File of material relating to Kenyan politician Kenneth Matiba and his struggle to establish multi-party democracy in Kenya, including:

• Correspondence/copy and faxed correspondence between David Owen and Kenneth Matiba and his family, including letters discussing multi-party systems, May-Jun 1990; personal letter from Edith Matiba, wife of Kenneth Matiba, with personal news and discussion of her husband's imprisonment [Jul 1990] etc
• Letters from David Owen to senior Government ministers urging that pressure should be exerted on President Moi and Kenyan Government to release Kenneth Matiba and other political detainees; including copy letter to Margaret Thatcher, with her reply, Jul-Aug 1990; copy letter to Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, Douglas Hurd following news that Kenneth Matiba had suffered a stroke during his imprisonment, with Douglas Hurd's reply on Matiba's release, 6-12 Jun 1991
• Inner file of material concerning appeals for the release of other political detainees in Kenya including Paul Muita, Jaramogi Oginga Odinga and Gitobi Imanyari, including draft letters of appeal prepared by David Owen on behalf of Kenneth Matiba to be sent to Margaret Thatcher, President Bush and President Moi; MS draft and final copy of press statement prepared by David Owen on behalf of Kenneth Matiba in support of Kenyan multi-party democracy, etc Dec 1991-Feb 1992
• Copies of documents relating to Kenneth Matiba's resignation as a cabinet minister following his objections to irregularities in Kihari KANU sub-branch elections, including press releases issued by Matiba defending his position, copy of his letter of resignation to President D T arap Moi, copy of report of the elections, etc, Dec 1988-Jun 1989
• Copied news cuttings relating to President Moi and the Kenyan Government's refusal to consider multi-party democracy in Kenya; Kenneth Matiba's opposition to the Government stance and subsequent detention by the Government; also transcript and cassette of British media interviews on the Kenyan political situation, Apr 1990//Jul 1990.