Kenya is a beautiful country with rich natural resources but it is rocked by corruption. The result is that though most people work hard they are trapped in terrible poverty. Wanjiru Mungai shares her personal experience.

Bethuel Kiplagat believes that Africa's development depends on peace and security, as he tells Michael Smith.

The conference was opened by Julius Khakula, the Chairman of MRA, Kenya. 'For Africa, the 19th century was a period of assault by external forces and confusion,' he told participants from 12 African countries. 'The 20th century has been a period of awakening.

The visit attracted extensive press coverage.

It is the behaviour of some of his white compatriots that from time to time causes him to question whether he really belongs in Britain.

Her father, pioneer farmer Gray Leakey, was buried alive with satanic rites by a Mau Mau gang on the slopes of Mount Kenya.