Some ODM and Luo leaders claim to have spoken with Raila Odinga by phone long after he’d died
No one should waste our time claiming that we should wait until 2027 to decide how to vote, especially in the presidential race. Waziri Mbadi, let us be honest with the Luo community and with ODM that we cannot produce a viable presidential candidate in 2027.
How President Ruto’s man accused of ethnic belligerence incenses voters in Malava with bottoms gyration ‘orders’
There are justifiable fears that the state is planning and is determined to get the seat at whatever cost. Deadly violence is anticipated if the state, which has deployed its machinery in the constituency interferes with the expected outcome.
Baba, while you are away: Kenyan politics remains plural in form, authoritarian in soul and elections wars of conquest
Like many of his generation, Raila had inherited a political philosophy that viewed power as the precondition for justice. In his book, Not Yet Uhuru, Raila’s father, Jaramogi Oginga Odinga, relates how – during a stand-off between the two main African political parties at the 1962 Lancaster House negotiations over Kenya’s independence constitution – Jomo Kenyatta argued for compromise: “We had to reach a settlement. If we failed, government would be snatched from our hands. If we brought no government back with us, the people would regard it as an arch failure”.
A central Kenya governor who celebrated Prime Minister Raila Odinga’s death as ‘blessing in disguise’ forced to eat own words
Kahiga has since Tuesday come under fire for “celebrating Raila Odinga’s death.” In a Facebook post, Nyeri Town Constituency legislator Duncan Mathenge castigated Kahiga for being insensitive and lacking in wisdom. Mathenge said that the governor’s remarks were ill-thought and risked isolating the people of Nyeri and the Kikuyu tribe from the rest of the country.
Irony of Kenya President Ruto promising to support opposition party to unseat him in 2027 elections
President William Ruto on Sunday predicted that the Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) party will form the next government or be part of the next government if it remains united. President Ruto leads the governing United Democratic Alliance. He did not explain if he will cede ground to opposition party in...
Au revoir Raila Odinga: You fought a good fight, finished the race and kept the faith in East Africa
It is not farfetched for one to assert that Kenya remained secure, peaceful and stable because of the ease with which Raila Odinga played his politics of alliances. He struck a political alliance with President Uhuru Kenyatta in what was called “The Handshake”. Uhuru was able to complete two terms as President of Kenya.
Kenya’s President Ruto announces seven days of national mourning of fallen opposition leader Raila Odinga
Odinga first won his parliamentary seat in 1992, which included Kibera. He held the constituency until 2013, his bright orange Hummer mobbed whenever it bounced into the muddy lanes. He lost his first presidential bid in 1997 against Moi. Four years later, Odinga formed a coalition government with him, a move some saw as opportunistic but he said was pragmatic.
Last supper? Two weeks before he died, Kenya’s opposition leader Raila met President Ruto and Gideon Moi to discuss 2027 presidential election
President Ruto made a stopover in Dubai on his way back home from New York where had travelled to attend the United Nation General Assembly (UNGA) meeting.
Suspect in fatal stabbing of Kenyan presidential guard – ‘sent by devil’ – is detained for further investigations
Police say the man walked to the State House main gate disguised as a homeless person and killed a security officer after shooting with a bow and arrow. The officer was pronounced dead at a hospital. The man was arrested at the scene.
Textile exporters to US plan massive job cuts in Kenya and rest of Africa as AGOA runs full course
A key example of the deal’s impact can be found in Kenya, where it has allowed the country’s textile and apparel sector – makers of jeans, for instance – to effectively compete with Asian exporters such as in Bangladesh and Vietnam.
