With opposition leader Raila Odinga and his Azimio la Umoja party neutered at least in part by Odinga's reliance on the government for diplomatic support to secure him the chair of the African Union Commission the youth protests may mark the biggest political challenge to William Ruto's presidency...
Vol 65 No 12 |
- SOUTH AFRICA
In Kenya the administration formed in 2008 after post-election violence between President Mwai Kibaki and opposition leader turned Prime Minister Raila Odinga was marred by infighting and a lack of coherent policy direction...
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Raila Odinga is looking increasingly odds-on to become the next chair of the African Union Commission (AUC)...
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However late last week opposition leader Raila Odinga finally attacked the Ruto government for demolishing housing in Nairobi's slums accusing ministers of leaving people destitute...
This is the first time Odinga has broken ranks and publicly criticised the government on any front since it became clear in February that President Ruto would front Odinga's campaign for the chair of the African Union Commission (Dispatches 23/2/24 Raila Odinga's bid for AU chair wins consensus in Nairobi)...
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Winning on Ruto's United Democratic Alliance (UDA) ticket in August 2022 Sakaja bucked the trend in Nairobi which backed Raila Odinga in the presidential contest and Odinga's Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) in the capital's parliamentary seats (AC Vol 63 No 17 Ruto takes his revenge)...
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Vol 65 No 10 |
- KENYA
- ZIMBABWE
On 27 April Nairobi's State House reported that President Mnangagwa had confirmed Zimbabwe's support for Raila Odinga's candidacy for the chair of the African Union Commission next February...
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Following Ruto's narrow and controversial win over Azimio la Umoja leader Raila Odinga Ogolla a Luo like Odinga was marked out as one of the securocrats promoted by Ruto's predecessor Uhuru Kenyatta who would quickly be shown the door (AC Vol 63 No 18 Kenyatta's securocrats cast into the cold)...
With Raila Odinga's path towards the African Union chair's job looking ever more clear the race to succeed him as the voice of Kenya's opposition is hotting up (Dispatches 21/2/24 Raila Odinga's bid for AU chair wins consensus in Nairobi)...
His deputy in Los Angeles will be Raila Odinga's sister Akinyi Walkowa Odinga...
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Vol 65 No 7 |
- FRANCE
- AFRICA
That tension was exploited by Kenyan President William Ruto during the 2022 presidential election after his opponent Raila Odinga proposed a ban on 'mitumba'...
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