Kenya's next president will be Raila Odinga William Ruto or 'S'...
With Deputy President William Ruto no longer campaigning against it the constitutional reform plan known as the Building Bridges Initiative (BBI) is almost certain to pass a referendum this summer (AC Vol 62 No 1 Handshake to face poll test)...
The takeover of Jubilee by President Uhuru Kenyatta's allies appears to be complete after they ousted Caleb Kositany the Deputy Secretary General and key lieutenant of estranged Deputy President William Ruto...
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The ease and speed at which the counties endorsed BBI is a major setback for William Ruto Deputy President and leading sceptic of the reform plan...
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His most recent cases at the ICC were as defence counsel for Kenya's Deputy President William Ruto and before that former civil service head Francis Muthaura when they faced charges of crimes against humanity related to Kenya's 2007-08 violent post-election meltdown (AC Vol 57 No 11 ICC down but not out)...
Yet the victory of a British candidate at the ICC would have been unthinkable five years ago when Western and African states especially Kenya were at loggerheads over the Court's prosecution of President Uhuru Kenyatta and his Deputy William Ruto for crimes against humanity in the post-election violence in 2007...
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Speaking to a large crowd at Uthiru west of the Nairobi city boundary on 12 February after opening a health clinic President Uhuru Kenyatta tore at the record of his deputy William Ruto for undermining the Jubilee government while taking credit for its achievements...
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But allies of Deputy President William Ruto may see their power diluted ahead of the 2022 general elections (AC Vol 61 No 14 A big tent for Moi's children)...
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Those criticisms ballooned when he was defence lawyer for William Ruto now Kenya's Deputy President on trial at the ICC charged with crimes against humanity after the post-election violence in 2007...
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That would allow Kituyi to emerge as a compromise candidate acceptable to President Uhuru Kenyatta and his Mount Kenya allies to keep out Deputy President William Ruto...
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The campaign by Deputy President William Ruto's opponents to impeach him will shift up a gear this week...
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