Vol 65 No 5 |
- AFRICAN UNION
Wiper party leader Kalonzo Musyoka would expect to take over the leadership of the Azimio la Umoja opposition coalition and be its candidate in 2027...
With Azimio leader Odinga now potentially out of the picture the most obvious Leader of the Opposition and Azimio candidate in 2027 is Wiper party leader Kalonzo Musyoka...
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With no obvious heir to Odinga from his Luo community in Nyanza Wiper party leader Kalonzo Musyoka would expect to take over the leadership of the Azimio la Umoja opposition coalition and be its candidate in 2028...
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Yet since Ruto's election in August 2022 it has been the courts rather than an emasculated opposition led by Odinga and Wiper party leader Kalonzo Musyoka that have been most effective in holding the presidency to account...
Wiper party leader Kalonzo Musyoka has emerged as a far more energetic opponent to Ruto He says he would retire from politics if he does not lead the Azimio la Umoja ticket in 2027...
After several months of stop-start talks National Assembly leader Kimani Ichung'wa and his Azimio la Umoja counterpart Kalonzo Musyoka finalised the terms of reference for the ten-member National Dialogue Committee (NDC) in early September...
But insiders say Ruto is prepared to create a formal position of Leader of the Opposition for Kalonzo Musyoka and to offer Odinga his backing to be Kenya's nominee for the presidency of the African Union Commission...
Wiper leader Kalonzo Musyoka has emerged as the most likely opposition presidential candidate in 2027 and continues to hold campaign functions at his SKM Command Centre in Nairobi...
Wiper party leader Kalonzo Musyoka and Odinga's presidential running mate Martha Karua opposition county governors and politicians in Nyanza Kisii and the Coast report heavy pressure to bolster relations with State House if they want to secure cash for development projects...
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Formed by the infamous 'handshake' between Kenyatta and Raila Odinga in 2018 Azimio brought together Odinga's Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) and the rump of the Jubilee party formed by Kenyatta and his successor William Ruto along with a group of smaller parties led by Kalonzo Musyoka's Wiper party (AC Vol 59 No 6 Raila beats rivals to a new deal)...
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Odinga's real headache will be how he handles increasingly louder appeals to endorse the presidential ambitions for 2027 of his 2013 and 2017 running mate Kalonzo Musyoka...