The tale sharpened divisions both between Kibaki and his supporters and between Musyoka and Liberal Democratic Party leader Raila Odinga...
The opposition ODM led by former Public Works Minister Raila Odinga says this isn't enough...
The following day ODM luminaries - Raila Odinga William Ruto Anyang' Nyong'o Stephen Kalonzo Musyoka (the leading ODM contender for the presidency) and Mutula Kilonzo - addressed a huge impromptu rally outside the KTN offices...
Opposition leaders Kenyatta and Raila Odinga want mass protests and a confidence vote...
Opposition kingpins Raila Odinga William Ruto Uhuru Kenyatta and Kalonzo Musyoka - nominally united under the banner of the Orange Democratic Movement - are demanding the immediate recall of parliament and a vote of no confidence in the government...
Vol 47 No 1 |
- EAST AFRICA
KENYA: The stand-off over the new constitution between President Mwai Kibaki's supporters and those of Raila Odinga will dominate politics...
Raila Odinga Kalonzo Musyoka and Musalia Mudavadi have announced their interest...
Kibaki left out all seven ministers from the Liberal Democratic Party faction of the coalition including Raila Odinga and Stephen Kalonzo Musyoka who had campaigned for rejection of the constitution...
The Orange victory prompted Kibaki to sack his entire cabinet and prorogue parliament on 25 November; the Orange campaigners led by Raila Odinga called for new national elections (AC Vol 46 Nos 21 & 23)...
There are memories of 1997 when a national alliance between ex-President Daniel arap Moi (widely accused of funding the 'No' campaign) and Raila Odinga marginalised the mainly Kikuyu politicians in Kibaki's Democratic Party despite economic mismanagement and rampant corruption...
The referendum has relaunched or unmade several political careers: Raila Odinga: The referendum brought his rivalry with President Mwai Kibaki to a head...
The 'no' group of Orange Revolutionaries is led by Public Works Minister Raila Amolo Odinga...
President Mwai Kibaki's National Alliance of Kenya (NAK) is for bananas; Public Works Minister Raila Odinga's Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) prefers oranges...