Even by the standards of Kenyan politics where the bitterest political enemies in one election can become close allies at the next the five members of Raila Odinga's Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) who became ministers in July in the wake of the Generation Z protests have embraced government with alacrity (AC Vol 65 No 16 Raila names his price)...
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Although the Finance Bill was officially axed by Ruto in July Treasury Cabinet Secretary John Mbadi one of the five new ministers appointed in July from Raila Odinga's Orange Democratic Movement is expected to reintroduce many of its proposals to parliament in the coming weeks (AC Vol 65 No 22 Ruto's impeachment of his Deputy starts to backfire)...
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Both Ruto backed by the Kenya Kwanza coalition and Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) leader Raila Odinga whipped their MPs to vote for impeachment...
Equally problematic is the position of Raila Odinga and his ODM...
If Raila Odinga has name recognition across the continent Mahmoud Ali Youssouf has the contact book...
Vol 65 No 21 |
- AFRICAN UNION
Despite Kenyan ministers publicly claiming to have at least 26 votes locked up for Raila Odinga many pundits believe that the battle to lead the African Union Commission is a 50/50 fight between the veteran Kenyan opposition leader and Djibouti's foreign minister Mahmoud Ali Youssouf...
It is a remarkable turnaround just two years after an election in which Gachagua helped Ruto to a surprise win over the political establishment and its candidate Raila Odinga...
After more than two decades as opposition leader Raila Odinga is hanging up his spurs at least temporarily and leaving a critically damaged opposition in his wake...
Trouble on the mountain Exiled from his own government by President William Ruto's deal with Raila Odinga Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua is struggling to retain his status as Mount Kenya's political leader (AC Vol 63 No 12 Now the numbers favour Raila Odinga)...
Amid regional turbulence President William Ruto showed Kenya's pulling power with a star-studded launch on 27 August for his former foe Raila Odinga's campaign to lead the African Union Commission (AUC)...
Odinga initially signalled his plans to succeed Chadian incumbent Moussa Faki Mahamat as AUC chairman in February and was quickly endorsed by most of Kenya's political establishment (Dispatches 21/2/24 Raila Odinga's bid for AU chair wins consensus in Nairobi)...
Veteran opposition leader Raila Odinga is in power if not in office after four members of his Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) including party chair John Mbadi now Finance Minister and Odinga's two deputies Hassan Joho and Wycliffe Oparanya were brought into William Ruto's unofficial unity government in July with Mbadi as Cabinet Treasury Secretary (AC Vol 65 No 16 Raila names his price)...
Former Nairobi governor Evans Kidero a former ally of Raila Odinga who has since joined Ruto's United Democratic Alliance is one of few to have good relations with Ruto...