January 16 – February 15, 2003

Jan., 16: Seventeen groups, including the Law Society of Kenya (LSK) and the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) urge for the removal of Chief Justice Bernard Chunga.

Jan. 19: President Mwai Kibaki is admitted to Nairobi Hospital with high blood pressure occasioned by a blood clot in his injured right foot.

Jan. 22: Government suspends payment of pending bills and contractor claims following revelations that the government lost up to Ksh 2.5 billion to 12 road building projects.

Jan. 24: Labour minister Ahmed khalif dies in a plane crush in Busia. Three other cabinet ministers are seriously injured.

Jan. 27:High Court Judge Justice Samuel Oguk appears before an anti-corruption court, charged with obtaining money by false pretences.

Jan. 28: President Kibaki leaves hospital walking with the help of an elbow crutch. This is the first time he walks following the December 3, 2002 motor accident.

Jan. 31: Francis Muthaura replaces Sally Kosgey as the head of Civil service and Secretary to the cabinet.

Feb. 11: Former political detainees visit the infamous torture chambers at Nyayo House used during the Moi era. Justice and Constitutional Affairs minister Kiraitu Murungi says the government will preserve them as a national monument of shame.