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Headed by Richard Leakey, the 'Dream Team' made up of six members was mired in controversy and got disbanded in less than two years

Dr Richard Leakey who headed the dream team,  welcomes President Moi at Jomo Kenyatta Iinternational Airport.

By NJONJO KIHURIA

Hemmed in by donors who were demanding accountability and an opposition insistent on removing it from power, the Kanu government in mid 1999, appointed high level technocrats to “turn round the economy”.

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