In December 1991, donors suspended balance of payments assistance. AID to projects continued. 5.8 billion Goldenberg scandal. Some of the strife and rhetoric associated with the lead up to the December 1992 multiparty elections has resurfaced because of election fever following President Moi's recent announcement that parliamentary and civic elections would held this year. Within the last four years, a more normal diplomatic relationship has returned with U.S. and Kenyan officials engaged at all levels.
Corruption is pervasive.
Appointments to ministries, parastatals, and financial institutions based on political connections occur. Tenders have been awarded on the basis of political correctness. The ethnic dimension of Kenyan politics centers around the differences between the large groups that led Kenya to independence, notably the Kikuyu and Luo, and the smaller groups, including the Kalenjins who feel they should access a larger share of the national pie. Many more were injured or maimed, and over 300,000 were displaced, mainly non-Kalenjins living in the Rift Valley. The program collapsed in December 1994 when administration officials destroyed Maela Camp in Naivasha and has yet to be resumed.