Snapshot

December 17: All the 210 elected MPs are given constituency offices with 10 members of staff each. December 19: IMF releases KES 18b to Kenya under the poverty reduction and growth facility. December 31: The East African Customs Union is launched simultaneously in Nairobi, Kampala and Dar-es-Salaam. December 31: President Kibaki refuses to assent to the National Social Health Insurance Fund Bill. January 1: Eight MPs boycott president Kibaki’s new year party after being denied access to him. January 5: About 340000 KCPE graduates miss Form One places. January 9: The Sudanese government and the rebel Sudan People’s Liberation Movement/Army {SPLA/M} sign a peace agreement in Nairobi.