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  • TJRC vicechair Betty Murungi resigns over Kiplagat controversy

    Posted: March 29, 2010, 6:44 pm
    The Nation reports that human rights lawyer Betty Murungi has resigned as the vicechair of the Truth, Justice and Reconciliation Commission. From the report, Murungi will continue serving in the commission until until "we have resolved or concluded our internal processes regarding these matters."

    Excerpts from her weekend OpEd published here. Discuss.

  • What we are reading - Monday March 29 2010

    Posted: March 29, 2010, 6:42 pm
    A list of the weekend's reading. Top of our list are readings on the Sudanese election.

    Write to us, and let us know what books and articles that you are reading. editor at kenyaimagine dot com

  • The East Africa Community: in our hearts and minds

    Posted: March 29, 2010, 6:40 pm
    Oscar Wilde once described economists as people who know the price of everything but the value of nothing. The same might be said of the politicians at the centre of the East African Community’s seemingly inexorable journey to the promised land of monetary and political union.

    Like most other currency unions, this is a political enterprise. That in itself is not a bad thing. Dr. Gerard Lyons, Chief Economist at Standard Chartered, observes that politics was the driving force behind European monetary integration, which, despite the current problems with Greece, has been pretty successful.

    According to Dr. Lyons, historically there have been four types of monetary unions. The first category has solid political unions that have ensured the monetary union's success. Examples include German Unification at the end of the last century; the longer lasting Italian Monetary Union which followed political unification in 1861; and the US Federal Reserve, established in 1913 as a decentralized system.

    Patrick Gathara on understanding the East Africa community, and looking to the future.
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