United Nations Secretary General, António Guterres sent congratulatory message to Kenyans for observing peace during the elections. In a statement, he commended the electoral commission and Kenyan authorities for ensuring that voters were able to exercise freely their right to vote. Mr Guterres has urged politicians and voters to be …
Read More »Kenya: backed by President Kenyatta, Raila Odinga makes a special call
Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga has called on the country’s electoral commission to make the upcoming elections free and fair. In an interview with the BBC, Odinga said the country’s election commission should ensure free and fair elections. He said he has been victim of unfair elections in the past …
Read More »Kenya: Deputy President Ruto to represent his party in August elections
Kenyan Vice President William Ruto will represent his new United Democratic Alliance party in the August elections after his public split with President Uhuru Kenyatta who is backing another candidate. Ruto will compete with veteran opposition leader Raila Odinga, who has secured Kenyatta’s support. Kenyatta, who must stand down after …
Read More »Kenya: President Uhuru Kenyatta backs opposition leader’s candidacy
Kenyan Head of State Uhuru Kenyatta has officially announced that he supports the candidacy of opposition leader Raila Odinga in the next presidential election scheduled for August 9. This news does not surprise Kenyan population. President Kenyatta urged his supporters to back Mr Odinga’s bid saying that he had the …
Read More »Kenya: President Kenyatta supports Raila Odinga’s candidacy
Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga launches his fifth bid for the presidency on Friday, this time with the support of his former foe President Uhuru Kenyatta, Reuters agency reported. Kenyans are due to go to the polls in August but Kenyatta will not be on the ballot due to a …
Read More »Kenya : judges reject president’s appeal to change constitution
Judges of the Kenyan court of Appeal have rejected the plan of President Uhuru Kenyatta to change the country’s constitution. The judges called the president’s project “unconstitutional and unlawful.” The proposition is nicknamed the Building Bridges Initiative (BBI), and is spearheaded by President Uhuru Kenyatta and his political nemesis-turned ally, …
Read More »Kenya: court of Appeal due to rule on constitutional reforms
In Kenya, Court of Appeal is due to deliver a verdict shortly on President Uhuru Kenyatta’s controversial attempt to change the constitution and introduce widespread political changes. The introduction of a new post of Prime Minister and two deputies are among the proposed reforms . The High Court has however …
Read More »Presidents of East African countries mourn the late John Magufuli
East Africa countries leaders were not indifferent when they learnt the death of their Tanzanian counterpart John Magufuli from heart problem. After Uhuru Kenyatta, Raila Odinga, Yoweri Museveni and Bobi Wine, it is the turn of Paul Kagame, Lazarus Chakwera, and Evariste Ndayishimiye to pay a vibrant tribute to the …
Read More »Kenyan politicians mourns Tanzanian president John Magufuli
Many are the African and world politicians to expressed their condelences to the Tanzanian people after the death of their president john Magufuli. Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga has mourned the death of Tanzania’s President John Magufuli and said “he’s been by my side at my most difficult and painful …
Read More »Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga tested positive for coronavirus
Raila Odinga, the Kenyan opposition leader has been placed under quarantine after returning positive tests for coronavirus on Thursday evening. Mr Odinga was admitted to hospital on Tuesday in the capital, Nairobi, after developing fatigue, according to his family. “He’s responding well to the treatment he is receiving… and remains …
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