For Youssouf who held lengthy meetings with Kenyan President William Ruto and Foreign Affairs Minister Musalia Mudavadi in August and October to discuss his candidacy in Nairobi having the contacts could trump name recognition...

Following a meeting on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly in September President William Ruto and French President Emmanuel Macron agreed to co-host an Africa-France Summit in Nairobi in 2026...

Those who remain of Gachagua's allies say that the Mount Kenya region – over 80% of which voted for President William Ruto in 2022 – will ditch the president...

With a similar motion set to sail through the Senate it seems that only an 11th-hour reprieve by President William Ruto can keep Gachagua in office...

After months of negotiation leading to this President William Samoei Ruto has re-emerged as the shrewdest operator in parliamentary politics...

Of the other four party Secretary-General Edwin Sifuna has been a vocal critic of Odinga's decision to join a unity government led by President William Ruto while Siaya governor James Orengo another long-time Odinga ally was also deeply critical of the idea until the eleventh hour (AC Vol 65 No 16 Raila names his price )...

That Odinga would not run for the presidency for a sixth time in 2027 has always looked highly likely after the Supreme Court confirmed his defeat by William Ruto in September 2022...

Trouble on the mountain Exiled from his own government by President William Ruto's deal with Raila Odinga Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua is struggling to retain his status as Mount Kenya's political leader (AC Vol 63 No 12 Now the numbers favour Raila Odinga)...

Earlier this year the United States-based Moderna dropped plans for a $500m vaccine plant in Kenya having won generous tax concessions from President William Ruto's government...

In Kenya the finance bill abandoned by President William Ruto in June following public protests included plans to impose 16% VAT on EVs (AC Vol 65 No 14 Youth revolt wins after Ruto scraps finance bill and pledges talks)...

Amid regional turbulence President William Ruto showed Kenya's pulling power with a star-studded launch on 27 August for his former foe Raila Odinga's campaign to lead the African Union Commission (AUC)...

Veteran opposition leader Raila Odinga is in power if not in office after four members of his Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) including party chair John Mbadi now Finance Minister and Odinga's two deputies Hassan Joho and Wycliffe Oparanya were brought into William Ruto's unofficial unity government in July with Mbadi as Cabinet Treasury Secretary (AC Vol 65 No 16 Raila names his price)...