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■ Economy: Is 6 per cent growth enough to reduce chronic poverty?
■ Politics: What are the prospects for Mwai Kibaki’s re-election?
■ Corruption: The trouble with the old guard - -

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Uneven spoils of economic revival

Barney Jopson considers the mixed record of a president up for re-election

THE STOCK MARKET: Investing craze takes hold in a disorderly environment

When prices dipped, parents were selling to raise cash for school fees, writes Barney Jopson

ECONOMY: Better conditions for growth

Barney Jopson reports on the gradual process of liberalisation that is beginning to bear fruit

Less dependent on foreign aid?

Barney Jopson takes a look at Kenyan claims

POLITICS: Battle lines are drawn

The break-up of the coalition has left a bitter legacy that may be difficult to overcome, writes Matthew Green

FOREIGN RELATIONS: Increasingly difficult to remain neutral over Somalia

Matthew Green on life in the neighbourhood of the world’s most failed state

GUEST COLUMN: Stranger than fact: the new Kenyan writing

Parselelo Kantai on the group of writers redefining the cultural landscape

CORRUPTION: ‘Ever bigger, thicker tentacles’

Matthew Green considers the Kibaki government’s efforts at making graft a thing of the past

MOMBASA PORT: A frantic game of catch-up with rivals

Barney Jopson reports on efforts by Kenya’s gateway to haul itself back into the premier league

CASE STUDY; Grand plaudits for a poster-child of the future

Barney Jopson on a call centre company that is the darling of forward-looking ministers