After the 2018 public reconciliation between President Uhuru Kenyatta and opposition leader Raila Odinga – known simply as the 'handshake' – the BBI was sold as a blueprint to end the 'winner-takes-all' tribal discord that has accompanied every election since the advent of multi-party democracy (AC Vol 61 No 23 A divisive plan for unity)...
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Political allies President Uhuru Kenyatta and erstwhile opposition leader Raila Odinga have to rethink their political strategy after the High Court in Nairobi threw out their plan to remake the constitution in line with their Building Bridges Initiative (BBI)...
Three years after the 'handshake' between President Kenyatta and Raila Odinga the two principals have invested too much political capital in it (AC Vol 62 No 1 Handshake to face poll test)...
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Vol 62 No 10 |
- KENYA
- TANZANIA
However despite being personally close to erstwhile opposition leader Raila Odinga who gave him a particularly laudatory obituary Magufuli's relations with Kenyatta were often prickly particularly over the status of herders who graze cattle on either side of the Kenya/Tanzanian border and on work permits for Kenyans wishing to work and do business cross-border (AC Vol 58 No 23 Making policy on the hoof)...
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Contrary to the promise of downsizing government Jubilee led by President Kenyatta and its ally the Orange Democratic Movement of Raila Odinga seem determined to pursue a constitutional referendum based on the Building Bridges Initiative...
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Instead several embarrassing setbacks for the 'handshake' duo President Uhuru Kenyatta and Raila Odinga have prompted concerns that the project could yet snatch defeat from the jaws of victory (AC Vol 62 No 1 Handshake to face poll test)...
Among the report's supporters were several surprising names including Senator James Orengo a close ally of former opposition leader and handshake partner Raila Odinga...
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Kenya's next president will be Raila Odinga William Ruto or 'S'...
The most enthusiastic tribute outside the country so far has come from Kenya's former prime minister Raila Odinga...
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The third anniversary of the 'handshake' of reconciliation between President Uhuru Kenyatta and veteran opposition leader Raila Odinga passed with muted celebrations...
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The Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) leader Raila Odinga was admitted on Tuesday the third anniversary of his 'handshake' with President Uhuru Kenyatta that has reshaped the country's political alliances...
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The Deputy President also appears to have accepted defeat in his battle against the Building Bridges Initiative spearheaded by Kenyatta and his 'handshake' partner Raila Odinga stating that he will not lead the campaign against it...