Following the
victory of Mwai Kibaki's National Rainbow Alliance over Daniel Arop-Moi's Kanu party after
39 years of rule
Kenya's politicians seem to be amazed what they are able to achieve now that they have
found the political will to give
all children a primary school education +
improve care for homeless street children...
A positive indication that current reforms may be profound and long-lasting is that
John Githongo, has been named as Kenya's anti-corruption czar. Githongo set up and ran the Kenyan chapter of global anti-corruption organisation
Transparency International and was a lone voice against the corruption associated with Moi's rule.
Another good sign is that on the basis of recent progress The
World Bank has told the newly-elected Kenyan government that it is
keen to resume lending [which was stopped in 2001 due to concerns over corruption] in order to help the country bridge a $740m budget short fall...
It obviously remains to see how long these good intentions + efforts last, but lets hope that they are able to
take root and grow.