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Dates: during 1990-1990
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...exercise in shuttle diplomacy was intended to repair U.S.-Kenyan relations, which have become increasingly strained since President Daniel arap Moi's crackdown on dissidents last month. Afterward, Moi described the talks in such glowing terms as "friendly," "genuine" and "sincere." But U.S. officials had a decidedly different assessment of the three-day parley. One diplomat declared that Kenya had "backstepped politically and economically...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Kenya: Diverging Opinions | 8/20/1990 | See Source »

Last week another U.S. official was even more blunt. Relations between the two countries were "at a turning point," he said to TIME after the meeting. "We told Moi that he has one month to make some changes." After that, he explained to the Kenyans, there would be no chance of deterring a disapproving Congress from cutting...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Kenya: Diverging Opinions | 8/20/1990 | See Source »

Kenya's President Daniel arap Moi had vowed to hunt down proponents of multiparty democracy "like rats." Last week he caged some. Over two days, police arrested eleven men linked to the nascent movement to legalize opposition parties, which Moi, in power since 1978, officially banned in 1982. Among the detainees were former Cabinet ministers Kenneth Matiba and Charles Rubia...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Kenya: Quieting the Dissenters | 7/16/1990 | See Source »

Despite the arrests, the pressure on Moi is unlikely to subside. On Saturday thousands of demonstrators in Nairobi defied a government ban and held a rally calling for multiparty democracy. Police fired bullets and tear gas to disperse the protesters...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Kenya: Quieting the Dissenters | 7/16/1990 | See Source »

According to congressional sources, the U.S. is apt to respond to Moi's crackdown by slashing aid to Kenya, which is scheduled to receive $53 million this year. The country is the biggest recipient of U.S. aid in sub-Saharan Africa...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Kenya: Quieting the Dissenters | 7/16/1990 | See Source »

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