08NAIROBI798 |
CORRECTED COPY: KENYA'S POLITICAL PROCESS AND U.S. [...] (SBU) Summary. Since the signing of the political accord on February 28, President Kibaki and Raila Odinga have sent positive signals and maintained the momentum for peace and political reconciliation generated by the February 28th landmark power-sharing accord. Odinga will likely be sworn [...] |
2008-03-20 12:17:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM ASEC KE |
| 08NAIROBI8 |
KENYA ELECTIONS: INTERIM REPORT OF PAN [...] No summary [...] |
2008-01-02 15:05:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | KDEM PGOV PREL KE |
| 08NAIROBI803 |
Kenya After the Crisis: The Ambassador's Visit [...] (U) Summary. On March 1-2 the Ambassador visited several areas of Rift Valley which were hit hard by the post-election violence. While all these areas were calm in the wake of the signing of the February 28 political accord, they remain traumatized by what happened. People are hopeful that [...] |
2008-03-20 16:22:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL EAID ASEC PHUM KE US |
| 08NAIROBI804 |
MT. ELGON MILITARY OPERATION CONTINUES, CHANGES [...] (C) Summary: Kenyan military forces continue to support police attempts in the Mt. Elgon region to eliminate the Sabaot Land Defense Force (SLDF), an informal militia drawn from the Soy subclan of the Kalenjin tribe that may number in the thousands. As of March 18, Kenyan security forces had [...] |
2008-03-20 16:22:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS ASEC PGOV PHUM KE TZ SU |
| 08NAIROBI811 |
SOLICITATION FOR G/TIP-MANAGED FY 2008 ESF AND INCLE [...] Embassy Nairobi regrets the delay in submission of project nominations for G/TIP-managed FY 2008 ESF and INCLE project funds, but is pleased to nominate the following three projects in priority order. Ripe For Harvest ---------------- 2. (a) Ripe For Harvest (b) $249,989 (c) Production o [...] |
2008-03-25 12:59:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC KCRM PHUM ELAB PREL SMIG KE |
| 08NAIROBI812 |
SOLICITATION FOR G/TIP-MANAGED FY 2008 ESF AND INCLE [...] Embassy Nairobi regrets the delay in submission of project nominations for G/TIP-managed FY 2008 ESF and INCLE project funds, but is pleased to nominate the following three projects in priority order. Ripe For Harvest ---------------- 2. (a) Ripe For Harvest (b) $249,989 (c) Production o [...] |
2008-03-25 13:00:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM ELAB KE |
| 08NAIROBI813 |
International Women's Day and Mission Efforts on [...] On March 11 the Ambassador hosted a reception for 500 prominent Kenya women to celebrate International Women's Day. The event and the Ambassador's remarks were widely covered by the media. Guests included women from civil society, the private sector, government, Parliament, and various walk [...] |
2008-03-25 13:01:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM KWMN KPAO KE |
| 08NAIROBI815 |
DEMARCHE DELIVERED: DESIGNATION OF AL-SHABAAB AS A [...] (C) On March 20, PolOff delivered reftel demarche on the designation of al-Shabaab as a terrorist organization to Stella Sokoto, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Political Officer, Americas Desk. Sokoto said she would direct our request that the Government of Kenya consider taking similar actions [...] |
2008-03-25 13:44:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER ASEC PREL KCRM KE SO |
| 08NAIROBI817 |
International Women's Day and Mission Efforts on Gender [...] On March 11 the Ambassador hosted a reception for 500 prominent Kenya women to celebrate International Women's Day. The event and the Ambassador's remarks were widely covered by the media. Guests included women from civil society, the private sector, government, Parliament, and various [...] |
2008-03-26 06:05:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM KWMN KPAO KE |
| 08NAIROBI824 |
FORMING KENYA'S CABINET PREDICTABLY CONTENTIOUS [...] (SBU) Disagreement over the size and composition of President Kibaki's cabinet has delayed the final step needed to form Kenya's coalition government. Forming a cabinet was never expected to be a neat or easy exercise, according to our political contacts, so this delay comes as no surprise. [...] |
2008-03-26 10:13:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM KE |
| 08NAIROBI855 |
KENYA'S NATIONAL RECONCILIATION AND EMERGENCY SOCIAL AND [...] Summary: On March 17, 2005, the Grand Coalition Government of Kenya (GCG) unveiled the National Reconciliation and Emergency Social and Economic Recovery Strategy. This strategy paper, which has been transmitted as an e-mail attachment to State/AF/E and USAID/AFR/EA, presents actions that the [...] |
2008-03-28 09:42:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EAID EFIN PGOV KE |
| 08NAIROBI857 |
MISSION KENYA RESPONSE ON PROPOSED OPIC FINANCING - GEF [...] U.S. Mission Kenya appreciates having the opportunity to comment on OPIC's proposed loan guaranty for a $150 million private equity fund entitled the "GEF African Consumer Fund." As ref A explains, the fund will provide investment capital for established, high growth companies involved in the [...] |
2008-03-31 03:38:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN KE |
| 08NAIROBI869 |
INDEPENDENT REVIEW COMMISSION SET TO BEGIN REVIEW [...] As part of their historic February 28 power-sharing deal, the Party of National Unity (PNU) and Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) agreed to form an Independent Review Committee (IREC) to undertake a top-to-bottom review of Kenya's flawed 2007 elections. Commissioners and a Chair, South African [...] |
2008-03-31 13:16:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM PGOV KDEM KE |
| 08NAIROBI878 |
Somalia Prime Minister and President at Odds [...] (C) Somalia Transitional Federal Government (TFG) Prime Minister Nur Hassan Hussein confided in SE Yates that he believes President Yusuf is organizing to have him removed from office. He asked for our support and advice on how to handle what he termed as "increasingly aggressive attacks" aga [...] |
2008-04-01 15:05:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SO ET |
| 08NAIROBI893 |
COALITION CABINET STILL NOT FORMED [...] (C) Summary. The failure of the two sides thus far to reach agreement on composition of a coalition cabinet threatens momentum to resolve the Kenya post-elections crisis. We have been working intensively with both sides to press for rapid agreement (see ref A which lays out U.S. engagement) [...] |
2008-04-03 09:56:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM KE |
| 08NAIROBI896 |
DEAL REACHED ON COALITION CABINET [...] (C) Per reftel, President Kibaki and Prime Minister (designate) Odinga met on April 3 to discuss the composition of a coalition cabinet. Odinga told me that the meeting resulted in an "agreement in principle." Kibaki and Odinga agreed that there will be 40 ministries. Kibaki's side will ke [...] |
2008-04-03 13:28:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM KE |
| 08NAIROBI9 |
KENYA ELECTIONS: KENYAN DOMESTIC OBSERVERS FORUM PRESS [...] Deployment 2. Polling 3. Counting 4. Tallying at constituency centers 5. Announcement of results 6. Delivery of Constituency results by Returning Officers to the ECK Headquarters at KICC 7. National tallying of Presidential Results from all the 210 constituencies Deployment ----- [...] |
2008-01-02 15:17:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | KDEM KPAO PGOV PREL KE |
| 08NAIROBI902 |
Alliance for the Re-Liberation of Somalia [...] (C) Ambassador and Special Envoy met in Nairobi the week of March 31-April 4 with senior members of the Asmara-based Alliance for the Re-Liberation of Somalia (ARS), including Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed, Executive Committee Chairman, and Sharif Hassan Sheikh Adan, Central Committee Chairman. [...] |
2008-04-04 16:09:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SO |
| 08NAIROBI903 |
Somalia: SRSG Ould-Abdallah on Way Forward [...] (C) UN Special Representative of the Secretary General Ahmedou Ould-Abdallah called on the Ambassador and Special Envoy to discuss the visit to Nairobi of the Alliance for the Re-Libration of Somalia (ARS), to vent his frustrations over dealing with ?the Europeans,? and to provide details on h [...] |
2008-04-04 16:09:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | UNSC PGOV PREL SO |
| 08NAIROBI906 |
MT. ELGON: MILITANT LEADERS ARRESTED [...] (C) Summary: In the early morning hours of March 30, police arrested the 80-year-old traditional spiritual leader for the Soy subclan, Jason Psongoywo, in Eldoret. Psongoywo is reportedly one of the top leaders of the Sabaot Land Defense Force (SLDF), the Mt. Elgon-based militant group agains [...] |
2008-04-07 08:54:00 | Embassy Nairobi | SECRET | MOPS PHUM ASEC KE |
| 08NAIROBI960 |
RESOLVING KENYA'S CABINET IMBROGLIO [...] (C) Summary. President Kibaki and PM-designate Odinga have still not reached agreement on composition of a coalition cabinet. The difference between them is over 2-3 ministries. The impasse has heightened tensions. There was sporadic violence April 8 and 9, but the country is now calm. H [...] |
2008-04-09 18:11:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM KE |
| 08NAIROBI970 |
KENYA CRISIS AFTERMATH: INFLATION SOARS, CONSUMERS AND [...] (U) Summary: Driven mainly by food prices, seasonally adjusted overall annual inflation in Kenya rose to a record 12% in March, and underlying inflation continued to rise well above the target ceiling rate of 5%. Food prices rose 4.3% from February to March alone, as the aftermath of the crisi [...] |
2008-04-10 14:06:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EAGR ENRG KE |
| 08NAIROBI971 |
Somalia -- Country Clearance for Contractors [...] (U) This is an action request, see para 6. 2. (C) In order to implement more effectively USG assistance programs designed to support capacity building of the Transition Federal Institutions (TFIs), Post requests that a new policy be established that will permit USAID contractors to travel to [...] |
2008-04-10 14:22:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | OTRA ASEC PREL SO |
| 08NAIROBI989 |
KENYA'S GRAND COALITION CABINET UNVEILED [...] President Mwai Kibaki unveiled a 40 member grand coalition cabinet on April 13, 2008 in a televised speech to the nation. The text of the speech, containing the list of Ministries, Ministers, and Assistant Ministers, follows. An analysis of the cabinet and challenges ahead will follow septel. [...] |
2008-04-14 11:40:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM KDEM KE |
| 08NAIROBI999 |
CABINET DEAL REACHED [...] (C) Summary. Intervention by the Secretary and strong support from A/S Frazer were decisive in persuading President Kibaki and Prime Minister-designate Odinga to reach agreement on the cabinet, which was announced April 13. Kibaki and Odinga both saw the U.S. as the only party who could work [...] |
2008-04-15 12:25:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM KE |
| 08SCTION02OF04NAIROBI1373 |
KENYA CORRUPTION UPDATE - LOOKING BACK, LOOKING FORWARD [...] No summary [...] |
2008-06-04 12:39:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | KCOR PREL ECON EFIN KE |
| 09NAIROBI100 |
UPDATE ON THE WORST FORMS OF CHILD LABOR FOR THE 2008 TDA [...] No summary [...] |
2009-01-16 06:33:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI KE |
| 09NAIROBI1000 |
A/S CARSON'S MEETING WITH MARTHA KARUA [...] No summary [...] |
2009-05-18 08:06:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM KE |
| 09NAIROBI1001 |
A/S CARSON'S MEETING WITH SPEAKER MARENDE [...] No summary [...] |
2009-05-18 08:08:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM KE |
| 09NAIROBI1002 |
SCENESETTER FOR CODEL ISAKSON (MAY 23-31) [...] (C) Summary: Welcome to Kenya. Your visit comes 18 months after the disputed December 2007 general elections, when the controversial announcement of the victory of incumbent President Mwai Kibaki led to widespread violence, the deaths of 1,500 people and displacement of 500,000 Kenyans. Over th [...] |
2009-05-18 09:45:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC OREP AMGT AFIN GH IT PGOV PREL RW SU |
| 09NAIROBI1010 |
SOMALIA - AL-SHABAAB TAKES KEY MIDDLE SHABELLE [...] No summary [...] |
2009-05-18 13:45:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV MOPS MARR EAID SOCI PINR SO |
| 09NAIROBI1011 |
A/S CARSON'S MEETING WITH PRIME MINISTER RAILA ODINGA [...] No summary [...] |
2009-05-19 04:51:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM KE |
| 09NAIROBI1014 |
GOK FORMS POLICE REFORM COMMISSION [...] (C) On May 7 President Mwai Kibaki launched a Police Reform Commission (PRC) to review existing policies and structures of Kenya's police services and to make recommendations for appropriate institutional arrangements to oversee comprehensive police reforms. The PRC's terms of reference are [...] |
2009-05-19 12:12:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCRM KDEM ASEC KE |
| 09NAIROBI1030 |
SOMALIA - DADAAB REFUGEES' VIEWS ON THE WAY FORWARD [...] No summary [...] |
2009-05-21 12:42:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PTER PREF KPAO SO KE |
| 09NAIROBI1031 |
SOMALIA - DADAAB REFUGEES' VIEWS ON THE WAY FORWARD [...] (SBU) The residents of Kenya's Dadaab refugee camp, home to more than 270,000 refugees, the vast majority of whom are Somali, were bitter about the last 18 years of disorder in Somalia but generally optimistic about rebuilding the country. However, the refugees were divided on the cause of the [...] |
2009-05-21 12:44:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PTER PREF KPAO SO KE |
| 09NAIROBI1032 |
SOMALIA - OPPORTUNITIES FOR PD ENGAGEMENT WITH DADAAB [...] (SBU) The residents of Kenya's Dadaab refugee camp, home to more than 270,000 mostly Somali refugees, demonstrated a wide range of activities aimed at promoting peace and reconciliation among Somalis in Dadaab and in Somalia at large. These worthy projects certainly merit support, and offer gr [...] |
2009-05-21 12:46:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PTER PREF KPAO SO KE |
| 09NAIROBI1033 |
SOMALIA - DADAAB REFUGEES' VIEWS ON U.S. POLICY [...] (SBU) The residents of Kenya's Dadaab refugee camp, home to more than 270,000 mostly Somali refugees, espoused a wide range of both positive and negative views on the U.S. government's involvement in Somalia. In general, most were grateful for U.S. aid to the camp, but many felt the United Sta [...] |
2009-05-21 13:16:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PTER PREF KPAO SO KE |
| 09NAIROBI1034 |
SOMALIA - LULL IN MOGADISHU AS BOTH SIDES TAKE STOCK [...] (S) Summary: While Mogadishu has experienced a week-long lull in fighting, nearby towns Jowhar and Mahaday fell to Islamists on May 17. TFG officials tell us they've stabilized Mogadishu, and are preparing to re-take lost territory in the capital as well as Jowhar, though they have not told [...] |
2009-05-21 13:21:00 | Embassy Nairobi | SECRET | PGOV PREL EAID PINS SO |
| 09NAIROBI1035 |
SOMALIA - U.S. COOPERATION WITH KENYA TO STOP [...] (S) In light of recent reports of foreign fighters joining al-Shabaab and other Islamist militias battling the Somali Transitional Federal Government (TFG) we are providing the following update on our efforts to help the Government of Kenya (GOK) to curb fighters' travel to Somalia. While we [...] |
2009-05-21 14:55:00 | Embassy Nairobi | SECRET | PGOV PREL EAID PINS SO KE |
| 09NAIROBI1036 |
KENYA ECONOMIC NOTES: MAY 2009 [...] Leading Indicators Suggest Negative Per Capita Growth 2. Kenya Tourism Shows Signs of Life 3. USG-Sponsored IPR Conference Raises Awareness 4. Export Processing Zones (EPZ) Fared Well in 2008 Â [...] |
2009-05-22 07:51:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ELAB ECPS EINV EFIN ETRD KIPR PINR KE |
| 09NAIROBI1037 |
SOMALIA - TFG ATTACKS IN MOGADISHU, ROBOW RESIGNS [...] (SBU) Summary. The Transitional Federal Government (TFG) launched its long-promised offensive in Mogadishu in the early morning hours of May 22. After impressive initial gains, al-Shabaab and its allies pushed back. However, as of early afternoon (local), the TFG reportedly remained in the " [...] |
2009-05-22 10:48:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MOPS PGOV MARR PTER SOCI SO |
| 09NAIROBI1038 |
SOMALIA - PD ACTIVITIES UPDATE, MAY 22 [...] (SBU) Per reftel, Post submits the following update for the third week of May 2009. End summary. ------------- PD Activities ------------- 2. (SBU) The Somalia Unit, including the Military Information Support Team (MIST) dedicated to Somalia, performed para. 3-6 activities since the la [...] |
2009-05-22 13:18:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KPAO PTER EAID MOPS SO |
| 09NAIROBI1042 |
DISPOSITION OF PIRATE SUSPECTS FROM M/V AMIRA [...] (U) See para 3 for urgent action request. 2. (C) Post understands that dialogue may still be ongoing with the Governments of Greece and Egypt to determine if either nation is willing to receive and initiate legal proceedings against 17 suspected Somali pirates captured by the United States N [...] |
2009-05-26 10:23:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PHSA KCRM KDEM PREL KE |
| 09NAIROBI1047 |
SOMALIA - CONTRASTS: MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND SEES [...] (SBU) Summary: The May 22 - 25 weekend in Mogadishu began with an unsuccessful counterattack by TFG forces (reftel), and ended with a surprise visit by UN Special Representative Ould-Abdallah. Sandwiched in between was a suicide bombing near the Police Academy that claimed the lives of six p [...] |
2009-05-26 12:19:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV MOPS PTER MARR SOCI SO |
| 09NAIROBI1053 |
SOMALIA - Political Tensions in Somaliland [...] (SBU) Political tensions in Somaliland are high as preparations for the presidential election, which should have taken place in March 2008, are at a standstill. The elections have been rescheduled four times and with a political impasse among stakeholders, we are pressuring Somaliland stakeho [...] |
2009-05-28 07:12:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM SO |
| 09NAIROBI1055 |
US-GOK PROGRESS ON AGOA FORUM PREPARATIONS [...] This cable is not/not for internet distribution. 2. Summary: At the May 21 meeting of the AGOA Main Preparatory Committee, the Government of Kenya (GOK) accepted the changes to the US-Africa Ministerial Program as approved by Bureau of African Affairs Assistant Secretary Johnny Carson, an [...] |
2009-05-28 13:36:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC AMGT ECON ETRD AGOA PGOV PREL KE |
| 09NAIROBI1056 |
US-GOK PROGRESS ON AGOA FORUM PREPARATIONS [...] This cable is not/not for internet distribution. 2. Summary: At the May 21 meeting of the AGOA Main Preparatory Committee, the Government of Kenya (GOK) accepted the changes to the US-Africa Ministerial Program as approved by Bureau of African Affairs Assistant Secretary Johnnie Carson, a [...] |
2009-05-28 13:52:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC AMGT ECON ETRD AGOA PGOV PREL KE |
| 09NAIROBI1057 |
SOMALIA - TFG PRIME MINISTER WORRIED ABOUT RIVAL [...] (S/NF) Summary: In a brief Nairobi airport meeting May 28, TFG Prime Minister Sharmarke worried about the influence of rival organization Ahlu Sunnah Wal Jama'a and the failure of talks in Mogadishu and Addis Ababa to result in an agreement to cooperate. Sharmarke confirmed that communications [...] |
2009-05-28 15:35:00 | Embassy Nairobi | SECRET | PGOV PTER PREL MOPS EAID SO |
| 09NAIROBI1058 |
SOMALIA - TWO JOURNALISTS KILLED WITHIN A WEEK [...] (SBU) Summary: Two Somali journalists died in the past week, one while proceeding to work in Mogadishu and the other after succumbing to a bullet wound received while covering fighting in Beled Weyne. These incidents mark the third and fourth deaths of Somali journalists in 2009. Post has c [...] |
2009-05-29 07:03:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO PHUM SO |
| 09NAIROBI1067 |
CONTINUED CLASHES WITH POLICE IN NAIROBI [...] Summary: Recent days-long clashes between police and squatter mechanics in Nairobi have disrupted movement throughout the city. Police initially intervened in a property dispute but backed down as riots dragged into a fifth day, causing one death and more than twenty injuries. The inability o [...] |
2009-05-29 10:46:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV ASEC KCRM KE |
| 09NAIROBI107 |
SOMALIA - Precarious Calm in Mogadishu Following Ethiopian [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Following the eagerly awaited withdrawal by Ethiopian National Defense Forces (ENDF) from Mogadishu, to date, there has been no intense fighting in Mogadishu by al-Shabaab or among rival armed groups. The calm is attributable to Mogadishu's complex clan dynamic, public pressure [...] |
2009-01-16 15:48:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR SO |
| 09NAIROBI1072 |
SOMALIA - TFG LAUNCHES RENEWED OFFENSIVE IN [...] (S/NF) Summary: An optimistic Prime Minister Sharmarke disputed media reports that the TFG was making overtures to any of the warlords as it struggled to expand its influence in Mogadishu. Sharmarke thought al-Shabaab was "stretched thin," and predicted that TFG forces would soon begin anothe [...] |
2009-06-01 17:38:00 | Embassy Nairobi | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV MARR MOPS EAID SOCI PTER SO |
| 09NAIROBI1077 |
A/S CARSON AND NSC SENIOR DIRECTOR GAVIN'S MEETING WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: Assistant Secretary for African Affairs (A/S) Johnnie Carson and National Security Council (NSC) Senior Director for Africa Michelle Gavin, and the Ambassador met on May 12 with Minister for Higher Education, Science and Technology Sally Kosgei. In a wide ranging conversation that [...] |
2009-06-02 13:22:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM PHUM PINR KE |
| 09NAIROBI1078 |
A/S CARSON AND NSC SENIOR DIRECTOR GAVIN'S MEETING WITH [...] (C) Assistant Secretary for African Affairs (A/S) Johnnie Carson and National Security Council (NSC) Senior Director for Africa Michelle Gavin met with the Speaker of the Kenyan Parliament, Peter Marende, on May 12. A/S Carson told Marende that his visit was meant to underscore the enormous [...] |
2009-06-02 14:51:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KDEM PHUM PINR PGOV KE |
| 09NAIROBI1079 |
A/S CARSON AND NSC SENIOR DIRECTOR GAVIN'S MEETING WITH PM [...] (C) Summary: In a May 12 meeting with Prime Minister Raila Odinga, Assistant Secretary for African Affairs (A/S) Johnnie Carson and National Security Council (NSC) Senior Director for Africa Michelle Gavin expressed deep concern over the lack of implementation of reforms in Kenya, and the dir [...] |
2009-06-02 15:17:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KDEM PHUM PINR PGOV KE |
| 09NAIROBI108 |
President Signs Communications Amendments Act [...] (U) Summary: A recent political firestorm over the Kenya Communications Amendment Act of 2008 (the Act), while containing some trouble spots, in essence provided a positive opportunity in which Kenyans once again demonstrated their democratic credentials. President Mwai Kibaki signed the Act i [...] |
2009-01-20 12:16:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KPAO KMDR KDEM KE |
| 09NAIROBI1080 |
A/S CARSON AND NSC SENIOR DIRECTOR GAVIN'S MEETING WITH [...] (C) Assistant Secretary for African Affairs (A/S) Johnnie Carson and National Security Council (NSC) Senior Director for Africa Michelle Gavin met with President Mwai Kibaki and several high-ranking GOK officials on May 12. A/S Carson told Kibaki that his visit was meant to underscore the en [...] |
2009-06-02 15:20:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KDEM PHUM PINR PGOV KE |
| 09NAIROBI1082 |
A/S CARSON AND NSC SENIOR DIRECTOR GAVIN'S MEETING WITH [...] (C) Assistant Secretary for African Affairs (A/S) Johnnie Carson and National Security Council (NSC) Senior Director for Africa Michelle Gavin met with former Minister of Justice, National Cohesion, and Constitutional Affairs Martha Karua on May 12. A/S Carson explained the dual purposes of [...] |
2009-06-03 04:17:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KDEM PHUM PINR PGOV KE |
| 09NAIROBI1083 |
A/S CARSON AND NSC SENIOR DIRECTOR GAVIN'S MEETING WITH [...] (C) Summary: Assistant Secretary for African Affairs (A/S) Johnnie Carson and National Security Council (NSC) Senior Director for Africa Michelle Gavin met with Minister of Agriculture and senior Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) leader William Ruto on May 12. A/S Carson and Gavin expressed de [...] |
2009-06-03 04:57:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM KE |
| 09NAIROBI1084 |
A/S CARSON AND NSC SENIOR DIRECTOR GAVIN'S MEETING WITH [...] (C) Summary: In a May 12 meeting with Deputy Prime Minister/Minister of Finance Uhuru Kenyatta, Assistant Secretary for African Affairs (A/S) Johnnie Carson and National Security Council (NSC) Senior Director for Africa Michelle Gavin expressed deep concern over political tensions in Kenya. [...] |
2009-06-03 04:58:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM KE |
| 09NAIROBI1093 |
KENYA: VOTE FOR KOSOVO'S WORLD BANK MEMBERSHIP [...] (SBU) ON June 3, the Government of Kenya submitted its votes (via email) in favor of Kosovo's World Bank membership. Copies of the ballots and the World Bank's confirmation of receipt have been forwarded via email to the Kosovo desk, Treasury, and the Kenya desk. Kenya previously voted in fa [...] |
2009-06-03 12:55:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN PREL KV KE |
| 09NAIROBI1101 |
KENYA: THE DYNAMICS OF CHANGE [...] (C) Summary. Kenya is poised at an historic transition point as the struggle between pro and anti-reform elements intensifies. This message discusses the dynamics of change underway in Kenya and its emerging, potentially positive, impact in exerting pressure on the leaders of the coalition g [...] |
2009-06-03 14:35:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PGOV PREL KE PINR |
| 09NAIROBI1102 |
KENYA: POLICE REFORM [...] (C) Summary. A combination of domestic-driven and international pressure, particularly from the U.S., may bring about some police reform by the fall. The recently-appointed Task Force on Police reform, which was initially greeted with skepticism, is led by a reputable former judge intent on p [...] |
2009-06-03 14:35:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM ASEC PINS SOCI PINR KE |
| 09NAIROBI1105 |
SOMALIA - ON AND OFF FIGHTING IN MOGADISHU CONTINUES AMIDST [...] (SBU) Summary: According to well-placed sources within and outside of the Somalia Transitional Federal Government (TFG), on and off fighting continues in Mogadishu between TFG forces, al-Shabaab and other extremists, with the TFG making some gains in western areas of the city. A May 31 gai [...] |
2009-06-04 05:36:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PTER PREF KPAO SO KE |
| 09NAIROBI1106 |
Kenya and Piracy Prosecutions [...] No summary [...] |
2009-06-04 05:37:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KJUS PHSA KCRM ASEC PREL KE |
| 09NAIROBI1107 |
SOMALIA - URGENT NEED FOR FUNDING AS FIGHTING [...] (C) As the TFG continues to fight designated Foreign Terrorist Organization al-Shabaab in Mogadishu, the appeals from President Sharif, Prime Minister Sharmarke, and TFG force commander "Dhumaal" for urgent funding to support their efforts have intensified. As reftel notes, in the last two da [...] |
2009-06-04 09:28:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV EAID PTER MOPS SO |
| 09NAIROBI1108 |
SOMALIA - URGENT NEED FOR FUNDING AS FIGHTING [...] (C) As the TFG continues to fight designated Foreign Terrorist Organization al-Shabaab in Mogadishu, the appeals from President Sharif, Prime Minister Sharmarke, and TFG force commander "Dhumaal" for urgent funding to support their efforts have intensified. As reftel notes, in the last two da [...] |
2009-06-04 12:10:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EAID PTER MOPS SO |
| 09NAIROBI1112 |
SOMALIA - PRIME MINISTER DESCRIBES TFG OPPONENTS, [...] (C) Summary: At a June 2 evening meeting with acting Deputy Assistant Secretary Wycoff and Ambassadors Yamamoto and Swan, TFG Prime Minister Sharmarke described recent battlefield successes in Mogadishu where fighting continues, the state of negotiations with Ahlu Sunnah Wal Jama'a, and the st [...] |
2009-06-05 06:41:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV MOPS MARR EAID PINR SOCI SO ET |
| 09NAIROBI1113 |
COALITION GOVERNMENT FINDS COMMON GROUND ON [...] On June 3, the U.N. Special Rapporteur on Extrajudicial Killings Philip Alston presented to the U.N. Human Rights Council his final report on his recent visit to Kenya. The report concluded that extrajudicial killings by police were systematic, widespread, and carefully planned. It also dec [...] |
2009-06-05 06:42:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM PGOV KDEM KE |
| 09NAIROBI1114 |
Madaraka Day Celebrations [...] SUMMARY: On June 1 Kenyans celebrated their 46th anniversary of self-rule from the British Empire, with Prime Minister Raila Odinga and President Mwai Kibaki jointly addressing a mixed crowd of supporters. In comparison to previous years a number of things were different about this year's "Ma [...] |
2009-06-05 07:06:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KE |
| 09NAIROBI1120 |
KENYA PARTICIPATION IN AU SUMMIT JULY 1-3, 2009 [...] No summary [...] |
2009-06-05 09:36:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | KSUM PREL KE |
| 09NAIROBI1122 |
SOMALIA - REPORTS RUMOR HASSAN DAHIR AWEYS DEAD OR [...] (C) Summary: Conflicting reports as of 2:00 P.M. (local) June 7 had Islamist rebel leader Sheikh Hassan Dahir Aweys either wounded or dead of wounds allegedly sustained in fighting in the Galgaduud region town of Wabho on June 4. Embassy contacts in the TFG, Ahlu Sunnah Wal Jama'a, the Somali [...] |
2009-06-07 11:46:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR PGOV SOCI PTER PHUM SO |
| 09NAIROBI1132 |
SOMALIA - AHLU SUNNAH WAL JAMA AND TFG SUPPORT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On June 4, Somalia Transitional Federal Government (TFG) President Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed met with Ahlu Sunnah Wal Jama (ASWJ) spiritual leaders from Mogadishu over lunch at Villa Somalia, the presidential compound, in the capital. At the meeting, which ASWJ organized at P [...] |
2009-06-08 15:17:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER SO |
| 09NAIROBI1133 |
SOMALIA - SHABELLE MEDIA DIRECTOR ASSASSINATED [...] (C) The Director of Shabelle Media Network and close Post contact Mukhtar Muhammad Hirabe was killed in Mogadishu on June 7. The assassination, apparently targeted, came less than an hour after Hirabe had spoken with the Somalia Unit about the status of Hassan Dahir Aweys (reftel). This inci [...] |
2009-06-08 15:59:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM PTER KPAO SO |
| 09NAIROBI1134 |
SOMALIA - Aweys Alive and Seemingly Unharmed [...] (SBU) Contrary to press reports and rumors on June 7 that Sheikh Hassan Dahir Aweys was killed or injured, the leader of Hisbul Islam (HI) appears to be alive and well. On the afternoon of June 8, Aweys held a press conference in Mogadishu and reportedly did not show any signs of injury. Con [...] |
2009-06-09 04:00:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PTER SO |
| 09NAIROBI1139 |
KENYA REAFFIRMS AGOA PROGRAM [...] This cable is not/not for internet distribution. 2. Summary: At the June 4 meeting of the AGOA Main Preparatory Committee, the Chair reaffirmed the Government of Kenya's (GOK) commitment to the US-Africa Ministerial Program and strongly discouraged any further changes. The GOK has schedu [...] |
2009-06-09 10:35:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC AMGT ECON ETRD AGOA PGOV PREL KE |
| 09NAIROBI116 |
SOMALIA - Community Resistance Against Al-Shabaab [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Local residents and militias in Galgaduud Region are bracing for an al-Shabaab reprisal attack to recapture the towns of Guriel and Dhusamareb. Between December 27 and 30, a community-based resistance movement defeated al-Shabaab in battles that killed several top commanders of [...] |
2009-01-21 13:57:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR EAID SO |
| 09NAIROBI1160 |
SOMALIA - JOURNALISTS STOP WORK TO PROTEST LACK OF [...] (SBU) Twenty Somali journalists in Mogadishu have stopped working to protest the continuously deteriorating security situation for media practitioners in Somalia, especially in the capital. They announced the suspension on June 9, two days after the murder of Radio Shabelle Director Mukhtar H [...] |
2009-06-10 11:40:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM KPAO SO |
| 09NAIROBI1167 |
KENYA POLICE OVERVIEW: PART ONE [...] (C) Summary: This cable is the first in a three-part series on the police in Kenya. This cable provides an overview of police structure and leadership, and assesses the strengths and weaknesses of the main police agencies. Part two will summarize our recent and planned engagement with and assi [...] |
2009-06-11 09:17:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KJUS ASEC KCRM KE |
| 09NAIROBI1168 |
KEY PARLIAMENTARIAN PESSIMISTIC ON REFORMS, SEEKS [...] (C) Poloff met on June 2 with Dr. Boni Khalwale, the Chair of the Kenyan Parliament's Public Accounts Committee (PAC), a key watchdog committee. Khalwale has used his position as a bully pulpit, asking tough questions of the Grand Coalition government and gaining a measure of popularity in t [...] |
2009-06-11 11:54:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM KE |
| 09NAIROBI1171 |
A PORTRAIT OF AL-SHABAAB RECRUITMENT IN KENYA [...] (C//REL TO USA, KEN, GBR//) There are a number of factors that make Kenya a fruitful source for recruiting young men to join such extremist groups as the Somalia-based al-Shabaab militia. While we have been focused on Nairobi's Eastleigh suburb and the North East Province as particular areas o [...] |
2009-06-11 14:31:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL SOCI PGOV KE SO |
| 09NAIROBI1172 |
KENYA POLICE OVERVIEW, PART TWO: U.S. ASSISTANCE [...] Summary: This cable is the second in a three-part series on the Kenyan police forces. This cable summarizes our recent and planned engagement with and assistance to Kenyan law enforcement agencies. Part three will discuss challenges facing those agencies, progress to date on police reform, and [...] |
2009-06-11 14:37:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC KCRM KJUS PGOV KE |
| 09NAIROBI1173 |
SOMALIA - UAE Government Will Support the TFG [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On June 4, visiting Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs (DAS) Karl Wycoff met with Ambassador Mohamed Sultan Saif Al Sowaidi, Director of the Department of Arabic Affairs at the United Arab Emirates (UAE) Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Accompanied by A [...] |
2009-06-11 14:39:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PTER AE SO |
| 09NAIROBI1179 |
SOMALIA - SOMALILAND DEMOCRACY AT CRITICAL JUNCTURE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Democracy in Somaliland is at a critical juncture. After being delayed four times, presidential elections are scheduled for September 27. However, negotiations are still under way between the three political parties regarding a Code of Conduct that attempts to level the playin [...] |
2009-06-11 14:56:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PTER PREF KPAO SO |
| 09NAIROBI1183 |
KENYA POLICE OVERVIEW, PART THREE: THE WAY FORWARD [...] (U) Summary: This cable is the third in a three-part series on the police in Kenya. Part one provided an overview of police structure and leadership, and assessed the strengths and weaknesses of the main police agencies. Part two summarized our current assistance to Kenyan law enforcement agen [...] |
2009-06-12 10:18:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC KCRM KJUS PGOV PHUM KE |
| 09NAIROBI119 |
KENYA ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS: JANUARY 2009 [...] (SBU) IMF SEES SLOW GROWTH/RECESSION IN 2009 2. (SBU) TEACHERS STRIKE; POLICE MAKE ARRESTS 3. (SBU) CIVAIR LEADERSHIP UP IN THE AIR Â [...] |
2009-01-21 14:56:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON SENV EAGR ELAB EINV EFIN ETRD EAID BEXP PINR |
| 09NAIROBI1200 |
GOVERNMENT OF KENYA SUPPORTS ETHIOPIA'S GIBE III [...] (SBU) Summary: According to John Rao Nyaoro, the director of the Bureau of Water Resources in the Ministry of Water and Irrigation, Kenya is convinced that Ethiopia's proposed Gibe III hydroelectric run-of-the-river project on the lower Omo River will not harm Lake Turkana and may, in fact, e [...] |
2009-06-15 11:49:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV ENRG PBTS EINV SOCI ECON KE |
| 09NAIROBI1201 |
SOMALIA - PRESIDENT SHARIF URGES ADDITIONAL SUPPORT [...] (C) On June 14, at the request of Somalia Transitional Federal Government (TFG) President Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed, President Sharif and the Ambassador spoke by telephone about recent events in Somalia. President Sharif thanked the Ambassador for USG efforts and contributions that were ins [...] |
2009-06-15 13:19:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | |