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, …
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