Shortly after he re-entered Kenyan politics in 1990, Anyona was again arrested at a Nairobi pub and charged with sedition.

Kibaki has been a fixture in Kenyan politics for almost five decades.

The biggest reason for Mr. Moi's victory is the tribal nature of Kenyan politics, an analysis of the returns indicates.

"Moi pulled it off by winning," said Charles Hornsby, an expert on Kenyan politics who is co-author of a book on the subject.

These laws would be devastating for Kenyan politics and a budding multi-party system.

Yet Olindo and other critics agree that Leakey has stirred things up, and that Kenyan politics are unlikely to ever be the same again.

It does not have the tribalism that plagues Kenyan politics.

Following independence Kapila spoke out against the increasing corruption of Kenyan politics and, in particular, its judiciary.

Even in the hurly-burly of Kenyan politics, the quashing of the murder inquiry and the arrests came as a surprise today.

He published a book about the relationship of Kenyan politics and communism, The Reds and the Blacks.